When she REALLY drops, there is no going back and you will know for sure that she dropped! Here is a doe 20 minutes before she had a kid on the ground. I really wish I had a side picture. When I went out there, I knew she had dropped... because I thought she already had them and I missed it!

Actually Alice I have had does drop (I mean I started looking for kids dropped) and then their belly comes up again. Drives me NUTS when they do that!

ajneal30 I feel for you! I hate not having due dates and even when you do have them you still second guess yourself (at least I do). The good news is you know she IS getting closer. Just how close....:rolleyes:.

Justine

Okay that's weird. lol nevermind.

P.S. Justine, you can call me Grace. :) That's my real name. Alice is my goat's name. LOL

Oh geez I thought I had typed Grace! My brain is OBVIOUSLY not working at top notch speed right now :facepalm:.

Justine

Okay that cracks me up because you have been calling me Alice for days... LOL not like I care, I just think it's funny!

It's okay, mine isn't either. Which is why it is midnight, I have to get up at 8:00, and I'm sitting here googling pictures of rabbits. Never thought I would turn into this. LOL

I've had mine look like babies were coming, then nothing. I think some animals, as long as they haven't past the point of no return, are able to delay having their babies. Whether its stress or for some reason the doe feels its not right, not safe or she's not ready, to a degree they can hold off. I've seen it happen in other animals. Alpacas are a prime example of this too.

GraceAlice - now I have to go see if there's a birth announcement for this year's kids or old pics. Hope that went well either way.

..or it's the body getting ready. Start to look like she'll have them then...no. Again..no. Again...no.

Here you go raccoon breath. :) Went fine, besides the fact that he was a huge single buckling, LOL

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Oh now I am just mortified! I am so sorry Grace! You would think I would type the right name since my own cousin's name is Grace.

No, Justine, don't be mortified! It's fine, I honestly don't care at all! I used to call you Goldenwoodfarm, lol, so I think it's okay. ;)

Don't feel bad, AJ. I have a sheep that is due....sometime. They're Mouflons which must be French for spooky as heck. So obviously, it's not like I can bounce her or anything. She and her friend (who already lambed) live with the ram year round and he was a baby when he went in with the girls. Until they started lookin' really plump I wasn't sure and once I was sure then I wasn't sure when!
She's certainly more friendly, actually letting me touch and pet her and her rear is looking redder and puffier...not to mention her bag is filling. She looks larger than her friend so I'm hoping for twins. Another little ewe would be fabulous!
Don't feel alone, I'm in a holding pattern too. At least I know the goats are due in April!

I think the word sheep is French for spooky (or mean) as heck! LOL

Daily update: Lots of tongue flapping this morning, probably greedy for her grain. Milk bag is just slightly fuller, she's still got a while before she's strutted.

GraceAlice - that little boy is so cute that even the most composed, unemotional person would be brought to nose kissing! lol

ajneal30 - We need a game called Pregnant Goat Simulator. lol Check this out -
http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/201...ner-game-year/

Ok, seeing some progress. Belly is still not dropped really low, but lower than yesterday. Milk bag is TIGHT and very hard. Teats are not really full yet, but you can feel that there is something in them.

Yay!!! I can't wait to see those babies :). Come on girl you can do this!

Justine

Oh cool! HOPE that it's soon!

Teats are filling up and she's building her nest. Why do they flap their tongue like that?

Hormones?

I haven't seen does flap tongues in labor, but I've seen them do the flemen thing with their lips a lot in labor. I have seen does flap tongues and wave their paws at herdmates post-kidding like a buck.

Shes been lapping at the air like a dog lapping at water for two days. Makes me laugh and she acts offended that I find humor in it.

One of mine did that then started licking my head and talking baby talk to me. lol We bonded.

She French kissed me this afternoon. Right after she ate the after birth. I grabbed her by the cheeks and was telling her what a good mama she was and before I could even move back, I got a mouthful of tongue!

You all thought I was going to leave you hanging, didn't you???

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Had to take two of the kids (human kids) to the dr this morning, turns out they have strep. While I was in town I filled the Rx, bought shoes for one, jeans for all three, bought them lunch and finished my shopping for cub scouts. Got home at 2:30 and found these two in the pen. Daisy was licking and licking and licking. She just LOVES these babies. She stepped back and bumped one, she jumped out of the way and nudged him back with his sister so she could keep an eye on them. No worries about her crushing them. She's not sure about feeding them though, probably still sore and pretty confused. I milked her and fed them the colostrum. I got 2/3 of a liter bottle full for them. I fed them what they would take and froze the rest. The little black one is a female 7 lbs. The tan one is a male 6 lbs.

They're beautiful!! Yay! :D

What little dolls! She was just waiting for you to get busy doing mom things with your little ones before she had her two! Sounds like life is very good at your place. Congrats!

Congrats!

Adorable and so different looking to each other!! Congrats :)

Was really surprised to see the black doeling. Nothing in the herd was black.....

Maybe a neighbor's fence jumping buck came for a visit one night. ha ha I brought a wild child range buck home late last year to add some neat color, build, and size to my herd. That boy...my gosh..he was like a rubber band, <<boingggg>> and over the fence he'd go from this pen to that pen to the next pen and to the next. If all of my girls were in heat that day, he would have had them all bred before sundown. lol

Not an option with this herd. They were secluded on a mountain miles from civilization. Mountain lions were a problem. Neighboring bucks, not so much. Must have been some recessive gene somewhere.

I say they are so cute. Makes it worth the wait.

It really was worth the wait. The only way it could have gone better is if they were both doelings. But considering she did this by herself with no help needed, delivered two healthy kids and is a fantastic mother....I'LL TAKE IT!

Congratulations on the new babies! So glad that momma and babies are doing so well. Hope that your babies are feeling much better very soon!

Just started reading this thread tonight and let me tell you I was getting so excited for you ajneal30!!! Pretty babies you have there!! I got a look from my hubby because I got to your pic with the tennis balls on the horns (never saw that before) and burst out laughing! Mine are dehorned.
Thanks ALL of you for the reading entertainment and I know where to go if I have troubles with my April and May births!:happy:

Amy

I got the idea for the tennis balls right here on this forum, lol. I was tired of being gored.

One of my does started really bagging up. I check every other day and yesterday, it was like HELLO! I wasn't expecting anything for about another 4 weeks, so I looked back on my records and noticed I overlooked a breeding in Sept. :facepalm: I was using one I saw 3 weeks later. Soo, YIPPPEEEEE!!! I don't have to wait so long. Oh my gosh! I should go out and buy some bubble gum cigars right now, both blue and pink! She's been getting a little big for having another month to go but I thought she had triplets this time. She's about the same size as when she's preg with twins. :banana:

Yep, black in goats is recessive. :)