Labor or False Alarm?

Camera is ready and made sure the battery was full LOL I know the rules :-) Now, if the subject matter would just hurry up!

if a video/surveillance camera isnt affordable to you go find a used baby monitor believe me, youll hear that funky holler and will be able to stay nice and comfy until she really starts in. Its stopped all those every two hour checks for me

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De @ Udderly Southern Dairy Goats
we will be adding a new breed in the spring

We use a cheap baby monitor without all the bells and whistles and it works wonderfully!

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Is she still outside? If you have a stall in a barn &/or a place she can stay out of the wind & stay warm on plenty of straw it's probly better to leave her outside. If you bring her into 72 degree's & then take her backout side she or the babies could get sick. Believe it or not she is most likely acclamated to the temp's outside right now.

Make sure after she kids the baby or babies are good & dry & get good drinks from momma. Take momma some warm electrolyte water & I tuck a hot water bottle under an old towel for my newborns to cuddle on if I think it's cold. They learn real fast where to snuggle up at & usually the momma will lay right next to them.

She's outside in a little 3x3x4 tall goat house with hay piled high inside. Still screaming if I get out of sight, but out of the house more than in. So, we wait some more... sigh

I have a feeling the baby monitor won't carry as far as I need it to Actually. I could use it to sit in the car! Lots warmer and more room to boot! And since Rosie is my only girl, I have till next year to get one... Unless I get another girl...

When Gretta had the white mucus (plug) she delivered a week later. All you can do is keep checking and have everything ready. I checked every 2 hours for 6 weeks!! I drove everybody here crazy I'm sure. It's so frustrating without a due date. Hang in there!

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MyGoat posted her awesome pictures on checking ligs
Now can you tell on when kidding????
You might want to check that out...

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Actually our barn is a good distance from our house and our bedroom is way on the far end of the house and the baby monitor works fine. Actually we used to be able to hear the neighbor's baby across the street years ago (apparently they had the same monitor set up that we did!)

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Oh, the drama! Pace and yell. See the GP and yell to him. Realize we've turned our back on mom and turn and yell. See the buck/babydaddy over there, yell. Go in the house, yell. Come back out, yell. Not a loud yell, a quiet little maaaa but _all_ the time. And there won't be any bedding left because we're chewing it up. One piece at a time! She picks up one piece and grinds and grinds and grinds. And yells.

Might I suggest earplugs?

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Best I can tell, the ligaments are gone, I can pretty much circle the tailhead with my fingers

ROFL!! Good point. But if mom doesn't immediately respond to the yell with rubs, mom gets bulldozed. So glad she doesn't have horns! Im getting warmed up, if she quits yelling, I'll hurry back :-) Hope she doesn't figure that out!

I could hear every dog new years eve from up to 20 acres away, as thats my closest neighbor and i know their dogs bark

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I'm a goat person, not a people person,
De @ Udderly Southern Dairy Goats
we will be adding a new breed in the spring

She will get there. The minute you all decide its safe to eat dinner or go to the bathroom, she will have them.

My hubby has been pretty good about me dragging animals in the house. I've had rabbits, baby chickens,baby ducks,goats, a bluejay, guinea pigs, and even a miniature horse in the house.

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A miniature horse in the house???? How long was it in there?

OK, it's getting dark and the food she's been snubbing today to yell every second is now being greedily consumed and the yelling has stopped. <ripping out hair> OK, now I understand the "milk goat" means they're good at milking it for all it's worth!

That's great if you're ripping your hair out, she's most likely very close! Doe code!

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Carol if your weather forecast down there is the same as it is up here, she will kid, oh, right about 3am when it's cold as heck and snowing...

And yeah, milking it for all it is worth, that's about right.

Hoping for easy kidding, adorable kids and lots and lots of milk for you.

-Sonja

When I get up tomorrow morning I hope to see pictures of your new babies. Have a great evening.