Mamaboid-Bad day turned out a whole lot better than it could have.

[Mamaboid]

Good morning all.

Well, not much new to tell here, Stephanie and Dusty both doing great, getting bigger by the minute. Stephanie had a tiny bit of discharge yesterday, thinking plug. Putting them in kidding pens at night on camera and checking on them often during the day. It will be a miracle if Stephanie has babies that do not come out black and blue. She is such a bull in a china shop. She came out of her pen this morning and tripped over the door stop and went down to her knees. She jumps on the fence, plays on the 'jungle gym' and in general seems to have no idea that she is pregnant and should be careful. Dusty on the other hand seems to think she is delicate. LOL She is dainty anyway and seems to be very aware of her condition. I just love the differences in all the goats.
Will try to get updated pics when it brightens up a bit, but is really rainy and dreary here today.

Milking Elsie still going great, and she is getting more patient with being on the stand a little longer each day.

Finished second round of Di-Meth for kids last night, glad that is over....Egads they hate that stuff.

Eggs in bator doing good, bator holding temp perfectly. I think I will try to candle them tonight.

Hope everybody has a wonderful day.

Later

BJ

 

[Mamaboid]

Good morning everybody.

10 days to go, but I don't think Stephanie is going to make it that long. She has ligs, but they are way down deep, and very soft. She is having discharge, and is sunken in on her sides. Her udder is getting tighter every day but still has a ways to go before 'boom'. Her girly parts are really puffy and I had to laugh at her this morning. For any of you females with uummm shall we say weak bladders, you will be able to relate. She stuck her head in the hay rack, and it made her sneeze. She sneezed 3 times, and each time she did, she immediately semi squatted and peed about 3 dribbles.

Dusty has just a tiny speck of white discharge this morning, but her ligs are still strong and her udder hasn't started to get tighter yet.

They are both eating like pigs, you would think they are starving. Here are some pics I snapped this morning, not very good, but just an idea of udders and such. And for added enjoyment, some fuzzy butts.

Stephanie Girly parts

Dusty Girly parts

Fuzzy Butts

Tomorrow morning I am getting my hair cut short for the summer. I cannot wait, it is driving me crazy. (Short trip)

Hope everybody has a great day.

Later

BJ

 

[marlowmanor]

Good morning everybody.

10 days to go, but I don't think Stephanie is going to make it that long. She has ligs, but they are way down deep, and very soft. She is having discharge, and is sunken in on her sides. Her udder is getting tighter every day but still has a ways to go before 'boom'. Her girly parts are really puffy and I had to laugh at her this morning. For any of you females with uummm shall we say weak bladders, you will be able to relate. She stuck her head in the hay rack, and it made her sneeze. She sneezed 3 times, and each time she did, she immediately semi squatted and peed about 3 dribbles.

Dusty has just a tiny speck of white discharge this morning, but her ligs are still strong and her udder hasn't started to get tighter yet.

They are both eating like pigs, you would think they are starving. Here are some pics I snapped this morning, not very good, but just an idea of udders and such. And for added enjoyment, some fuzzy butts.

Stephanie Girly parts
http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/4738_050712_003.jpg

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/4738_050712_013.jpg

Dusty Girly parts
http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/4738_050712_005.jpg

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/4738_050712_012.jpg

Fuzzy Butts
http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/4738_050712_008.jpg

Tomorrow morning I am getting my hair cut short for the summer. I cannot wait, it is driving me crazy. (Short trip)

Hope everybody has a great day.

Later

BJ

The girls are looking good. I'm guessing Dusty is going to get her udder the day she kids since she doesn't have much going on yet. I've been wanting to get my hair cut too. Mine is at shoulder length right now but I am getting tired of pulling it up all the time because of the heat. I've been thinking of getting it cut chin length in a bob, or going back to my pixie cut I did when I was pregnant with my last son. I just haven't gotten DH to take me yet on our weekend outings. Maybe I'll get it done this week. I have a coupon for Great Clips and I want to use it.

