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

[Livinwright Farm]

My Daisy did.

About how long was it before Daisy started real contractions*? ETA: *from when she had the braxton hicks
Just curious as to how long Cali might keep my family in suspense.

Daisy fooled me with braxton hicks about 2 weeks prior to kidding.

Oh goodness... I hope Cali doesn't keep me that long, that would mean I am wrong about the date she was bred.

 

[elevan]

I can't remember...didn't you say she's due the 7th or 9th or something like that?

 

[Livinwright Farm]

I can't remember...didn't you say she's due the 7th or 9th or something like that?

If I go with the standard breeds' gestation she is due the 9th
If I go with the typical(from what I have read)Nigerians/pygmies' gestation(which she is a Nigi-Pyg) she was due the 4th.
So I am expecting that she will go any day/moment now... that is, unless I got the bred date wrong.

 

[elevan]

Hopefully you weren't off the due date by a month like I was! Talk about nerve racking and nail biting!

They can actually "settle" 2 - 4 days after breeding (according to my vet) so you've still got some play room with timing

 

[Livinwright Farm]

I am going to sleep for a week once she and my other does have kidded!

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

Still waiting??? Hope it goes well for you!! Anxious for pics!!!

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Still waiting??? Hope it goes well for you!! Anxious for pics!!!

yes, still waiting. >insert theme from Jeopardy here<
me too!
and me too!

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Just took Cali's temp(just barely got an appropriate thermometer), and she is reading 102.4F...

 

[Our7Wonders]

Just took Cali's temp(just barely got an appropriate thermometer), and she is reading 102.4F...

Does temp change with impending labor? I haven't yet heard that - BUT I'm new and there's LOTS I haven't heard yet!

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Just took Cali's temp(just barely got an appropriate thermometer), and she is reading 102.4F...

Does temp change with impending labor? I haven't yet heard that - BUT I'm new and there's LOTS I haven't heard yet!

I don't know if temp will drop in goats like it will with people and dogs... but I was talking with a vet tech earlier today and mentioned the (apparently) braxton hicks that Cali had a couple days ago, and they said we should get her temp. If it was high, odds are she had been in labor, and something happened midway signaling that she needs emergency vet help. If it was within normal goat temp parameters, then she should be fine and we just have to wait it out however long it takes....