~Livinwright Farm's kidding thread~ 2 preggers does... hopefully :)

[elevan]

Here's hoping 3rd rounds the charm

I'm never had one kid so young or heard anyone tell the tale of...so I really don't know what to expect. She doesn't look like she'll go this week...but I suppose you never can tell. AND goats are liars, right?

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Here's hoping 3rd rounds the charm

I'm never had one kid so young or heard anyone tell the tale of...so I really don't know what to expect. She doesn't look like she'll go this week...but I suppose you never can tell. AND goats are liars, right?

Hey! me either! Yeah, she is 8 months 1 week old... and I have absolutely NO idea on what to look for in regards to progress... all I know is that her udder & teats went from TINY to what you see in the most recent pics in just a week and 4 days. Her pooch has just recently been getting swollen/pushed out. I was hoping the pic would show it better, but oh well.
Yesterday, Momma started getting rough with Cali... which is VERY odd! The two of them are usually stuck to each other. I am hoping that it is just Momma trying to reinforce her alpha herd status.

 

[PattySh]

I agree she doesn't look term (but could be wrong!!!!). My 2 girls that just had babies are small goats. Their udders looked that size for last 2 months, the last 2 weeks got quite a bit larger. I took them to the buck's pen for a one nite fling so knew exact dates, both were overdue, one by 3 days. one 2 days.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Oh goodness! I really REALLY hope I was not THAT off on when she was accidentally bred. I have been checking on her every day. Over the past week was when her udder has really started to swell/build, and the decent swelling of her pooch started happening over the last couple days... which is part of why I think that she should go either Thursday or Friday... But then again, I have no idea what to be looking for on her in terms of progress. This is my family's first time with goats, and I can't seem to find anyone who has had a doeling pregnant at such a young age. What a quandry I am stuck with... and nerves that are at their end.
I am not sure what will happen to my brain if she doesn't go into labor this week or next... I'm thinking it will go into meltdown.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Would it help if I showed you full body pics, so you have an idea of her size at 8 months 4 days old? Also, last I checked she was 42.6 lbs.. but I can check that again today to see how much she has put on since March 30th...
Edited to fix a typo

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Okay, here is a new pic of Cali @ 8 mo, 1 week, 1 day old(today). She weighed in just now at 50.2 lbs... a 7.6 lb gain in a week and 5 days... not sure if that means anything to anyone or not???

 

[PattySh]

If the intact bucks continued to be in the barn with her there is a possibility that she bred several months running and her body was not ready to conceive (or you could be right and she is due soon). Does continue to grow until they are 2 or more so her growing is normal for her age. We faced the same frustration with my daughter's pygmy herd so I feel your pain. We never knew when to expect babies, once with tragic results (we had totally unexpected winter kids once as we did not know they could rebreed soon after kidding. This time wth the dairy herd we know the exact breeding dates. The good thing is that Cali is continuing to grow and do well.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

If the intact bucks continued to be in the barn with her there is a possibility that she bred several months running and her body was not ready to conceive (or you could be right and she is due soon). Does continue to grow until they are 2 or more so her growing is normal for her age. We faced the same frustration with my daughter's pygmy herd so I feel your pain. We never knew when to expect babies, once with tragic results (we had totally unexpected winter kids once as we did not know they could rebreed soon after kidding. This time wth the dairy herd we know the exact breeding dates. The good thing is that Cali is continuing to grow and do well.

Thankfully we were able to get the bucks seperated from her within a month and a half... so there really was only a month and a half's span that she could have been bred. They were out with her on thanksgiving(it was a beautiful day), but the boys did not mount her.. the only mounting was Marly w/ Maude(his mom )

 

[DouglasPeeps]

Can't wait to see your babies!!!

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Can't wait to see your babies!!!

ME EITHER!!!!! This is SOO crazy waiting for their arrival!!! LOL