Nina - WE HAVE BABIES - LOTS OF PICS

[Queen Mum]

You know I'm about 15 min from Shepherd. If that boy needs to feel a touch of 'home life' he can come scoop my barn.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Nina had a spa day. She got a pedicure and a baby trim. She was excellent on the stand while I did it all. So of course, had to take some pictures. I keep thinking she is not that big, until i look at the pictures and compare to her earlier pictures. Here she is Day #117, 33 days to go. She is never a fan of the photo with her tail up. Today, while I was out at the barn, she was laying down and making growning noises and she would look around at her belly. I guess if I had a kid or kids in my belly it would not be the most comfortable thing.

 

[autumnprairie]

nice pics

 

[Queen Mum]

Wow, ThreeBoysChicks, Spa day, eh. Nice job on the trim. Nina is really looking big. Looks like she is doing great. She has some really milkable teats there. Her udder is developing nicely too. One month to go and she is going to be a mommy! I think she is going to have twins. She has one big tummy.

 

[that's*satyrical]

lol, but you forgot to let her pick a color & paint her toenails

 

[Queen Mum]

lol, but you forgot to let her pick a color & paint her toenails

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

No they are painted. She went all natural with the Mud color. Althought it has not rained now for several days, so things are starting to dry out.

 

[autumnprairie]

No they are painted. She went all natural with the Mud color. Althought it has not rained now for several days, so things are starting to dry out.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

It was a very nice today, so we took some updated pictures. It is Day #132. It seems that her belly has dropped. She was sticking out more on the sides than she is now. Her udder continues to grow and so far looks like it will be nice. I have felt movement / kicking. So when should I seperate her from the others?

 

[AdoptAPitBull]

You don't want to separate her too early because she may become stressed or depressed being all alone. I'd wait until the "boom", and then I'd only pen her up at night. Since you know her due date, you'll have a window of a few days to be able to tell the changes in her body. And if she goes ahead and kids without you having time to separate her, that's OK. Just take her and her kids into the pen at that time. The pen is more of a mom and baby bonding time than anything else. Since you have a small herd, I'd not worry too much about other animals messing with her.

You should also see much more of a "drop" right before she kids. Her hips will look like they're going to poke through the skin.

I think she'll go right around day 150 for you. Hopefully she won't listen to "doe code" and make you wait forever!