Should I assume she got bred?

glenolam

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Tail flagging is just that - flagging. They'll wiggle their tails from side to side and a little up and down. My thought is they are "waiving their scent" so the bucks can find them (because, as most of us know, "bucks" sometimes need help like that) :gig

It is possible for your does to come into heat at the same time - especially if you put a buck with them all together. A lot of people get a buck rag and put that with their does for a while before a buck actually comes around. That way the girls sync up and when the buck's actually there it makes the process go more smoothly.
 

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My two senior girls are synchronized with each other, they cycle the same--they are also super jealous and competitive with each other over everything. My younger does all come into heat a few days after the seniors are done, all at once more or less.

They all have little individual things they do. None of mine get super vocal or so obvious that you can't miss it. There's some extra tail wagging (hard to notice because their tails go crazy whenever they see me, because they are happy), and some make a funny little "meh meh meh" sound with their tongues stuck out, that they don't do usually. One doe will not flirt with a buck at all if he is around, but she drives her buddy doe crazy loving on her and rubbing her face all over her, that is when I know she is ready. One of my younger does mounts the others when she is feeling lovey. My Nigerian doeling...I haven't a clue, because she is flirty and tail flagging ALL the time, rubbing her butt on the fence to the buck pen. But the last two months she has settled down and her belly is getting bigger...I think he got her through the fence. :/ Oh well. One of my senior girls will go into a false heat and then have an actual fertile heat a few days to a week later, every single time, so I know I need to leave her with the buck an extra week to be sure.

It may take a couple of seasons before you really know each doe and how they act, if they are not obvious about it.
 

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My girls are hussies! LOL They are all mounting one another and flagging and being loud! It's hilarious. I definitely know when my girls are in heat. Its usually as soon as September hits. I got 11 bred for Feb. and still have 12 more to go, but the bucks are separated for now because I want to space the kiddings out a bit.
 

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