March Kidding--Anyone due and want to wait with me??

[frustratedearthmother]

My girls usually start bagging up roughly 6 weeks prior to kidding.

 

[MissFitFarm]

ok I was thinking 3 weeks to a mth. so if it's normal for 6 weeks then that would be the way I had it figured in the first place.. ok its all good.. thanks

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

just checked my does.. we re diffidently going to have babies, but might be sooner then I thought. I thought it took 5 mths? So I don't get it, from the time the billy got in the same pen to march would have been 5 mths and I had the billy in with them for 2 weeks. but both my girls is already bagging up, I only know horse talk .. sorry, don't know what it's called in goat talk, yes this will be my first birthing of goats.

My goats will start to bag up about a month or so before kidding. : )

 

[MissFitFarm]

oh well darn... then just no way to really tell then??? well poo, I guess I better get to getting to barn ready for them then.

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

oh well darn... then just no way to really tell then??? well poo, I guess I better get to getting to barn ready for them then.

When's the earliest you put your buck with your does? I have two does due in March and they're already starting to bag up some.

 

[MissFitFarm]

I put then in OCT. 20th and took them out Oct. 31

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Generally, you'll see a big change in their bag the day they will kid - but not always. However, feeling the ligaments in their rear-end is a wonderful way to predict impending birth. Fiasco Farm has a good article with pics...

https://fiascofarm.com/goats/prenatalcare.html

I'd start paying real close attention around March 15th. Good luck!

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

I put then in OCT. 20th and took them out Oct. 31

It sounds like your does will be kidding in March then. They're just preparing for when the time does come.

 

[MissFitFarm]

Generally, you'll see a big change in their bag the day they will kid - but not always. However, feeling the ligaments in their rear-end is a wonderful way to predict impending birth. Fiasco Farm has a good article with pics...

https://fiascofarm.com/goats/prenatalcare.html

I'd start paying real close attention around March 15th. Good luck!

It sounds like your does will be kidding in March then. They're just preparing for when the time does come.

cool I thought it would be in March, thanks and thanks for the link going to check it out now.

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

Fias co Farm has a great website! Also, here's a link to a goat gestation calculator. It's been a great help to me. http://www.goatbiology.com/animations/gestcalculator.html