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Old 02/02/09, 07:42 PM
 
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Gretta....
Ok, her udder grew today a Bunch!

Whatcha think soon?????

Yesterday:
http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/p...2-01-09012.jpg

And today!
http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/p...2-02-09007.jpg
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Old 02/02/09, 07:51 PM
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I thought it looked huge already!!! Yes...soon!! LOL!! Come on Gretta! enough already...you are driving your mama CRAZY!
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Old 02/03/09, 06:58 AM
 
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I am glad I am not the only one waiting on a miserable goat LOL

You need to reduce the size of those pics so you can post them in your post.. My dial up hates them but yet I am so eager to see what your goat did so I am sitting here waiting for them to load..

I think her bag is sweet looking! Black with a white body! neat contrast!

Were you pulling on her tail for the first pic of the second day? the way its pointed i'd almost wonder if she had a contraction but then again my eyes are tired and I have been staring at goat butt too much the last 24 hrs
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Old 02/03/09, 10:46 AM
 
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LOL, not pulling on her tail, heck she wont even let me touch past her head these days...

Her bag swelled up more overnight and she has more draining this am. Still not the bursting bag look.
Dont feel bad Mom and I settled on being butt watchers for the past month and now that she is showing signs of getting closer, heck we might as well live up her butt.LOL

Hope your girl give you twin does today!
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Dont feel bad Mom and I settled on being butt watchers for the past month and now that she is showing signs of getting closer, heck we might as well live up her butt.LOL
This is how I knew it was the day for weeks prior to kidding I would check Jordan, She always had the look of OMG here comes the crazy woman with the spotlight again, normally she would turn her body comstantly where it took one to hold and one to look. Well the morning of I sat in her stall, ( she is a little skitzy and feels calmer if I am at her height) and she turned around and backed her bottom up to my face no contraction yet but something was going on in there and she was telling mommy all about it.
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Old 02/03/09, 03:56 PM
 
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minelson- maybe today? I can only hope. Its 3:50 and her udder is huge!
Please tell me she only has hours to go!LOL

Ok When? And how many?


OK her are the udder changes over the last 3 days:

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Old 02/03/09, 04:17 PM
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When she starts digging in the dirt....then it will happen. Is she acting weird? Pressing her head or anything? That udder is HUGE.
I would guess..hmmm....Twin does, and if she is not digging yet then Thursday...6pm
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Old 02/03/09, 04:40 PM
 
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Holy crap! When was the second and third pic taken? lol

Gretta vs Princess... who will kid fiiiiiiiiirst?
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Old 02/03/09, 04:49 PM
 
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First pic was Feb 1st Second pic was Feb 2 and third pic was today!
She has been digging for the last week,but then just lays down. Today she doesnt want to come out of her private goat pen, she guards the door and if any other critter gets close she head butts at them.
She does like Mom and I to be in with her however.

Rach,post pics of princess!
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Old 02/03/09, 05:53 PM
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hmmmm....early digger I guess there are no "for sure" signals, they are all different. Shoot!
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Old 02/03/09, 06:09 PM
 
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don't feel so bad... I had to take the top off the plastic dog house because Princess has decided that she would like that to be her kidding box.
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Old 02/03/09, 06:38 PM
 
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Ok Yall, its been 3 hours, Gretta is eating dinner but her udder has gotten tighter!
Check this out, should I be on 2 hr watch all night?


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Old 02/03/09, 06:58 PM
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Yes...I would be on 2 hour watch. Just sleep with your clothes on. Or if it's warm enough, you could set up a lawn chair with a sleeping bag out in the barn
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Old 02/03/09, 08:06 PM
 
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is it shiney? can you bounce a quarter off that udder? HAHAHA
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Old 02/03/09, 09:09 PM
 
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Bawaha ha! You think she might let me try??? LOL

I cant tell if her udder is shiny, its so dusty from her laying in the dirt!
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Old 02/03/09, 09:12 PM
 
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dooooooo it. just sit behind her and throw quarters at her butt.
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Old 02/03/09, 09:15 PM
 
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I am to scared she would charge me down like a mad bull. LOL.

What is princess doing?
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Well!
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Old 02/04/09, 03:58 PM
 
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UPDATE!

Gretta has colostrum beads on her teats! So I gave her a squeeze and a squirt of colostrum came out each side.
How much longer???

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Old 02/04/09, 04:29 PM
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2 hours and 16 minutes!


just kidding I can't believe she didn't deliver yet...I thought for sure I would come home from work to some Gretta baby pictures
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