Kid Watch Feb/March: Jenny day 138

[TheMixedBag]

We've only got 2 does for this year, and the first one to kid *should* be Milky Way, but at the rate Jenny's going, she may kid first.

Pics are recent as of 2/04.

Jenny's udder. Already a good size bigger than it was, it's roughly 1/3 the size of her FF udder. First possible due date Feb. 21, most likely due date March 17th (pen-bred, I caught her bred on those 2 dates)

Milky's udder. Latest possible due date is....end of February. We got her Oct. 14, she was never bred while she was here. Her ligaments are softening, her udder is filling even slower. She's been building this one since mid December.

 

[ksalvagno]

Good luck with your kidding.

 

[helmstead]

Can't wait to see babies, so much fun!

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

Good luck!! Love the freckles on the udders!!!


Baby pics!!

 

[TheMixedBag]

I think Jenny may actually be a carrier for the Sable gene, or at least I'm hoping so. She's bred to an Alpine buck, her sire was homozygous white, and I *think* her dam was hetero white and hetero Sable, so we'll see.

Edit: Went and got new pics. Am I going blind or is there a pretty good difference?

Such a teeny belly for twins...

 

[ksalvagno]

It does look like the udders are filling.

 

[Dreaming Of Goats]

They're a filling!!!

 

[julieq]

Definitely filling!

 

[TheMixedBag]

I don't know what's going on, but maybe I should have done my kid check earlier. I barely even felt a twitch (and I'm not 100% sure I did), but I can't feel the kids moving. I can feel lumps on her belly, but no movement from them. There's no discharge, and sometimes they won't be in the same place, but if they are dead, would she abort now, or would she carry them to term? Is the movement something I should be really concerned about, or could it just be a sign of no room left in her uterus?

 

[4hmama]

Sometimes, as they get closer to delivery, it's harder to feel because they don't have much room to move.