Can Anyone Guess what This Breed Could be?

[mojomamma]

Here is a pic of her udder, she is a FF, we suspect she is due sometime in the next couple of weeks. I saw a clear mucous string about 4 inches long yesterday and can feel the baby moving. So excited!!!
http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq204/wildflowerwax/IMG_2459.jpg

 

[enolderman]

Wow I think she looks great but she doesn't look big. We just had this experience and our goat was large around the belly and back end. I look forward to seeing your new baby!

 

[mojomamma]

I talked to the lady I got her from and she was giving her bermuda hay with a little alfalfa hay( she said to much alfalfa gave them the runs) She also gave her purina noble pellets. This goat is crazy she loves banana's and the peel gobbled it down! So I named her banana She is hardly eating any hay and she is not grazing hardly at all, just mainly standing around unless I give her the grain( Dumor sweet feed). I am scared that she is starving The nigerian dwarf that is supposed to be her friend cannot stand her and is butting at her when she tries to eat, so I have to tie the nigerian up to get something in banana. I tried seperating them and they completely freak out, so I am not sure what to do now.,... She is very close to labor and started having some clear mucous 2 days ago.

 

[Queen Mum]

She is really cute! I love the name.

Goats LOVE bananas and oranges. They also like dried Banana peels and dried orange peels. They also like peanuts and raisins. (go easy on them.) Keep trying. She's just not used to her food yet. And the other goat is just showing her dominance and establishing herd order.

The clear mucous can go on for a long time before birth. Weeks even. Keep feeding her. She will pick up. Does she have browse?

 

[mojomamma]

She is really cute! I love the name.

Goats LOVE bananas and oranges. They also like dried Banana peels and dried orange peels. They also like peanuts and raisins. (go easy on them.) Keep trying. She's just not used to her food yet. And the other goat is just showing her dominance and establishing herd order.

The clear mucous can go on for a long time before birth. Weeks even. Keep feeding her. She will pick up. Does she have browse?

Thank you! She does have plenty to browse on, I have a 1 acre backyard with grass, tons of leaves, brush, weeds, she is just showing no interest right now. This is the 4th day we have had her. She just follows the other goat everywhere it goes, but stays a few feet away. When I went to pick her up the lady had TONS of goats in a huge pasture, they went into a big barn at night. The herd of goats I picked her from were basically brush goats and not handled often. She also said that these goats always have 1 on their first birth, she has never seen twins and has been doing this for 10 years! They kid there babies out in the pasture usually during the day and nurse for 3 months. WHen they are ready to kid they usually go as far as they can from their bedding and food area , So this is different than what I have read about! She was bred to a nigerian, which was the only male out of about 40 does.

 

[Queen Mum]

That may be why she isn't eating a lot of hay. She is used to eating in the pasture. And it may be why she looks thinner than you are used to. She doesn't know the food. She is in a strange area, with strange food and strange people and now strange new herd. Since she is staying away from the other goat, but staying "with" the other goat, that means that she is getting to know her place. And it sounds like things are pretty Normal for her. She is just used to a LOT of goats and now she is around only ONE other goat.

RELAX, it really does sound like things are going well. You are doing GREAT with her. She will take time to adjust. When I got my first goats, they did the same thing. But get her the minerals and some kelp and baby her a bit. She will be happy as a clam before you know it. And if she has a single baby on her first time, it will likely be a big baby. When she gets really close, if you have a kidding pen, put her in it so you can assist if she needs it. (big single babies often need some help.)

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

My opinion is that she is underconditioned. Even for a dry/open doe, but especially for a doe in late gestation. Be sure she is getting enough calcium (alfalfa or other legume) in her diet. Rapid growth means kids require a lot of calcium in the last 30 days of pregnancy. Be sure you have CMPK on hand in case she does go hypocalcemic. It's something you should always have in your medicine chest.

 

[Goatherd]

http://goats.wetpaint.com/page/Hypocalcemia+-+CMPK+Kitchen+Recipe

Be sure you have CMPK on hand in case she does go hypocalcemic. It's something you should always have in your medicine chest.

n.smithurmond, what's your opinion on this? Thanks.

 

[mojomamma]

My opinion is that she is underconditioned. Even for a dry/open doe, but especially for a doe in late gestation. Be sure she is getting enough calcium (alfalfa or other legume) in her diet. Rapid growth means kids require a lot of calcium in the last 30 days of pregnancy. Be sure you have CMPK on hand in case she does go hypocalcemic. It's something you should always have in your medicine chest.

The only hay I have is Bermuda, will that work? What is CMPK?(sorry I'm a newbie I am pretty sure she is less than 2 weeks away, I will get a pooch shot tomorrow, her belly looks like it has dropped some...

 

[mojomamma]

My opinion is that she is underconditioned. Even for a dry/open doe, but especially for a doe in late gestation. Be sure she is getting enough calcium (alfalfa or other legume) in her diet. Rapid growth means kids require a lot of calcium in the last 30 days of pregnancy. Be sure you have CMPK on hand in case she does go hypocalcemic. It's something you should always have in your medicine chest.

The only hay I have is Bermuda, will that work? What is CMPK?(sorry I'm a newbie I am pretty sure she is less than 2 weeks away, I will get a pooch shot tomorrow, her belly looks like it has dropped some...

OH! nevermind, I just found your link! Thanks!