how to tell if goat is bred

DocM · #21 12/05/06, 11:38 AM

Trob, how far along is the bred goat? (for reference)

trob1 · #22 12/05/06, 11:40 AM

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Trob, how far along is the bred goat? (for reference)

3 months!

trob1 · #23 12/05/06, 11:44 AM

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I usually know for sure my does are bred, when they deliver a kid!

Sorry I couldn't resist

LOL! Well I can tell mine are bred as soon as the space between the goat berry hole and the pee hole suddenly looks longer. I also can usually tell when a doe is within a month of kidding when the vulva become very puffy and open. But I spend alot of time with my goats.

DocM · #24 12/05/06, 11:47 AM

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3 months!

Perfect, thanks. I have a couple that are also 3 months. I'll post some pictures in a bit, since mine are standard goats.

rootsandwings · #25 12/05/06, 11:49 AM

well, she did go back into heat, so that answers that.

good thing, because I can't tell a thing from those pictures.

I took the good goat today (one "date" last year followed by an easy birth and a peak over a gallon of sweet milk a day) and the breeder says if I give the "bad" goat a shot she'll try her once more.

the "bad" one has never been pregnant and is almost 2 1/2 years old. She also knocks over small children, but she doesn't mean to, she rubs on them.

can't wait to try my stethescope!

TC · #26 12/05/06, 11:51 AM

Honestly, I can usually tell when they start bagging up a bit. Usually by the time I start seeing a bag, I can then feel softening of the ligaments and sometimes you can even feel them moving by this time. Usually it's a month prior to kidding. My buck runs with the does, so I don't document all breedings, unless I see evidence of it. (dirty tail, actual breeding) But the "udder development test" usually clues me in, I haven't missed hardly any kiddings, so I guess it's realiable, if you check them daily.

Of course, I raise meat goats mainly, so this wouldn't work as well on dairy.

trob1 · #27 12/05/06, 11:57 AM

Here is a doe in August she was bred a week or two prior.

how to tell if goat is bred - Goats

Now here she is in Dec.

how to tell if goat is bred - Goats

She is due end of Dec. to first of Jan.
See a difference in the space beween holes and notice the puffy open vulva. The puffy open vulva started about 2 weeks ago. Now she still has no udder and has always had a large rumen.

DocM · #28 12/05/06, 12:41 PM

She probably wonders why you keep taking pictures of her rear end.

"Silly humans.. why aren't they feeding me?"

trob1 · #29 12/05/06, 01:04 PM

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She probably wonders why you keep taking pictures of her rear end.

"Silly humans.. why aren't they feeding me?"

LOL nope they are used to it. I like to keep a record of how their bellies are growing while pregnant and no better way to get that pic than from behind. And no better time to get it than at feeding time. Faces down, bellies out and butts up.

DocM · #30 12/05/06, 01:18 PM

Pygmies always look pregnant to me. Even the wethers.

trob1 · #31 12/05/06, 01:31 PM

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Pygmies always look pregnant to me. Even the wethers.

Not if you know what your looking for. It would be like saying overweight people look pregnant. Pregnancy in goats is the same as humans in that the look is different. There are obvious signs to look for. That is why I take pictures so I can become even more educated in the changes that happen in those 5 months.

Look at this website it is very interesting.

http://kinne.net/pregdiag.htm

DocM · #32 12/05/06, 01:42 PM

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Look at this website it is very interesting.

You're not fooling me, I know how you pygmy people are. You ply us standard goat people with pictures of cute little playful goats! NO! ha ha. Okay, I see the difference, more round = pregnant. Just sticking out on sides - pygmy style.

trob1 · #33 12/05/06, 01:51 PM

Oh they are cute arent they! Thats why I have them. It is easy to tell isnt it when you know what you are looking for. Good student now your lessons are over and you are an expert pygmy pregnancy detector. LOL But really isnt that a neat webpage?

DocM · #34 12/05/06, 02:00 PM

Whenever I start thinking pygmies are cute, I just remind myself that they're also the same shape as a BBQ.