Question about heat cycles & pregnancy after birthing

[mydog8it]

The grain is a three grain mix - it's oats, corn and barley with nothing else added. I'm giving each adult doe 2 cups of that per day. The hay is alfalfa. I'm giving enough hay in the evenings that there is still some in the bowls the following afternoon. Then they have access to pasture all day, and we give treats like carrots, zucchini, corn on the cob, handfuls of chicken scratch (which is corn, wheat and milo) and melons, etc. Their favorite treat seems to be my grapevines, sour unripened grapes and all. We found this out the hard way, of course...the vines are now bare on the bottom 1/2

 

[20kidsonhill]

I see you put some stuff on your post with the photo. That sounds pretty good to me. She is lucky to have found you to take care of her.

 

[mydog8it]

She is most certainly pregnant, You have had her since the beginning of April, so you now for sure she is atleast 2 1/2 months pregnant, I would say more like 4 months pregnant.

I would question increasing her feed too much. If she is only carrying one or two, and you increase her feed a lot you could cause kidding problems. Ofcourse if she is carrying 3 or 4 then it wouldn't matter as much, but in my opinion, better to deliver a set of smaller quads than a huge single.

She looks like she is in good condition. And I would guess due in the next 2 to 6 weeks. Are you providing any goat minerals?

Has she been vaccinated? Those are things I would worry about even more than packing on the pounds at this point.

@20kidsonhill - I just wanted to update you to let you know you were right on with your estimate! She kidded July 10 and had adorable triplet boys We've had our hands full but everyone is doing well.

 

[RareBreedFancier]

Congratulations! When your not to busy with them...

 

[mydog8it]

Congratulations! When your not to busy with them... http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/3585_id_love_to_see_pics_please.jpg

Of course!

Mama & BamBam

Ringo

Pixel & our Mastiff - the best of friends.

Pixel was REALLY tiny & under-developed - she wouldn't let him nurse so we had to bottle feed...it's been a long couple of months, but everyone's doing well. I think Pixel is at least 1/2 blind, but he seems OK other than that. He's pretty sure the dog is one of his moms.

 

[elevan]

Oh, how precious!

 

[that's*satyrical]

Awww, so cute!!

 

[RareBreedFancier]

Awwww! They are adorable.

 

[Ms. Research]

Congratulations! They are so sweet! And love the mastiff making sure his "new charge" gets his feeding. It's amazing how the animals, regardless of the breed, seem to get along.

 

[20kidsonhill]

fantastic!!! congrats, they are so healthy, and everyone looks very happy. Thank you for the update.