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

[rebelINny]

Yes multiples are usually smaller than singles, especially with triplets or more. The only thing I might worry about is with multiple kids there is more of a chance of the kids getting "tangled" and you may have to assist.

 

[CYGChickies]

That's what I'm thinking too. Is the discharge the only good way to predict a pending birth? I'm not quite set up with the baby monitors and cameras yet, mostly because I'm at work when they always want to kid!

 

[rebelINny]

Your goat's udder is a huge indicator. Not all does udder's "Blow Up" overnight but most of mine have. I usually have kids on the ground within 12 hours of the udder doubling in size. You won't always have discharge visible until right before they kid, however the are will be kinda puffy and swollen looking and you will be able to notice contractions in that area because it tights up like mad when she's contracting. Goats do alot of laying down and getting up and doing it all over again trying to get comfy or to reposition kids. There are several ways of telling when they are close. Also feeling the ligaments on either side of the tailbone. If it feels like two hard solid lines on either side she's not ready. When they are soft or you cannot feel them at all you better be watching for kids.

 

[CYGChickies]

I forgot about the ligaments that's right! She's puffy and big-uddered now. Should I be worried or is she on schedule? She is due March 1 as he did breed her right away starting on the 1st of October.

 

[rebelINny]

If you are sure she was bred for March 1st then I wouldn't get into a frazzle yet. However nigerian dwarfs typically go 145 days not 150 like the standard breeds so make sure you factor that in. You could always start your own kidding thread and post pics of her woohoo and udder and stuff

 

[Missy]

Hey hey! Woo hoos can go here! lol.

on another note. Ginger, who had twins the first time, triplets the second time, and who never udders up until she is very close, is already bigger than she was last year when she kidded, AND is already building her udder... I am not sure what to expect.

 

[autumnprairie]

I finally got caught up, school this year has been hectic. I want more pictures Missy and everyone else too. I won't disappear again

 

[Riverside Fainters]

We are right on schedule! Izzy has a slight udder forming. She I'd due in like 1 1/2 months!! I can't wait

 

[Missy]

I just realized that I could have babies from 19 days on(that puts Ginger at 145 days)-(she kidded at 147 last year).

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

I have one due on the 17th, saint pattys day!