We have a new girl, I think she's about to bust

Keep an eye on it. Make sure she is drying up. I would run my hands over her udder once every day or so until it goes down. Though it sounds like she is past the worst of it and is starting to dry off.

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Is it poss that she has kidded before and that is why her udders are so full, and she is just early in her PG?
Just wanted to ask to try and cover things running in my head. These things are just not covered in my book, I really thank you all for your help with this. We all have to start some where.

Has she had any discharge that you've seen? I would guess by the way her belly looks in the pics that she isn't pregnant, but I wouldn't rule it out either, some goats just don't show a lot or at all really. Looking at her back end is what makes me think she may be pregnant, it looks like the tip of her vulva is kinda pointing up rather than flat, and all my girls looked like that when they were pregnant but not when they weren't. Have you tried to feel her belly for kid movement?
On the other hand, if her udder really is smaller than it was before I would assume she wasn't pregnant and was in the process of drying up, as their udders usually continually get larger when they are pregnant. If she doesn't have any discharge and isn't pregnant it's probably been awhile since she was pregnant (which probably doesn't really matter lol). Sheesh, I think I probably just confused myself with all that, but I hope it helps lol.

I havn't seen any discharge, No i havn't felt for any babys, But when i picked her up thursday night, she was kinda lumpy ( meaning it might have been her guts, but her belly was round and had some lumps) My other girls don't feel that way when i've had to pick them up.
Might be a trick to the eye but her udder looks smaller then it did. But i'll keep and eye on her, and i'll feel her belly tomarrow and see if i can feel anything.
Maybe that's a good name for her lumpy,,lol sorry we havn't named her yet.

I'd almost be sure she isn't pregnant. Not only is she not large, but her 'anatomy' (vulva length and anus placement) is not of a pregnant goat, at least not one in late pregnancy. She probably kidded about 8 weeks ago (or earlier if the previous owners took the kids off her earlier for some reason) and is in the process of drying up. If one side of that udder is hotter than the other, squirt out a bit of the contents and look at it. if it doesn't look like normal milk, there's something wrong. If there's something wrong (try using a CMT test, because sometimes mastitis isn't visible) and give her udder a tube of ToMorrow in each half.

Oh, I wanted to add, since you don't know her history, there is a possibility that she's bred back already for more kids... I'd keep an eye on her about 5 months from now, hehe. Or watch for heats.

And those white hairs on the nose are a VERY common color pattern of pygmy goats. Perfectly normal.

good luck with her.

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First off, you should worm her immediately if you haven't already done so. She's been through a stressful situation, which worms see as being their signal that dinner's ready. Also, you need to trim her feet. As long as they are now, her pasterns are being stressed.

Second, that doe looks very narrow and sharp to be a Pygmy. I'm not seeing any spine or ribs, so don't necessarily think she's underweight. I'd be willing to bet she's a Nigerian. That was a VERY common color pattern a few years ago, and although people have been breeding for flashier colors since then, you still see some like this from time to time. Her rump is steeper than I like, but she has very nice rear legs and shoulders, from what I can see.

If you want a milk goat, you might try milking her. If she hasn't dried off completely, you can probably bring her production back up by milking twice a day. Since you can't register her kids, freshening her by crossing her to a Pygmy or a small Fainter would give you some nicely structured, but small, meat kids for your freezer.

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