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03/16/14, 07:36 AM
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When it comes to signs of kidding she is irregular.
She didn't not bag up full and tight yet.
She does have cone shaped sideways teets and wax plus in them.
She started losing her plug almost three weeks ago. Went from white, to yellow, to clear. Back to white at times.
she had lost her ligs completely, for sure, only to get them back and loose them three more times.
She has been squatting every few minutes to pee or poo for the last two weeks.
She's been flagging her tail constantly for three weeks. Even more the last 24 hours.
She's stretching, rolled, and rubbed those babies into position four two weeks.
She pawed and nested the ground for the last week.
She's pushed her head against the wall and grinded her teeth for two weeks.
She went off her food twice, had scours once. as of now she won't eat the alfalfa or hay, just sweet feed and grain, and she's picking through it.
Yawns all the time for the last week.
Star gazes and has the blank stare, bewildered look, for two weeks now.
She jolts and jumps like she's having a painful contraction when she's laying down now for a week.
She distances herself from the herd every few days.
She has talked softly several times over the last two weeks.
She nudges her tummy every few hours and tries to lick her hind end for the last two weeks.
She's been laying down constantly, then standing with her front feet on everything...for two days.
She's dropped three times.
And she's always acted half wild, but suddenly loves me and wants to be near me for the last two weeks.
Did I forget anything...
#signs of labor
#kidding is imminent
#time for babies???
Hope this helps people in the future.
My other goats are text book laborers. And she was with the first two pregnancies. 
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03/16/14, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by MirandaT
When it comes to signs of kidding she is irregular.
She didn't not bag up full and tight yet.
She does have cone shaped sideways teets and wax plus in them.
She started losing her plug almost three weeks ago. Went from white, to yellow, to clear. Back to white at times.
she had lost her ligs completely, for sure, only to get them back and loose them three more times.
She has been squatting every few minutes to pee or poo for the last two weeks.
She's been flagging her tail constantly for three weeks. Even more the last 24 hours.
She's stretching, rolled, and rubbed those babies into position four two weeks.
She pawed and nested the ground for the last week.
She's pushed her head against the wall and grinded her teeth for two weeks.
She went off her food twice, had scours once. as of now she won't eat the alfalfa or hay, just sweet feed and grain, and she's picking through it.
Yawns all the time for the last week.
Star gazes and has the blank stare, bewildered look, for two weeks now.
She jolts and jumps like she's having a painful contraction when she's laying down now for a week.
She distances herself from the herd every few days.
She has talked softly several times over the last two weeks.
She nudges her tummy every few hours and tries to lick her hind end for the last two weeks.
She's been laying down constantly, then standing with her front feet on everything...for two days.
She's dropped three times.
And she's always acted half wild, but suddenly loves me and wants to be near me for the last two weeks.
Did I forget anything...
#signs of labor
#kidding is imminent
#time for babies???
Hope this helps people in the future.
My other goats are text book laborers. And she was with the first two pregnancies. |
Hmmm, she sounds like a completely normal goat.
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03/16/14, 02:18 PM
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My advice is... stop paying such close attention. Most things you listed are things that no one looks for. Only pay attention for things you look for, not things that you notice. Does that make sense? One day, you will find babies. It might be in a day, maybe a week, but you'll know when she is in labor. Don't stress yourself over it, she'll pop at some point and nothing you do will make anything change.  Wish you could just give goats castor oil to induce labor, though. Lol.
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03/17/14, 09:16 AM
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My advice is... stop paying such close attention. Most things you listed are things that no one looks for. Only pay attention for things you look for, not things that you notice. Does that make sense? One day, you will find babies. It might be in a day, maybe a week, but you'll know when she is in labor. Don't stress yourself over it, she'll pop at some point and nothing you do will make anything change. Wish you could just give goats castor oil to induce labor, though. Lol. |
The time to stop paying such close attention was weeks ago.lol.
However, I love my animals, and I cannot learn if I don't study them, or pay attention to their "normal".
Plus, it's therapeutic in a sense to sit in the freezing barn alone. 
you know, without my four kids harranging me or the hubby needing something 
I want to be the best breeder and owner I can, eventually. So I don't mind putting in the time, when I can 
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03/17/14, 09:18 AM
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On the plus side, last night we had a low pressure system and it was a full moon....I waited, and watched, listened on the monitor all night. nothing happened, her tail was curved I noticed, but other than that nothing really new....
