 |
|
10/21/10, 03:21 PM
|
|
Katie
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Twining, Mi.
Posts: 19,930
|
|
|
Fatty Fatty 2 X 4
Here she is. My fat doe Ginger! She is now on a diet. I thought she was on a diet before with only 1/4 cup grain a.m. & p.m. plus Hay & browse & LOOK!!
|
10/21/10, 03:26 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: California
Posts: 371
|
|
|
Wow she is beautiful!
|
10/21/10, 03:28 PM
|
 |
Lost in the Wiregrass
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: S.E.Alabama
Posts: 8,553
|
|
|
looks like a normal pygme to me lol, she does have a bit more padding on her hips and ribs but she isnt bad, she would do just fine on Hay and Brows, but she really doesnt look that fat for a Pygme
|
10/21/10, 03:29 PM
|
|
Katie
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Twining, Mi.
Posts: 19,930
|
|
|
Thanks Kye, but still over weight. She's a real sweetheart too!
|
10/21/10, 03:30 PM
|
|
Katie
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Twining, Mi.
Posts: 19,930
|
|
|
She's a Nigerian dwarf goat KSALguy.
|
10/21/10, 03:32 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: MS
Posts: 24,572
|
|
|
LOL...I thought she was pregnant!
|
10/21/10, 03:35 PM
|
|
Lost in the Wiregrass
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: S.E.Alabama
Posts: 8,553
|
|
|
oops my bad, i have very little experiance with pure ND's still trying to tell the differince,
|
10/21/10, 03:38 PM
|
|
Katie
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Twining, Mi.
Posts: 19,930
|
|
|
They do look pretty similar I think too!
Ravenlost, she has never been this big before unless she was pregnant, but no she's not pregnant. She just come out of heat again. It's like clock work every 3 weeks. Wanted to breed her in November with her next heat but I worry about all the extra weight she's already carrying!
|
10/21/10, 04:33 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Florida
Posts: 788
|
|
|
I thought she was bred, too! she is beautiful! what a cutie!
|
10/21/10, 04:53 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,215
|
|
|
The first picture makes me laugh. It's like she's closing her eyes and wondering if she can kick the fool who dares to take a picture of a girls backside!
I would probably have the same look, too! :smiley-laughing013:
|
10/21/10, 07:28 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 24,108
|
|
The pictures are perfect! What a pretty girl she is  I'm wondering if she is getting fluffy for winter. Plus has the type of figure that looks rounded. Like Gretta 
__________________
Teach only Love...for that is what You are 
|
10/21/10, 08:05 PM
|
 |
Caprice Acres
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: MI
Posts: 11,232
|
|
I don't think she's overweight. Belly is NO indication of fatness, and the bigger the belly the better. The big belly is a sign that the stomach is functioning well, which is great.
If she's not producing, though, the grain is unnecessary. A good hay is all she'll need.
__________________
Dona Barski
"Breed the best, eat the rest"
Caprice Acres
French and American Alpines. CAE, Johnes neg herd. Abscess free. LA, DHIR.
|
10/21/10, 10:26 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 599
|
|
Sorry Backfourty, but she is fat :1pig: honestly though, I actually don't think her belly is too bad, but you can definitely see that extra padding over the shoulders, across the back and the rump.
Judging from the picture only and without being able to get my hands on her, she does remind me a bit of the old style ND's that were a bit more heavy boned, which is probably why some confused her with a pygmy.
I'd go ahead and breed her  but just don't give her any grain until the last few weeks of pregnancy.
Lois
|
10/21/10, 10:32 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 599
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by mygoat
I don't think she's overweight. Belly is NO indication of fatness, and the bigger the belly the better. The big belly is a sign that the stomach is functioning well, which is great.
If she's not producing, though, the grain is unnecessary. A good hay is all she'll need. |
A big healthy hay belly would be protrusion from lower down on her sides so you would still see a bit of a dip below the spine (on either side of the spine), she is more barrel shaped, which would be an indication of excess weight IMO. You can really see it in the first photo.
Lois
|
10/22/10, 01:38 AM
|
|
Farming with a Heart
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Huntington WV
Posts: 1,864
|
|
Her neck is globby fat - lol! That is just my opinion, but I have a Nubian, as I showed photos of, that is about as fat!
__________________
Saanens, Nubian & Nigerian Goats, Silver Fox Rabbits, Mini Jerseys, BLR SL Wyandottes, hatching eggs and more!
Find us on facebook here
or our website here
|
10/22/10, 07:36 AM
|
|
Katie
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Twining, Mi.
Posts: 19,930
|
|
|
Thanks everyone, She is on a diet now. Still gets all the hay she wants & has been eating alot of browse, leaves galore right now so I hope that doesn't add to the weight.
She has never been fat before this last set of kids. It's like she just never lost the baby weight.
jordan, I get my hands on her & I know what you mean. I feel padding everywhere instead of any bone.
|
10/22/10, 07:40 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Bellflower, MO
Posts: 3,695
|
|
|
awww man don't feel bad backforty my ND doe that kidded 2 months ago is still retaining her "baby" fat. She looks allot like your girl structure wise. Even had some visitors by and they said "what a fat little goat" (grumbles) Same people commented on how skinny my full Saanen looks (geesh)! Maybe your girl could lose a few but she looks good and ready for winter.
|
10/22/10, 07:49 AM
|
 |
le person
|
|
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 6,236
|
|
I have a couple nubians that are about like that
|
10/22/10, 10:02 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ocala, FL
Posts: 3,540
|
|
This is my full-sized Alpine doe, Cayenne. She is FAT. the bulge of blubber behind her elbow and the size of her chest (all blubber) tells me so!
If she were in milk, I'd be delighted, but since she's not, and she's only eating browse, free-choice grass hay, and a handful of BOSS 2x per day, I've decided she's getting fat on air..... 
__________________
...'o shame on the mothers of mortals, who have not stopped to teach; of the sorrow that lies in dear, dumb eyes; the sorrow that has no speech... from -'Voice of the Voicless', Ella Wheeler Wilcox
|
10/22/10, 10:23 AM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Kansas
Posts: 6,143
|
|
She us just saving up in case there is a famine. 
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:59 AM.
|
|
