Ready or Not....... Shouldvknwnbetter- Fall

[Hens and Roos]

Does she have an udder at all? If she doesn't have an udder, get ready to bottle feed.

I believe you said the vet confirmed she was bred?

we can't see an udder- she is pretty shaggy and doesn't like to be touched. We are set with a bottle as we have one from feeding Melanie.

Yes she and Obie were confirmed pregnant by the vet a few days before we picked them up. They couldn't tell how many though. These 2 are both FF.

 

[Southern by choice]

Can you stand behind her and try to get a pic without her noticing?
I say that because our goats seem to like their privacy and we have to nonchalantly walk around like we aren't doing anything and sneak a shot. LOL

 

[Hens and Roos]

I can try(probably have to give them a bit of grain)- just a whole behind shot or ???, her tail pretty much covers things up

 

[Southern by choice]

Aim lower so we can see any hint of udder. LOL
Some goats just don't show a lot til just before and then go booom.

 

[Hens and Roos]

So here are a few pictures I was able to get earlier today...not the greatest as she isn't very comfortable with us yet and the other doe was trying to get attention from me. If you see anything that we should be watching please let us know....cause at this point we are clueless!

Butt shot:

Side shot 1

Side shot 2(sorry not the best)

 

[Hens and Roos]

day 148- no change that we can see , chowed down with the other 2 when fed this am. Currently they are spreading around a bale of straw I added this morning for bedding since we will be getting colder mid-week. It's a game of patience

 

[Sweetened]

I was very surprised by gretel. We went in at 8am and checked her, and by 11:10 when she broke her water, her already tight and larger-than-last-year udder had DOUBLED. If flora is pregnant, she will be putting over a gallon of milk in that udder in a day or less. I have heard some does fill while birthing, some after as well.

I feel like i see a small udder there, but shes fuzzy!

 

[Hens and Roos]

Yep, she has her winter coat on for sure....the few times I have looked outside at her she is staring outside chewing her cud.

my DD texted me at her lunch time to check if she had anything yet!

 

[Hens and Roos]

Day 149- while Coco was eating I was able to look her over(but not touch) and can see udder development- teats showing now and yesterday nothing. She was rubbing her back along the bottom of the hay feeder as well-not sure if she is just itchy or ?.

Good thing I'm not standing out in the open checking them- the neighbors would think I'm nuts (they might already but are just kind enough not to say so). It's great that I have kids in 4-H

Obie by far is the most friendly of the 3 does but she was a bottle baby- thinking we may have some competition when Melanie joins the group late spring!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Do you have some clippers? We usually clip our's udder and backsides before they kid. Keeps blood and tissue from getting all clumped up in the hair.

This is when we clipped her turns out it was 7 days before she kidded.

And this was the morning she kidded She kidded on day 149