Kristi
Chillin' with the herd
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I've so enjoyed seeing everybody's babies, I thought I'd start a kidding thread to share ours.
We are new to goats (bought them in January), and this will be our first kidding. First for us people...third for each of the goats.
Clementine is due first. She was bred before we got her, and I'm told she' due May 2. I think she's bred to an alpine buck, but not sure. After reading up on this site and others, I think she may go early. We're 10 days out and she's getting puffy, having some discharge, and her ligaments seem mushy already. Lately she doesn't tolerate me brushing or touching her anywhere near the back half of her. Not to mention her udder's been pretty full for atleast a couple weeks, and she's getting big and obviously very uncomfortable, poor thing!
We're due for a bit of snow later this week...probably that day, eh?
We all (children, family, friends, neighbors, lol) are anxiously awaiting the babies! I've told the kids that if I catch it happening in the middle of the night, I'll wake them up so we can all watch. Lol.
Here's a picture of Clemmy looking big, about a week ago. She's eating off the ground because, of course, they wrecked the awesome hay feeder I built out of old crib parts, lol!
We are new to goats (bought them in January), and this will be our first kidding. First for us people...third for each of the goats.
Clementine is due first. She was bred before we got her, and I'm told she' due May 2. I think she's bred to an alpine buck, but not sure. After reading up on this site and others, I think she may go early. We're 10 days out and she's getting puffy, having some discharge, and her ligaments seem mushy already. Lately she doesn't tolerate me brushing or touching her anywhere near the back half of her. Not to mention her udder's been pretty full for atleast a couple weeks, and she's getting big and obviously very uncomfortable, poor thing!
We're due for a bit of snow later this week...probably that day, eh?
We all (children, family, friends, neighbors, lol) are anxiously awaiting the babies! I've told the kids that if I catch it happening in the middle of the night, I'll wake them up so we can all watch. Lol.
Here's a picture of Clemmy looking big, about a week ago. She's eating off the ground because, of course, they wrecked the awesome hay feeder I built out of old crib parts, lol!