 

[daisychick]

Stephanie looks like she will go soon. Her udder looks pretty good. I have 30 days to wait on my first doe to be due. The fuzzy butts look like they are growing lots of feathers. They are always so cute/ugly when they are half feathers half fuzz.

 

[Mamaboid]

Hi all.

Stephanie's udder almost doubled overnight and is getting tighter by the minute. Still not 'boom' but getting there. She has quite a bit of discharge, a stringy kind of stuff. It looks different than Elsie's did, but still looks normal to me. Her ligs are coming and going, but haven't gone completely away yet. She is breathing a little heavy when she exerts herself at all, and she thinks she is starving to death. I think she is getting close. I don't think she is going to make it to her due date of 17th. She is out in the field with the others, but I am keeping a close eye on her and she is on camera in her kidding pen at night.

Dusty still has pretty strong ligs, even tho she has sunk in around her hips and the baby(ies) have dropped some. I think she is going to go to at least her due date of 17th.

I will try to make sure they are on camera when they go I will try to let you know on here if I have any notice at all. Keep an eye out.

Later

BJ

 

[elevan]

 

[autumnprairie]

 

[redtailgal]

That mamboid is SUCH an enabler.

(pass the popcorn, I love cam links!)

 

[Mamaboid]

Hey Everybody

Well, it has been an interesting and busy few days around here. First off, no babies yet, but we are definitely getting closer. Stephanie's ligs are very mushy and barely there, her udder is getting tighter all the time, but I think she still probably has a couple days yet. Dusty is progressing slower. Her ligs are a little softer and deeper, but still pretty strong. Her udder is still not progressing, but I don't think it has gotten smaller. I still don't know what that is all about.

We had 3 (count them 3) hens go broody this weekend and they are now sitting on a total of 18 eggs. I candled my bator eggs tonight, and it only looks like 6 of the 24 are not viable, so have high hopes there.

We moved the ducklings out of the shed and onto the pond bank in their pen. They will be able to see the chickens and their surroundings and get oriented to the pond, and then in a few days, we will let them out onto the pond. They are loving it.

We painted all weekend. We painted our shutters on the house. They were supposed to be a barn or brick red, but the paint didn't dry the color we thought it would, so we have really pretty, really bright, fire engine red shutters. Not what I wanted, exactly, but they are clean and fresh and growing on me. My husband is a small one man contractor and small job builder. We have a kind of 'resort' town that is real close to us. He does a lot of work for 'the rich people'. They throw a lot of good stuff on the dump.....unless DH gets there first. Last fall, he brought home a porch set, 4 chairs, a table, two umbrellas, a bench, and two little end table like things. All wrought iron. They were perfectly sound and in really good shape, just needed a coat of paint. Well.....they are now fire engine red also. The bench is really pretty. Has a vine and flowers on the back and arms. I am going to detail them. Will post pics of em when I get done with it.

We lost a guinea on Friday. Have no idea what happened. We found her, still warm, laying right at the entrance to the chicken coop. She didn't seem to be thin or sickly, couldn't find any injuries on her, and she hadn't been acting off. The only thing I can think is that either she was the one that got the hook in her throat and infection killed her after all this time, or she was injured somehow inside and tried to get home. All the other birds are fine, so who knows. I am down to only two lavendars left now, may have to fix that.

The 'chicklets' both the black giants and the meat whites are growing like crazy. The blacks are completely feathered out now, and I am going to put them into the big coop this week.

Even though I am not a 'mother', I have lots of nephews and nieces. Two of my nephews and one niece have at one time or another lived with us for extended periods of time. They called and wished me happy mother's day, and that made my weekend. The oldest nephew is coming to stay with us next weekend and is going to help DH put up some more goat fencing. I am looking forward to that.

Hope everybody had a wonderful Mother's Day, and hope you have a great week. Keep checking the camera, and I will try to give notice of births before they happen so you can see the camera. RTG is right, I am definitely an enabler.

Later,

BJ

 

[elevan]

I'm sorry about your guinea.

You definitely gotta love the chickens when they go broody when you have the incubator full!