Getting ready to kid, questions

[jil101ca]

I bought Daisy the second week of March. She was bred about a week of so before that so I was told. I am guessing around the end of July but have been keeping an eye on her because the man I bought her from couldn't give me a date when he saw her with the buck. "about a week or so ago" We all know how times goes by fast.

Her ligaments are all but gone. I can feel them but they are waayyyy done low, is this what you all mean? Her tail is hanging down and I can almost touch fingers around it where the ligaments should be. She has bagged up and her vulva is quite swollen this morning.... Should I be watching more closely because the man had the time frame wrong???

This morning I had to move her into her birthing stall as Libby and Fawn would not stop ramming her. Daisy also was laying down when I fed hay and layed back down when I put her back after grain. Thats when I moved her, the other girls were ramming her while she was laying down. They normally all get along fine. Could this behavorior change from the other girls also be a sign?

I'm go to Fiasco to look at pics yet again....

[Minelson]

If there is a chance that he got the date wrong she could go anytime. I would get your stuff ready and check on her at least every 2 hours. There are a million signs. Anything out of the ordinary is a sign...but it could be just a sign that she is pregnant not necessarily a sign that she is going into labor. It's going to drive you crazy...it's a roller coaster ride for sure. hang in there!

[Idahoe]

She sounds very close (in my experience). Getting up and lying down, yawning, pawing at the ground to make a nest are all signs of labor. Wide open eyes showing some whites was also a pretty good sign that she was feeling SOMETHING going on down there.

I'd go by HER signs at this point, not the other guy's dates of breeding

I'd really keep her from getting rammed by the others, they could dislodge the placenta and kill the babies. I'd say any change in their behavior is a sign of something coming down the pike soon. Why they'd ram her and be so mean is a goat mystery. Glad you have her separated

Keep us posted, my guess is the next 24 hours

[jil101ca]

I just did a Daisy check. no changes as of this morning. I'm not going to get to excited yet. I did notice when I was checking her that she has 2 lumps. One on each side. The lumps are very hard and I can move them all over the place. They are in the exact same spot on each side, on her stomach right in front of the back leg about where you can feel the very top of her stifle . What could these lumps be? Some kind of ligament? Milk vien?

[jil101ca]

Well I guess I'l just keep checking her until she kids. She is very happy in her own stall, much more relaxed than before.

Thank you for you responses.

[pookshollow]

I'm not sure what the lumps would be. The milk veins are more on the bottom of the belly, just in front of the udder.

I'm sure she's much happier not being bashed around by the other goats! :banana02: