What do you think? Is she pregnant?

[mdavenport121]

I put her with a buck at the first of December. In February she looked like she aborted her kids, bloody tail and bloody girl parts. I never found the evidence of an aborted kid. I kept her with the buck until the end of March. She has not had a kid, ever. I put her with a buck during the middle of May. The buck chased her around in May, so if she bred she should kid anytime. I haven't seen the buck chase her around in the last three to four months, so one would think she could have a kid within a month at least. Her bag is not filling out at all. And she doesn't look real big. She has always been a slender goat. I'm thinking if she does not kid by the first of the year I will get rid of her.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Well, she isn't kidding in the next 2 or 3 or even 4 weeks in my opinion. In fact I don't think she is due in the next couple of months if she is pregnant at all.

What breed is she?

 

[mdavenport121]

Mostly Boer, but she is small. I don't think so either because their has been absolutely ZERO utter development. I had my first and only one kid in May, she is the same age as the one who kidded in May. The one who kidded in May never got real big, but her utter developed a lot more than this one has.

Here is what she looked like in July.

 

[20kidsonhill]

If she was mine, I would treat her for 5 days with LA 200 and then wait a week and give her a shot of lutalyse or use a CDIR to bring her into heat and put her with the buck.
But you woudl want to be sure she isn't pregnant first.

You can have bloodwork done to determine if she is pregnant.

 

[mdavenport121]

She's starting to look a little bit more rounded. She would be a first timer. I'm pretty new to this, but I read that a first timer usually just has one. So I would not expect her to get to big. I'm just waiting for her utter to develop.

 

[TigerLily Trail Ranch]

Id say send in blood work or get her ultrasounded just to be sure. Looks like she could be though.

 

[20kidsonhill]

She is starting to show signs of looking pregnant.
In my experience they normally have twins. First timers are more likely to have a single than older does, but still singles are not that common. I had 6 first timers this year, and only one had a single, the rest all had twins. With her belly getting bigger, and no udder developement, she just could have a ways to go.

 

[mdavenport0121]

I had not been able to check the goats that I have in the pasture since Sunday. After seeing them today, she is definitely prego. She's a small goat, but getting thicker through the mid section.

 

[mdavenport0121]

This is mooch. I got her the same time I got granny. I probably should have got her a little more healthy before putting her with the buck. I bought her in June for cheap and put her directly with the buck. She is a large framed girl and would love for her to have some babies. She has not gotten much bigger in the mid section the last couple of months, but it looks like her utter is starting to form.

 

[mdavenport0121]

I'm thinking about doing the blood test, but I'm a little nervous sticking their jugular vein.