MissDanni
Ridin' The Range
Last year we brought home some cashmere goats. We got twin boys and also a 2 year old doe. All bottle babies so they are super friendly.
This is a first for both of us. I have never had goats before these guys and I have never been around pregnant does or seen a kid born. So go easy on me.
The doe is pregnant and I haven't a clue when she is due. Once we realized that she was pregnant we moved her to her own place in the barn.
This is what is going on right now:
*Her udder is pretty large ... compared to normal. (Not like to the ground like I've seen some pictures on here.)
*Her teats are very long now.
*Her vulva seems "puffy".
*She is restless and wants me to stay with her all the time, if I leave the barn she tries to follow me. She is a friendly girl but this is much more than her usual "pet me" follow. She is insistent that I be with her.
*She is up and down and takes a few paws at the bedding before laying down almost on her side.
*She is making this kind of quiet moaning sound.
*She is normally very vocal and calls "Maa" all the time, but she isn't doing that anymore... unless I try to leave her that is.
*Her walk is more like a duck now than a goat.
*Oh and she looks a little dopey at times, looking around with a dazed look in her eyes.
*I can see and feel kicking.
*She seems pretty uncomfortable.
*In the past few days her shape has changed, she has gone from fully rounded to boney looking the the hind quarters. Her hips and spine looks stuck out and the belly roundness has moved much lower.
I'm adding a few pictures here so that maybe someone can let me know (roughly) when I should be expecting newborns.
Oh, also I spoke to the breeder we got these guys from and as I said about both bucks were twins, and the doe was a twin herself. So I'm told that we could very well be looking at twins.. that would be great.
I'm super excited / nervous / excited / nervous and so on.
What do you think guys and girls?
This is a first for both of us. I have never had goats before these guys and I have never been around pregnant does or seen a kid born. So go easy on me.
The doe is pregnant and I haven't a clue when she is due. Once we realized that she was pregnant we moved her to her own place in the barn.
This is what is going on right now:
*Her udder is pretty large ... compared to normal. (Not like to the ground like I've seen some pictures on here.)
*Her teats are very long now.
*Her vulva seems "puffy".
*She is restless and wants me to stay with her all the time, if I leave the barn she tries to follow me. She is a friendly girl but this is much more than her usual "pet me" follow. She is insistent that I be with her.
*She is up and down and takes a few paws at the bedding before laying down almost on her side.
*She is making this kind of quiet moaning sound.
*She is normally very vocal and calls "Maa" all the time, but she isn't doing that anymore... unless I try to leave her that is.
*Her walk is more like a duck now than a goat.
*Oh and she looks a little dopey at times, looking around with a dazed look in her eyes.
*I can see and feel kicking.
*She seems pretty uncomfortable.
*In the past few days her shape has changed, she has gone from fully rounded to boney looking the the hind quarters. Her hips and spine looks stuck out and the belly roundness has moved much lower.
I'm adding a few pictures here so that maybe someone can let me know (roughly) when I should be expecting newborns.
Oh, also I spoke to the breeder we got these guys from and as I said about both bucks were twins, and the doe was a twin herself. So I'm told that we could very well be looking at twins.. that would be great.
I'm super excited / nervous / excited / nervous and so on.
What do you think guys and girls?
