For all you kidding thread addicts:

[Livinwright Farm]

Part boredom and part "I just can't move".

 

[daisychick]

Can't stop watching. She is just so wide I can't believe it. Hope she has them soon.

 

[Queen Mum]

Can't stop watching. She is just so wide I can't believe it. Hope she has them soon.

That's not babies. That's a watermelon sideways in her belly. She's stretching and yawning and trying to spit it out! Big seeds, those watermelons have. I don't know where her owner got watermelons this time of year, but apparently no one told her that you shouldn't feed them to pregnant does because they get stuck in the goats rumen and then start to turn sideways. Poor thing...

Good thing she joined BYH. We will help her learn such new and interesting facts about goats. Fortunately all our sharp eyes will detect these minor problems before it's too late.

 

[MrsDieselEngineer]

Can't stop watching. She is just so wide I can't believe it. Hope she has them soon.

That's not babies. That's a watermelon sideways in her belly. She's stretching and yawning and trying to spit it out! Big seeds, those watermelons have. I don't know where her owner got watermelons this time of year, but apparently no one told her that you shouldn't feed them to pregnant does because they get stuck in the goats rumen and then start to turn sideways. Poor thing...

Good thing she joined BYH. We will help her learn such new and interesting facts about goats. Fortunately all our sharp eyes will detect these minor problems before it's too late.

 

[Queen Mum]

It is very difficult to fathom that a goat that tiny can swallow a watermelon whole. But they have a jaw like a snake. Just open up and down it goes. Whoomp! Slurp, Yum...

It's the miracle of pregnancy. Non-pregnant goats can't do it. Those of you who have had babies yourselves know about that moment when birth happens and your pelvis does the same thing!

"MMM HMMM." You are all saying, while nodding knowingly and wincing slightly at the memory... "I remember that."

But the feeding part doesn't hurt. It just helps them get better nutrition because goats head butt each other and fight for every morsal of food. It's a survival thing.

 

[Missy]

Can't stop watching. She is just so wide I can't believe it. Hope she has them soon.

That's not babies. That's a watermelon sideways in her belly. She's stretching and yawning and trying to spit it out! Big seeds, those watermelons have. I don't know where her owner got watermelons this time of year, but apparently no one told her that you shouldn't feed them to pregnant does because they get stuck in the goats rumen and then start to turn sideways. Poor thing...

Good thing she joined BYH. We will help her learn such new and interesting facts about goats. Fortunately all our sharp eyes will detect these minor problems before it's too late.

 

[doxiemoxie]

Not one watermelon, three, at least! I can't believe she can still get up on her hind legs. I think its still gonna be awhile, they look kind of high to me; unless its quads!!

 

[Missy]

I know, I thought for sure when she stood up on her hind legs, those poor little things would just collapse underneath her

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Okay, either something really has her interest, or she is shifting babies for better birth positioning

 

[Missy]

Okay, either something really has her interest, or she is shifting babies for better birth positioning

I think her interest was the nice fresh hay she recieved---unfortunately....sigh....back to watching