Dairy Goat Kidding Questions

DairyGoatSlave · #1 12/26/08, 08:32 PM

okay, hi, im new to kidding time, iv got 5 girls due in January and March. However ones (Vianna, my herd queen) is acting like shes gona kid...however iv been waiting all day and nothing....nada...zip. I think she may have taken the first time i bred her...shes really difficult to tell when in heat and when shes not so yep.....
Heres what shes been doing
1. not a first timer, shes a 5yr old
2. stargazing
3.mucesy
4.dialated
6. restels
7.herds protective of her(iv put her in her own pen with fresh bedding)
9.pawing/sniffing bedding
10.up and down

Im very nervious, Yes i do have my kit ready

and excited...iv moved the water bucket out of her pen, check on her every so often. I have also called her old owner and she says she should kidd any time(i bred her myself this time but she knows how vianna acts when shes preg/due). oy...im exhauseted and frusterated..any advice?

DairyGoatSlave · #2 12/26/08, 08:46 PM

i just went out and checked on her, and now shes laying down chewing her cud like nothings happening....is she really kidding or pulling some goat mind trick on me

? she is droped down(the kids) and her bag is full and hard.(i forgot to mention that in my prior message)

susanne · #3 12/26/08, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DairyGoatSlave

and her bag is full and hard.

was she tested for cae? hard is not a good sign at all. be prepared to raise the kids with a bottle and i would not feed the raw colostrum from this doe.

DairyGoatSlave · #4 12/26/08, 09:10 PM

yep i keep her tested...its not rock hard but "im ready to kid" hard. i should have said ferm, sorry bout the wording. I am planing to bottle feed as these are show girls and a kid can ruin a show udder. but hanks for the advice

ShyAnne · #5 12/26/08, 09:22 PM

What color is the mucus?
Friend gave me this site may help you tell what stage she is at.Keep us posted!
I am going to hav my first soon also so I am keeping an eye on your thread
http://www.jackmauldin.com/managemen...ting_labor.htm

AnnaS · #6 12/26/08, 09:24 PM

My best advice for kidding is to get a baby monitor in the barn. Walmart has them for around $20. With the monitor, you can hear what's going on in the barn and not have to run out every two hours- and keep yourself awake thinking "what if" in between.

Almost all does make a lot of noise when in hard labor... maaaaamaaaaBLAGGGGGGGGGGGG. (breath breath) BLAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH.

That sound will get your attention!

DairyGoatSlave · #7 12/26/08, 09:42 PM

its a creamy yellowish mucus*looks at chocolate im eating w/white filling and puts it down lol* Thanks for the thred link. and AnnaS the barn is close enough to my house that i can hear them from my room.

i just went back out there and she was laying down and normaly she gets up when she hears me and wow did she look big!, but she just kinda looked at me with this dreamy look. Im so jettery im wearing a hole in the floor from my pacing... Thanks Guys!

Alice In TX/MO · #8 12/26/08, 10:10 PM

Take your blanket and pillow to the barn.

DairyGoatSlave · #9 12/26/08, 10:18 PM

its wwwaayyy tooo cold outside! XD its olny bout 37 degrees, im inside and frezzing cause we dont have a heater. oy! cant wait!!!

oh yes forgot to add....i felt her sides and the babys were kicking up a storm!! and wow its like they are tap dancing

DairyGoatSlave · #10 12/27/08, 04:02 AM

well its now 2am and nada...shes more sunken in now, and her puples are dialated is that normal?

Alice In TX/MO · #11 12/27/08, 05:58 AM

In the dark, the pupils of mammals dilate to allow more light in.

DairyGoatSlave · #12 12/27/08, 09:13 AM

ah thanks. oy its 7 am and she looks pretty swollen "there". but i let everyone outa thier pens....im gona go re-make up a bed for her

i bet shes waiting till i got to my birthday lunch to start kidding

darn goats

ShyAnne · #13 12/27/08, 09:19 AM

If it is just the white colored stuff and there isnt much you could be in the same boat as I am....Waiting a month or more!
This is my goat, Gretta, puffy, red, draining, and that was on the 22nd of Dec. Everything has stopped now.( Geeze) I am waiting for her to start doing something again. ( hope your not in my boat!)

Dairy Goat Kidding Questions - Goats

DairyGoatSlave · #14 12/27/08, 09:22 AM

hmm...im not sure...looks almost the same..but hers was yellowish, could that have been the plug? but then arnt thye supposed to kid pretty much right after? oy im so impatiant lets do this allready! good luck with your girl!

DairyGoatSlave · #15 12/27/08, 11:01 AM

ok, i was watching her pee, and it smelled very strong, so i looked and there was redish brown stuff leaking....anyone? is that good or bad? what is it? and sorry im asking so much im just nervious for my girl.

hoofinitnorth · #16 12/27/08, 11:48 AM

You're describing a doe that is near labor. When she starts to stretch and get those babies into position, she will soon start to push. We call this "goat yoga".

As long as she is not actively pushing or laboring, sit back and relax and listen to her. She may take quite a while in this stage and some does do like to be alone, seemingly waiting to kid until you leave, while others seem to wait until you come back to the stall.

Once she is in active labor, don't let her go too long without progressing.

Have you read this site?

http://fiascofarm.com/goats/index.htm#doeskidding

There are pictorials and discussions and all sorts of helpful stuff for the first-timers. It's a good refresher course for some of us that haven't done it much or haven't had a new kid on the ground in a while too.

It might help you while away the hours until she's ready and give you some pointers.

DairyGoatSlave · #17 12/27/08, 02:11 PM

thanks so much. yep iv looked at the site but im still a lil worry wart....oh this day is not so good, cause now my grandma just got taken to the hospital. i was napping and mom yelled up the stairs "go put your girls away before the ambulane gets here" i thought i herd her wrogn but put em away, got back into the house and nana was sitting there doubbled over. sorry, had to share that....im just at my whits end right now.....

DairyGoatSlave · #18 12/28/08, 08:17 PM

still nothing... shes stoped gooing 2 but suddlny became very needy tonight and crys everytim i leave barn.....so i sat out with her and she layed down by me....im geting this"vibe"(hate to use that word) that shes feeling really content/ happy and mothery. even though no goo is that a sign? everyting else is still the same though

hoofinitnorth · #19 12/29/08, 12:59 PM

How is she today?

DairyGoatSlave · #20 12/29/08, 01:05 PM

well i just put em out today, and shes leaking a little bit, but staying away from the herd...which is not normal because shes the herd queen....she wants to be close to me but im busy cause its my birthday so im planning stuff...im trying not to get my hopes up about her kidding today....but she is looking more swollen

im really hoping for theos kidds...im looking out my window and shes laying down by her fav. olive tree...watching me through the window XD I HATE WAITING!! AGGG! sorry, had to get that out