PICS!!!!! My Juliet

[20kidsonhill]

I will have to admit, if you just put that picture up and didn't tell me when she was due, I would guess in 3 or 4 weeks.

Is there anyway she was exposed to a buck later on? even sharing a fence line?

Now she could kid tonight. I did have a boer cross doe that didn't bag up until 3 days after she kidded. so udder development isn't always accurate.

 

[mydakota]

Nope. No buck later on. I didn't even own my own buck until 3 weeks ago. Mostly. But anyway, no breeding-capable bucks here during the time she would have conceived except the one that covered her in October. When she's milking, she's a decent little milker too.

 

[Holachicka]

Any progress today?

 

[mydakota]

Any progress today?

Only my progression towards admittance to the funny farm.

I am going to call the owner of the buck to see if she has on record the days he was here. I tried to go back and check, but I apparently threw that calendar away at the New Year. Ugh. I just want to go back and see if I miscounted. I know it was mid-October, but can't remember the days.

 

[heathen]

Maybe she is just fat? Why does her udder look uneven?

 

[mydakota]

Maybe she is just fat? Why does her udder look uneven?

No, she is not just fat. I had blood drawn and she preg tested positive.

 

[AdoptAPitBull]

Could she have aborted after the test?

Hopefully your calculations are just off. I can't see her going any time in the next 2 weeks based on those pics.

 

[mydakota]

She's definitely pregnant. Huge in fact.

 

[EggsForIHOP]

Is the baby bump moving? Can you feel kicks and karate moves on the baby side? I only ask because we had a nigi doe like that - she ALWAYS looked that big, even when I KNEW she hadn't been bred....chunky monkey all around...

Otherwise you are in the same boat I am...wondering if you got your dates right...kicking yourself in the pants for not writing it down somewhere important...because you threw that envelope away when you paid that bill...and all your breeding notes were on there...I feel ya in the confusion factor department I'm going through it now with my last 2 girls due to kid, second guessing my own memory of dates because I didn't mark it correctly...now I have been using EasyKeeper FAITHFULLY because of that...

Anywho...do keep us posted - you never know, she may just POP BAM sneak it out past ya while you're inside staring at that calendar asking yourself "What days was it again?" Goats do so enjoy being sneaky with these things...

 

[mydakota]

Juliet actually doesn't always look fat. She is usually a pretty sleek, svelte girl. Her belly looks right on target. (I haven't seen them move too much, but I have felt them) It is her udder that doesn't look on target. I don't know what is "normal" for her though. She is only freshening for the second time and the first time I didn't own her yet. I wrote on the old calendar the day the Saanen buck got here. When I got the new years calendar, I counted forward 150 days and penciled in the due date. But I didn't save the old calendar, so I can't double check my count.

As for her udder looking uneven--it looks uneven because it is uneven. When she is full, it is much less obvious than when it is flacid (which seems like it should be the opposite, but it isn't--at least not for her). I don't really care. I don't show her. I milk her. She is easy-going, compliant, and gives a good quantity (gallon plus a day) of sweet, good milk. And I like her.

I sure hope she sneaks it in on me here soon. I remember counting pretty carefully. I know I counted at least twice. I don't think I muffed it. But without the calendar, I guess I can't be sure.