How to tell if fat is just fat.

CookingPam777 · #1 12/13/08, 06:28 PM

If a doe is fat wouldn't it be jelloy or you could poke it? My doe is fat not bred that I know of and her fat is rock hard. This is my first doe that has lived that was born on my farm so I have no idea what a developing udder looks like. Her teats are starting to feel fat like they have something in them. Could her teats just be fat? Could someone post a pic of a doe that the teats are developing yet she is not bred? She refuses to go into heat for me so I am getting worried. They are all getting blood tests for being pregnant however I want to know soon because if the milk is coming then aren't the kids coming too? She has never been exposed to a buck. Buck accidentally got her at 3 months old she is 10 months old so it is obviously not from then. So does hard chubbiness mean she is likely bred or not? Can she be so fat her teats are fat too?

catdance62 · #2 12/13/08, 06:44 PM

If she has not been exposed to a buck, then she is definitely not pregnant. Her hard tummy is probably just a full rumen.

CookingPam777 · #3 12/13/08, 06:51 PM

At this point though I am wondering as I have had the buck over in the pen that share a line of fence they can't get to each other. But at this point I am wondering if he did not just jump the fence then jump back. Really weird.

needstoknowmore · #4 12/13/08, 08:36 PM

they do share a fence line? Goats can breed through a fence!

**mygoat** · #5 12/13/08, 09:10 PM

The 'hard' stuff is the rumen. You'll note it's only hard one one side - the other is where the kids are carried. The bigger the rumen, the more 'effective' it is at doing it's job it is.

Goats do not get belly fat, at least not very much even when VERY VERY overweight. Fat tends to accumulate along the chest, over the ribs, and subcutaneously. If it's a good dairy goat, she should be very angular with some bone protrusion - but still have a glossy coat and have some 'meat on it's bones' and large working rumen. If it's a meat goat, you should be able to feel the brisket in the chest easily and easily find the ribs.

Goat Servant · #6 12/13/08, 10:04 PM

If its a meat goat, like Mygoat says, you should be able to feel the ribs fairly easily. Other places are the elbow and tail. If you can grab a hunk behind the elbow she is fat. If the tail is squishy she is fat.
Bellies are nothing in dtermining fat.

Madfarmer · #7 12/13/08, 11:43 PM

If she's pregnant, you need to know, in order to care for her properly. www.biotracking.com A pregnancy test is less than ten dollars.

Madfarmer

CookingPam777 · #8 12/14/08, 06:40 PM

She is hard on both sides and just a huge girl. If I get a chance I'll take some pics with me poking her side and other. It is 100% not pokeable and she is not fat in the chest elbows or around the tail or anywhere. Just firm and huge.

catdance62 · #9 12/17/08, 08:55 PM

Thanks for the testing service link! One time I chased a doe around with a pregnancy test kit (human!) I got from the drug store....like that would work....HA HA!!! (heck, I didn't know any better!)

Minelson · #10 12/17/08, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by catdance62

Thanks for the testing service link! One time I chased a doe around with a pregnancy test kit (human!) I got from the drug store....like that would work....HA HA!!! (heck, I didn't know any better!)

THIS is a riot!!!

CookingPam777 · #11 12/20/08, 11:54 AM

I have heard of doing that for some animals. That had to be difficult! Ring Around The Pen ain't no fun especially if you figure out it won't work anyway hehe.