However, this morning, the tail is completely disconnected...and she's leading some goop. She's dropped again, or I'm guessing, because she looks Bony and hungry. Lol.
Not saying anything will happen, but I'll be keeping an eye on her today
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03/17/14, 09:20 AM
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Hmm.. Come on trouble
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03/17/14, 09:28 AM
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She still doesn't look like she has REALLY dropped... but she could by the end of today. That's more mucous plug, lol. How are her ligaments?
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03/17/14, 09:38 AM
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They are totally gone. where her tail meets her spine is wiggly...does that makes sense. Her tail is flopped to the side of her body. Ligs are undetectable. I don't know that it'll be today because I'm no expert and all three of my goats have had totally different signs. I just enjoy sharing it, so I can get your opinions. Cadence lost a mucous identical to this hours before she kidded. Carlee had none. So I just don't know. I was reading about how the low pressure storms affect birthing, almost more than a full moon, that said...both bring on kidding. Unless there is artificial lighting involved. So I unplugged the heat lamp last night and left her alone to do her business.
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03/17/14, 09:40 AM
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And whenever she lays down or squats, her vulva spreads wide open and almost looks like it's turned inside out...bright pink.
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03/17/14, 09:40 AM
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I don't want to say this just in case I'm wrong... but if her ligs are really that low then I would expect her to be in very early labor already. My doe always got like that before she kidded. Crossing my fingers, gosh dang it! lol!
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03/17/14, 09:41 AM
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That happens to almost all does who are heavily pregnant. I used to mistake it for her being in labor, but learned that it just meant there was a lot of baby pressure.
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03/17/14, 09:43 AM
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To bad you all don't live closer, we could have coffee gatherings on the milk stantions in the barn lol.
Ill take your piece of info with very little hoe of it actually happening. Haha. Every time I get excited, she goes back to doing nothing.
However, ill be secretly hoping
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03/17/14, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by GraceAlice
That happens to almost all does who are heavily pregnant. I used to mistake it for her being in labor, but learned that it just meant there was a lot of baby pressure.
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Well thank you, see it's good to be a cyber nuisance who updates every bit of relevant and irrelevant signs. I did not know that. I assumed it meant labor was close.
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03/17/14, 09:46 AM
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I am wearing out my computer checking this non-progress....tell Trouble she is very close to being in "trouble"....grrrrr!
*giggles*
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03/17/14, 09:49 AM
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I am wearing out my computer checking this non-progress....tell Trouble she is very close to being in "trouble"....grrrrr!
*giggles*
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I feel ya!! I do apologize for my persistent posting almost a month in advance. For this very reason I highly suggest everyone had a spot on breeding program.lol
This is miserable
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03/17/14, 09:50 AM
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Grace, was also curious....what is it, when the goat stops, stand still, and her vulva starts twitching, quite fast, and making a clapping noise?? Or popping sound.
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03/17/14, 09:57 AM
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LOL! And I would gladly keep you company because I know how udderly (see what I did there?) miserable it can make you! I think I looked at every dang website there was that had pictures of goats kidding.... and finally convinced myself that she was never, EVER going to have them. Then I woke up one morning, after checking on her every hour for 2 weeks, and there were 2 tiny bucklings. That's JUST what I wanted... lol.
I can usually tell when they are going to kid because they are SO loose around their tailheads and their udders suddenly get super tight. They also look super skinny and I look around for kids, lol. My ND doe that I had.. her tell "tail" sign was when I could put 4 finger around her tail head. Sometimes five. I always knew she was going to kid in the next 24 hours when that happened.
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03/17/14, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by MirandaT
Grace, was also curious....what is it, when the goat stops, stand still, and her vulva starts twitching, quite fast, and making a clapping noise?? Or popping sound.
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Hmm... you see, last time I had a goat kid was in October I think and I don't remember all the tiny details... but maybe she is itchy? That sounds gross but sometimes they get hay stuck up in there, lol.
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03/17/14, 10:05 AM
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Nice...yes I see what you did there lol. Very funny.
I can put all four fingers around her tail no problem. And the goop is slowing coming out more. Poop is super clumpy, I read somewhere that is a sign. Idk. A moment ago her tail was arched like a rainbow, or half circle. And she's pushing her head against the wall. Well see....she's been nothing but a"trouble" maker since day one
Lol.
But I love her. Hopefully she will still like me when this is all over.
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03/17/14, 10:15 AM
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Well I'm guessing today then. Yes, clumpy poop has always been a sign for my goats... Sounds like she's having contractions. I bet she's in early labor.
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