Since Ol Thelma kidded - Here's Louise --- Sad update. Really not good

[doxiemoxie]

buzz! Tell Louise I need baby pics and that requires her popping those little units out.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Much better this morning. And hey, I actually have my grasp of the English language again. Woot! Still can't spell for poop, but I guess since I've been that way since I was 6 I can't blame the benedryl.


Just looked out the window and her fat belly is still fat. I swear it got bigger overnight. Making a cup of coffee and going out to check on everybody.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Here are the current photos. She's looking all scruffy butt the past week but we just got rid of the sheep so goat specific mineral went back in yesterday. Hopefully that should take care of it.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Dang it, she will never kid by the 15th, my husband is now also following this thread, which is pretty funny. He says in his professional opinion she still has around 3 weeks. She has to be carrying atleast twins if not triplets. You might not make that sale like you were hoping with the kids.

 

[doxiemoxie]

When they're getting bigger by the day they are carrying multiples and usually still a week from delivery... <heavy sigh>

That girl is cow licks and curls all over! cute. and glad your tongue is back to normal too

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Yeah I keep hoping to go out there and see babies but she hasn't even goo'd yet. And her back side is loose but not that pink moist ready look yet. When she first started to show she got BIG FAST and then leveled out for a while. Partially because I wasn't feeding a lot of grain at the time. We upped grain about 3 weeks ago to try and put some weight on everybody before the winter and to start flushing one for breeding. Well this week she's gotten even bigger faster. I suspected trips from day one but with a totally unknown breeding date only she actually knows. When I was poking around in there everybody was still a jumbled mess down in her belly, nothing lined up, and there were way too many legs to be a singleton. Unless it is an octopus.


There is another chicken swap on Oct 9th so that is my back up date. If not I have people semi lined up.


And I think she was taught the doe code by the jedi freakin master L

Time will tell. And I think her motto is slow and steady wins the race. We had a Nubian do this once where I had NO idea when she was bred and swore she was having contractions like mid January and she was HUGE as a freakin whale. Kidded trips the second week of March.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Alrighty people. You heard the man. Looking at 3 weeks. Let's start picking our new dates!

Pick the day and name a kid



Oh and it looks like the white boer is preggo too. She was totally up for some full belly scratches today and her mid section has started to swell and when your fingers get near her teats she goes into that funny feeding crouch. Prior to today she was not keen on having her stomach rubbed and oh man was she after me this afternoon. Practically in my lap wanting belly rubs.

 

[MrsDieselEngineer]

Sept 25th!

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Well, Louise and her kids will be available because the lady I was holding them for just backed out. She lost her job and is a good friend of mine so I gave her the option to do so, but.... I've got goats for sale!!

Clearly this girl is a good breeder, if slight adherent to the doe code. I'd write down her breeding dates for sure because this one likes to drag it out L

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Vet is on the way. ONE baby. Bad position. can't get turned. Updating while getting banamine.