Goat Labor Questions Need Help

Can you get a udder picture. Udders will usually tell you if shes ready or not.

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I can try she is a fluffy goat. Last night though she was pushing. She would groan and moan then it would get louder and louder then she would stiffen up and push. So she was in labor doesn't that mean she's ready?

Not always. Actual labor will not stop. She will keep pushing and you will see the bubble or some sort of something coming out.

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I know she was pushing though. That is why it is SO shocking it just stopped. One thing to keep in mind with her is last year she had no milk and her baby was one month premature. So her getting any milk at all is a miracle.

Here is her udder picture:

For a second freshener I would expect a much larger udder if she was this close to delivery. I would say you have a while to go yet. Do you have another possible due date on her? She could have taken at a later time if she was with a buck at all. What breed of goat is she?

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I have a second freshener who is going through pretty much the same things. She was having false labor on Monday and Tuesday, sufficient that I curtailed my time in town (at work) so I'd be home just in case. Then she stopped, and has been 'normal' ever since, except for being big as a house, of course! In this case, she was 'pasture-bred' so I don't know her exact due date, but her ligaments are totally gone, and she had a discharge from Feb. 27 (Friday last week) until about the time the false labor stopped. Her udder hasn't really tightened up (you can't take that as an absolute sign, by the way, because sometimes it doesn't happen until after the birth), but is definitely bigger than it was. So I'm checking on her several times a day, but it could be a few days yet (be really nice if she'd get it over with this weekend, though! Otherwise I'll have to mess up my work schedule again next week -- am very thankful that I can pretty much set my own schedule!).

Kathleen

From the looks of both pics I do not think she is ready. I have first fresners due Apr 8 and their back end lookd puffier than that.

She's not ready. I've had does that had false/prelabor for a month or two before they finally delivered. Drove me nuts.

Thanks guys I am going to leave her alone till March 10th at least.

The other idea might be to give her a little calcium.. tums, CMPK, Goats Prefer calcium Drench~ something. IF she is in labor and it has stalled this will help. IF she is not in labor it will not hurt.

Where in Maryland are you? I am outside of Hagerstown. If you ever needed help and aren't too far I could always try and help. I have had to go in and rearrange more kids than I would have liked to!

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Nigerian Dwarf Goats, Nubians, Mini Nubians

I am in Nanjemoy MD which is about an hour and a half a way. So quite far unfortunately. Thank you so much for offering though!!! I will do the calcium thing just in case. Rolaids will work to right? That's what we have.

My goat had a false labor so to speak, about 3 weeks ago. The babies were moving and kicking, she even had a bit of goo. But it turned out she needed a tums. She was straining while laying on her side, it was her tummy upset.
The straining can appear to be pushing but all the does I have ever seen push did it in the urinating position. So I was a bit confused.
I was thinking therefore what position was your doe in when she was pushing?

I was told Rolaids have something other than calcium that wasn't good for goats. I stick with Tums or the generic store brand that says calcium only in the ingredients.

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Strictly from the photos, she doesn't look ready to me. This year is the first time in ten years I have had this happen, but I did have a doe distinctly appear to be in labor like that a few weeks before her kidding date this year. I thought I had it wrong. She was VERY convincing. Then it stopped, and she carried three kids to term.

Shyanne she was laying on her side when she was pushing. It just occured to me we do have tums got some free from CVS as did I the rolaids. Mary her due date is in just 3 days. There is no way she has any other due date. She was only with the buck one time for 4 days. That's longer than I like but it was out of my control at the time I can't remember why. She had a dab of goo on her backend today. It was clear in color.

I'm sorry; I didn't mean to imply that you had the due date wrong, only that my goat's false labor was convincing enough that I thought I had it wrong.

I have two girls due sometime in the next week. They have been bagging up since the first part of Feb. They have been pawing, streching - the works. In fact Mayflower called to me when she saw me at the back door - she was laying down in the field... so I walk to the gate.. meh... okay, I say and go to check her -- nothing! She makes noises when she chews her cud now. I think they are having a contest to see how long they can keep me around the barn looking at their backsides.
My husband says I should write a book called Goat Butt Diaries or Goat But Memiors!

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Your fine and thank you for bringing it up because if I had I may have not have thought about it and that would have been helpful! I think she did go through a false prelabor thing. I noticed tonight she was breathing heavier.