Clover's Kidding Thread :D

[Goatgirl47]

I was just looking at that!

The only symptoms she has is not eating. Although earlier this morning when I was doing chores, she was just as hungry as she usually is. Do you think I should give her Molasses/Corn Syrup?

 

[Southern by choice]

But she is eating hay right? Just didn't want grain this am?
Everything has been normal til this?

 

[Goatgirl47]

But she is eating hay right? Just didn't want grain this am?
Everything has been normal til this?

I'll have to go out and watch her for a little while and see if she's eating hay. Yes, everything has been normal until this.

 

[samssimonsays]

My favorite part of this time of year hahaha!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

The last few days Clover has been VERY hungry, and always wanting food. But today when I stanchion-trained her, I gave her the usual feed, except I added a teeny bit of grain. She didn't want any of her food, and didn't seem to be hungry. Could she have ketosis? Yesterday I gave her a little handful of Alfalfa pellets and grain too, and she loved it.

How is she acting now? Just offer some Alfalfa pellets and see if she will eat it.
Have you taken her temp? Don't give any Molasses/Corn Syrup until you have taken her temp. If she has a high temp don't give any.
I know you just got her, have you had a fecal run on her to check for parasites? The stress of the move as well as being in advanced pregnancy can both cause a parasite bloom- that could be why she doesn't want to eat.
There are many things that will cause a goat to go off feed, so at this point it is hard to tell.
How is she acting? Is she sluggish, depressed, grinding her teeth etc.?
I don't like to rely on the FAMACHA, but how are her eyelids?

 

[Goatgirl47]

Well, now she seems fine. A few hours ago I fed her again (the normal ration, but with some grain), and she ate it all happily. I have not taken her temperature, and she wasn't acting off in any other way, and still isn't. It was raining hard most of the day, and I haven't seen her eat hay - I usually don't anyway - but she might be eating it at night when I lock her up in the goat house.

 

[Southern by choice]

I kinda figured that was the case- @Goat Whisperer is dead on though...

 

[Goatgirl47]

Nothing has changed, and she's still acting normal. Thank you for your help @Southern by choice & @Goat Whisperer!

Here are a couple pictures of Clover's dam, Clover, and I think her sibling, from when they were little. They were adorable!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

They are adorable! I can't wait to see what she has.

You probably already said it, but what type of buck bred her?

 

[Goatgirl47]

She was bred to an Alpine. Her father was a brownish/white Alpine like her mother, so it's interesting that her sibling was black/white.