Blood this morning

nzw tom · #1 02/02/12, 10:02 AM

This morning (5 am), I went out to feed before heading to work. "Bee" my boer x nubian doe had blood on her tail and "girl parts". Not alot of blood, but enough to notice. She is due to kid on 2/12/12. This date may be off, as I bought her bred and am going by what the seller said. There was about a 3 inch string of goo (not much) and it was blood red. Her udders are filling although she is not full by any means. She is showing, but does not look like she is going to blow up.
I seperated her from the herd and put her in a kidding pen with water, grain, baking soda and hay.

Does this sound like kidding or miscarriage or something else??

Oh, she is eating good and does not appear to be in distress. This is her first kidding.

Thanks

mpete · #2 02/02/12, 10:05 AM

she may just be "loosing her plug" ~ which means that her cervix is softening preparing for the birth. This can happen several weeks before the kid shows up.
Can you get a pic?

nzw tom · #3 02/02/12, 11:17 AM

When I get home from work, I will try to get a photo.

Thanks, that makes me feel a little better.

FrogTacos · #4 02/02/12, 01:45 PM

I had one kid last night that had absolutely ZERO signs of labor. Had been keeping an eye on her all day as she was 3 days past due, came in to eat, went back outside 20 minutes later and she was pushing with an ear hanging out. Lost that kid, two more quickly followed. The only discharge she had all day was a small dribble that didn't even extend past the pointy end of her vagina.

She is a first timer, with a very tiny udder that by no stretch of the imagination came even close to strutting. Its still very small.

Glove up and check your girl - the cervix does not lie.