~ Betty's Kidding thread ~ SHE IS!

[SmallFarmGirl]

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.

Thanks. When I saw every ones says she's not I forget there is so much I don't put here like how the young bucks sometimes run with the does and how she's not
the person to trust with dates and

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

I forgot to add that the breeder told me a while back that she's having babies pop up every where and she still does not think she's finished.
SHE does not even know who's prego and who's NOT!

 

[daisychick]

Do you think you will get a pregnancy test taken on Betty?

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

SmallFarmGirl,
Don't feel silly. Your doe is who should feel silly! I would defintaly reccomend a biotracking test for Betty Bop. That way you will know for sure if you should be expecting kids or not. I can only imagine how you feel getting your hopes up for kids only to be told by us that she is not pregnant.
Take Care Now.

 

[redtailgal]

Silly? phsssss.

Here is silly.

When I first started working with cattle, I was on a dairy. MY job was working in the "springin" pen. (where the new babies are born)

SO, I see the horribly bloated looking cow waddling across the springin pasture. She has go to be close, right? I go get her, bring her in and put her in a birthing corral. She is HUGE.
I wait and wait, and FINALLY I see her with her back hunched up tail out, pushing so hard she grunts. NOTHING happens for over an hour and a half.

I glove up and go in. But, um, there is no baby. THERE IS NOTHING THERE! She stops pushing.

Hmmm? I say. Perhaps the baby is just too far back for me to reach.

Later that day, she begins pushing again. I give her plenty of time, and see that she is starting to tire, so I go in. up to my shoulder.

I FEEL something. A strange hard lump, a deformed baby? but wait too small for that. It is moving down and getting closer to me...........

Cow poops in my ear, nothing new there. It's wet and stinky and soft and mushy in my ear. Everyday thing on a dairy farm.

Now the poor cow is really really straining to push, a grunt and a bellow, arched up back...........

My arm still in there, hunting and trying to figure out what that hard lump is...

Cow poops in my ear again. This time its hot and hard and dry. Feels like someone hit me in the head with a small brick.

Hmmm.... the lump is gone.

That lump was a hunk of brown paper sacks that the cow had eaten, and become constipated (obstructed) with.

MY boss walks by and says "YUP, ya done spent two days in the wrong hole"

I felt silly.

Thus is the life with farm animals, Smallfarmgirl. Dont worry about it, lol.

And I would for sure have the vet check her out.

 

[jodief100]

Don't feel silly. These goats will drive you coo coo. We all get so excited about kidding and we want so much to have babies. It is very easy to misinterpret what you are seeing, especially if you do not have a lot of experience.
Get a bio tracking test done, or just wait until 5 months after you got her.


It is good that you care so much about her that you notice every little detail. With time you will start to figure it all out.

I have over 100 kiddings under my belt and they still suprise and confuse me come kidding season.

 

[Fluffygal]

Silly? phsssss.

Here is silly.

When I first started working with cattle, I was on a dairy. MY job was working in the "springin" pen. (where the new babies are born)

SO, I see the horribly bloated looking cow waddling across the springin pasture. She has go to be close, right? I go get her, bring her in and put her in a birthing corral. She is HUGE.
I wait and wait, and FINALLY I see her with her back hunched up tail out, pushing so hard she grunts. NOTHING happens for over an hour and a half.

I glove up and go in. But, um, there is no baby. THERE IS NOTHING THERE! She stops pushing.

Hmmm? I say. Perhaps the baby is just too far back for me to reach.

Later that day, she begins pushing again. I give her plenty of time, and see that she is starting to tire, so I go in. up to my shoulder.

I FEEL something. A strange hard lump, a deformed baby? but wait too small for that. It is moving down and getting closer to me...........

Cow poops in my ear, nothing new there. It's wet and stinky and soft and mushy in my ear. Everyday thing on a dairy farm.

Now the poor cow is really really straining to push, a grunt and a bellow, arched up back...........

My arm still in there, hunting and trying to figure out what that hard lump is...

Cow poops in my ear again. This time its hot and hard and dry. Feels like someone hit me in the head with a small brick.

Hmmm.... the lump is gone.

That lump was a hunk of brown paper sacks that the cow had eaten, and become constipated (obstructed) with.

MY boss walks by and says "YUP, ya done spent two days in the wrong hole"

I felt silly.

Thus is the life with farm animals, Smallfarmgirl. Dont worry about it, lol.

And I would for sure have the vet check her out.

LOL. That made me giggle...bet the cow was thankful u helped her deconstipate.

 

[bonbean01]

Redtailgirl.....laughing so hard at your cow story I spewed coffee on my keyboard!!!! Too funny

 

[that's*satyrical]

lol. I know I don't ever want to work on a dairy farm now that I know it's normal to get pooped on into your ear every day.

Well at least your boss saved some money on bovine ex-lax lol.

 

[autumnprairie]

. Me and QM are laughing so I can't type