She was due JAN 1: Is she pregnant?

[Mamaboid]

She really seems to be bagging up but she looks even skinnier, if that is possible. I am graining her and she is on good quality grass hay with a mineral block.

It is not unusual for a doe to look "less pregnant" as the kid drops. Could be what you are seeing, maybe?

 

[hollycow]

STILL nothing. Her udder seems even fuller.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Is there a chance she took on the heat after the one the breeder thinks she was bred on?

 

[goatgirl]

Alrighty.....I posted a reply to you previously and have more to add...WATCH THAT LITTLE TRICKY DEVIL!!!.......LOL...
I have been back and forth out to my barn this AM. I have a Lamancha mix doe that I knew was pregnant but only because I pregtoned her about a month ago and confirmed it. The ONLY sign she showed was her udder which although it was filling.....it was no where near looking like she was ready to deliver. I wish I had a picture of her yesterday to show you. You would never think she was pregnant. About 5:30 or so yesterday we were out feeding and standing in the middle of the does and I comented to my husband that she did look like she was filling up some more but I would have completely missed it had I not been moving the Does to the barn(due to the weather this morning) she had a single perfectly heathy Doeling. Up until the time she came out I had resigned myself to the fact the baby would probably die because I felt like she MUST be way early. BTW this Momma had a c-section last year and incredibly recovered from Goat Polio/Listerosis last May. WEIRD!!!...Good luck with that Doe...Don't let her fool you. It must be a Milk breed thing..lol.

 

[hollycow]

When I checked this morning, there was nothing.

I looked in this afternoon and ...

THERE WERE TWO DOELINGS!!!!

 

[marlowmanor]

Congratulations! We need pictures now! Please!

 

[BetterHensandGardens]

Congratulations, so happy for your two little doelings!

 

[fargosmom]

Congratulations!! I'm very jealous. *where are the goatie emoties?*

 

[hollycow]

Here are some pictures ... I have a heat lamp on and I have two little vests on them that were my son's when he was a baby. I live in Canada and though the barn is insulated and draft-free, it is still pretty damp because it is not heated. I hope I did okay but putting shirts on them. I dipped their navels in iodine 7%. I gave mom her dairy ration and some molasses. I bought liquid selenium and vitamin E. What dose should I give all of them and when? What else should I do for the babies? Mom has been vaccinated every year but I did not vaccinate her two weeks before birth like I read I was supposed to.

 

[marlowmanor]

Thank you for the pictures. They are beautiful doelings!