New to goats could my Pygmy be in pre labor?

[sevlep1]

Here she is this morning . Now here is something weird , her bag isnt growing much at all but her teats are getting fatter. What is that about?

this pic was taken a few days ago

 

[sevlep1]

one more side view this morning

 

[madcow]

She's still just getting ready for the final moment I would think with the teats thing. Might want to consider some nipples that go on an empty 16-ounce soda bottle just in case momma won't feed the little ones. The red ones (Pritchard nipples, I think) are good and most feed stores will carry them. If you can some colostrum would be good to have on hand. I milked Ginger last year when she kidded and got some saved in the freezer, just in case for the next kidding. From the pics she isn't just huge yet, so you might have a while longer to wait. Ginger got real posty legged at the end and she had twins, but they were really good sized kids when they were born, but I made the rookie mistake of feeding her too much toward the end of her pregnancy. Not doing that this time around to avoid over-sized kids and difficults births. Kind of hard for me to do, being a grandma and all, because that's my job, to feed everyone so they are fat and happy! LOL! Ginger got incredibly lovable the last couple of days of her pregnancy, but that kind of thing doesn't hold true for some goats. As a matter of fact, goats really don't follow any hard and fast rules when it comes to kidding. That's what makes the waiting game so maddening! Well, good luck. We're waiting for baby pictures as soon as she kids!

 

[lovinglife]

OH, sounds like you could be getting close then, I thought you said you got her in Feb. Good luck!!

 

[sevlep1]

OH, sounds like you could be getting close then, I thought you said you got her in Feb. Good luck!!

I checked my photo dates and it was April that I got her.

 

[sevlep1]

She's still just getting ready for the final moment I would think with the teats thing. Might want to consider some nipples that go on an empty 16-ounce soda bottle just in case momma won't feed the little ones. The red ones (Pritchard nipples, I think) are good and most feed stores will carry them. If you can some colostrum would be good to have on hand. I milked Ginger last year when she kidded and got some saved in the freezer, just in case for the next kidding. From the pics she isn't just huge yet, so you might have a while longer to wait. Ginger got real posty legged at the end and she had twins, but they were really good sized kids when they were born, but I made the rookie mistake of feeding her too much toward the end of her pregnancy. Not doing that this time around to avoid over-sized kids and difficults births. Kind of hard for me to do, being a grandma and all, because that's my job, to feed everyone so they are fat and happy! LOL! Ginger got incredibly lovable the last couple of days of her pregnancy, but that kind of thing doesn't hold true for some goats. As a matter of fact, goats really don't follow any hard and fast rules when it comes to kidding. That's what makes the waiting game so maddening! Well, good luck. We're waiting for baby pictures as soon as she kids!

Yes I will def get some more nipples. I have some from a fawn I had but I could use some new ones. I do have nurseall but no colostrum. Got to get some for sure! I am feeding her about 1 1/2 cups-2 cups of feed nightly. Is that too much? She gets grass , bushes and hay all day. I can only hope they dont get too big in there! I will post pics the minute she drops them!

 

[sevlep1]

Well, Niya isn't doing anything at all! I have been fooled by a goat and who knows maybe she still has a month to go. I did something crazy this morning. I went to a yard sale and out of no where bought a heavily bred pygmy. Call it kid fever or the love of torture! Her name is Aubrey and she is a chocolate cutie. When I got home I realized her tail is loped to the side she has a nice bag but its not shiny and her teats are off to the sides. Maybe watching her will give me a better clues to when Niya will be ready.I can tell the lig difference between Niya and Aubrey . She was bred to a small kiko/faint cross. I must say he was a pretty thing! uh, talk about impulsive!! I will get pics of her up soon

 

[sevlep1]

Meet Aubrey

 

[TigerLily Trail Ranch]

Lol id say a bit of both & gratz! She is very pretty . Just as an FYI though if she is pygmy she is only part. Still a handsome lil thing of course . Do you happen to have a due date on her? Hopefully she will be much more obvious than your other doe lol.

 

[sevlep1]

Lol id say a bit of both & gratz! She is very pretty . Just as an FYI though if she is pygmy she is only part. Still a handsome lil thing of course . Do you happen to have a due date on her? Hopefully she will be much more obvious than your other doe lol.

Thanks I don't know what her cross is and LOL once again no dd! But I can follow her bag she's not cool with letting me feel her ligs that much. She is great on a leash but not one for affection. She is def alpha female. She yells for my othet does and then when they show up she head butts the fence. But when I sit in the pen but not touch her she seem comfortable. Maybe she will follow some sort of order text book symptoms before kidding lol I just need some normalcy for my sanity.