~ Betty's Kidding thread ~ SHE IS!

[PotterWatch]

The good news is that now you can have her bred to a buck of your choice, not just whichever buck happened to get in with her before!

 

[daisychick]

The good news is that now you can have her bred to a buck of your choice, not just whichever buck happened to get in with her before!

I totally agree!

 

[autumnprairie]

she looks like she may be in heat? I see a lil swelling in her vulva but I am new so who knows?

 

[Queen Mum]

Oh, that must be very disappointing to hear all of us with the same opinion. But we have all been in that position at one time or another. WAITING endlessly and then NOTHING! Or a miscarriage or a finding out that a doe that we thought was pregnant didn't take. Hang in there SmallFarmGirl. There are baby goats in your future! I'm still not sure if Mama is expecting. She may fool me yet. Houdini and now Jack keep trying to breed her. And she keeps rolling them over and running away.

 

[PotterWatch]

I once waited several months for a cow to show more progress in her pregnancy. We knew she was bred, but she seemed like she just wasn't getting any bigger. Due date came and no calf. Turns out she miscarried sometime along the way but we never realized it. That was sure disappointing! Her next breeding went like clockwork though and we got a nice little girl from her.

 

[daisychick]

SmallFarmGirl, please come back, we want to hear how Betty is doing???

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

SmallFarmGirl, please come back, we want to hear how Betty is doing???

She's doing fine. Thanks ya'll.... I guess I just felt silly. :/
She's still as stubborn as ever and I wonder, what am I seeing? What are those, "contractions"????
I Will tell you one thing though: I can't exactly trust my breeder with dates. The bucks were out a bunch AND
she kept the young bucks in wayyyyyy to long. She could be due some other time??? SHould I take Betty to the vet?

 

[bonbean01]

Hey, don't feel silly! One of my ewes looked like she would lamb before Christmas...then for sure by New Year's Eve...lots of lying down, grunting, moaning, contractions...lots of sleepless cold nights, wondering if she needed help, etc. She'd get up after one of those episodes and EAT!!! Couldn't believe it. Well, she had twins January 22nd...a full month over when she appeared to be having contractions!!! More than feeling silly, I was dead tired...LOL!!! Hang in there!!!!

 

[daisychick]

I think the best thing to ease your mind would be to get a pregnancy test on her. Then you would know for sure. Because like you said, she very well could of been bred right up to the day you brought her home from the breeder's house if she let the bucks run with the does. If you get a pregnancy test you would know to either expect kids sometime in the next few months, or if she isn't pregnant you could be watching for heat cycles and maybe find a buck and get her bred. A vet could do a quick blood test and give you your answer . If it were me, that is what I would do.

 

[autumnprairie]

SmallFarmGirl, please come back, we want to hear how Betty is doing???

She's doing fine. Thanks ya'll.... I guess I just felt silly. :/
She's still as stubborn as ever and I wonder, what am I seeing? What are those, "contractions"????
I Will tell you one thing though: I can't exactly trust my breeder with dates. The bucks were out a bunch AND
she kept the young bucks in wayyyyyy to long. She could be due some other time??? SHould I take Betty to the vet?

I would take her to the vet and have them draw blood so yo can send it to biotracking for definate proof or you can try a sonnagram but it may not show.

That is what I would do if it were me