Its that time again.

GoldenWood Farm · #**481** 03/27/14, 06:40 PM

Sounds like Ms. Trouble is getting closer Miranda! I think she might be "hiding" because she is getting closer to delivering. In the wild that is what a doe would do I would think.

Still nothing out of Lady though I don't see how she can go much longer. Those kids are down there and she looks ready to start pushing at any dog gone moment.

Justine

MirandaT · #**482** 03/27/14, 06:43 PM

You need to post a pic of her so I know what ready to kid should look like

MirandaT · #**483** 03/27/14, 06:44 PM

There's been no more "orange drops"..no sign of pushing, no yelling, no goo. She's eating my fingers though...and licking me

GoldenWood Farm · #**484** 03/27/14, 06:44 PM

Will do! Haha we are chatting on here and through text. Two different conversations at once. Us crazy goat people

.

Justine

MirandaT · #**485** 03/27/14, 07:05 PM

Were awfully dedicated, that's for sure

harvestmoonfarm · #**486** 03/27/14, 08:55 PM

My 4 does all know I'm leaving to go out of town tomorrow and won't be home until Monday...probably shouldn't have told them! LOL

Hang in there, Miranda. They'll go when you're least expecting it

MirandaT · #**487** 03/27/14, 09:25 PM

The waiting game.....bum bum buuuummmm

harvestmoonfarm · #**488** 03/27/14, 10:21 PM

I just moved my Alpine doe into the kidding stall. She was due today - ligs are gone, udder is tight (though not shiny yet) and she's not wanting to let me touch her to check anything, which is completely out of the ordinary for her. Now I don't know whether I should hang around and leave late tomorrow for my quilting retreat. Why do these silly girls do this to us?!?

mrstillery09 · #**489** 03/27/14, 10:39 PM

You guys are killing me!! I keep checking this hoping to see some cute little baby faces... But nothing! I would have probably gone totally insane if I was in your guys shoes!

Tango · #**490** 03/28/14, 06:10 AM

The storm last night should have helped things along. I hope so.

MirandaT · #**491** 03/28/14, 07:05 AM

Tango...it didn't help my girls :thumbdown:

Day 151.

MirandaT · #**492** 03/28/14, 07:17 AM

Trouble has a super flabby vulva though, and seems more open.
Cadence has hollow-er flanks.. ..

So we'll see

Tango · #**493** 03/28/14, 07:44 AM

is her goop brownish?
at least we all know the past is past.... one day less

MirandaT · #**494** 03/28/14, 07:45 AM

Its white in the vulva, but brown around the edges, like where the poop pellets stick/ from laying in the dirt???. I hope.

** and its crusty

MirandaT · #**495** 03/28/14, 08:08 AM

I'm.starting.to.freak.out!!!

:what:: banghead:

Our nearest vet is not a ruminant animal doctor. He specializes in horses and house hold pets. He also services three counties. The closest vet to me has a record of animals dying after he treats them, which is one of the reasons I don't use him. Not just one or two either. And he can't get out here anytime soon. On top of that, the farm call is about the same as my mortgage payment. Why is that I'm a state of farmers and ranchers they want to jack up the cost to a few hundred...then add meds, treatments, etc...geesh. (and i love my animals, but like everyone else, we hit hard times too, so plz no lectures on how if i can't afford a vet call,i shouldn't have animals) I haven't done a pelvic because she freaks out. She hated it the last time I tried....I don't want to stress her, I just want to know of everything us ok in there.
We are are days 151 & 141. And daisy...idk. She's the oops.

Trying to hold out for signs of trouble, but don't really know what I'm looking for. She's laying down, chewing her cud, open vulva, soft ligs, peeing and pooping...so as far as I can tell still no serious issue, other than the possible blood on vulva yesterday and brown tinge mucous on back end now, which I still think its just dirt or poop straining the white mucous.

MirandaT · #**496** 03/28/14, 08:16 AM

Outside lighting, little better shot....

MirandaT · #**497** 03/28/14, 08:40 AM

It should say, Homesteading Today.

MirandaT · #**498** 03/28/14, 08:43 AM

Gave her a treat, molasses, with a squirt of b12, a couple capsules of vitamin e, and dipped a few crackers in it....she nearly chewed my fingers off licking the drips lol. Now that I've shown her love she needs to show me by dropping these babies on the ground.

I think her vulva opening is getting longer!!! Its like an inch and a half long. Is that normal.

Tango · #**499** 03/28/14, 09:12 AM

yeah, like 3 inches is normal too

its the color of the goop -which could be lighting - that is concerning me now. maybe someone else will chime in. it looks brownish. please don't worry -i'm way out of the loop with dairy goats.
vets are each unique. i had one kill my reptiles cause he treated them without knowing what he was doing. that was a long time ago and i learned to not believe they were god-like in their decisions. so if you have no vet you can rely on nearby, you are not alone. goats, like reptiles are vet specialties. and sometimes it is better not to have a vet than to have one make a wrong decision that will cost you in more ways than one

i have two vets- though one is near 90 minutes away now- that i can rely on which only means when all else fails. as goatkeepers we have to take the punches to learn. incidentally i used to run my buck with the does and have been thinking to keep a buck pen now - this thread and a few articles have helped me change my opinion. my last goats were boer and i was barely involved.... a lot like my neighboring cattle ranchers. the depth of involvement with dairy goats is much more intimate and special, imo. there is never an end to learning. hang in there

there is a lot of community in this thread supporting you

Clovers_Clan · #**500** 03/28/14, 09:23 AM

Hooha looks ready. Is her udder filling? I would stick with the regular horse vet you trust and have him/her on call. For matters of disease, parasites and rumen issues a goat vet is best. But goats aren't that much different from cows and horses when it comes to OB.

You and her are going to be fine. I know it seems like an eternity, with the due date confusions. But you haven't described anything that would lead us to believe she is in distress or having serious birthing issues. Some goats stream others don't at all, thats a broadly variable indicator. And well, being uncomfortable when she's the size of a barn, she will show signs of discomfort.

A glass of wine for the midwife might help things along. if not, couldn't hurt.