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Old 05/30/12, 08:12 PM
 
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Exclamation So how soon do you think?????
OK, Well here she is Isis. I had said I was going to take pictures of my "I Thought She Was A Hermie. Doe" Maybe I am wrong. Any who she has a bulb like thing coming from her privatel area. I had read a book that it is considered an extra large clitoris. Also known to be a hermie. Well she was put with Excalibur because we and people who looked at her thought she couldn't get pregnant. So I am lost as to when she got pregnant and hoping for some guidance from some experts here. I know she lost her mucus plug May 9, and was discharging for two days. She also was dripping colostrum from her teats at that time. Everything stopped. Monday (Memorial Day) daughter comes in and says" Isis is acting really funny, not her normal self" I go and check her and we have MORE discharge and it has been going on since. I went in and checked her, and her cervix felt very thin, I was able to insert two fingers into her cervix, I checked her again today because it looked like slightly blood tinged discharge. I gloved up again and went in and she felt looser at the opening of private part but her cervix felt like one side was gone but the left side of it was still very thin. There was NO blood on my glove. She is not in any stress, other than uncomfortable. She has been digging at the ground last night, trying to dig a hole to china in two spots of the barn. Other than that please tell me what you think.
So how soon do you think????? - Goats

So how soon do you think????? - Goats

So how soon do you think????? - Goats

So how soon do you think????? - Goats

So how soon do you think????? - Goats

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Old 05/30/12, 09:16 PM
 
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Very soon. Everything looks ready. Has she started staring off into space or talking quietly to her babies? Her udder could get tighter.

What kind of goat is she besides pretty?
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Old 05/30/12, 09:22 PM
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she bagged up pretty nicely, didn't she? I'd say soon, too. Maybe in the next couple of days, if not sooner. Looks a lot like my sheep would get just before they lambed.
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Old 05/30/12, 11:21 PM
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I've got one of those at my house,Different color tho. Not sure when the deed happened but mine looks just like her. My family members have checked her daily for two weeks waiting for a baby but know we just check her twice a day to see if we have a baby yet.
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Old 05/31/12, 04:33 AM
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I'm going to say awhile those udders aren't even close to being at fully bag compared to the Boer does I have there udders are usually hitting both legs and has a good shine on them.
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Old 05/31/12, 08:49 AM
 
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Don't ya just hate the wait? I have a boer doe with a guestamated breed date, ligs softened 2 weeks ago and have been practically been gone for days now. Babies shifted, bagging up, all the signs. Then nothing... One of these days we'll both get a suprise! Good luck and I hope all goes well for you.
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Does this doe have a third teat?
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Old 05/31/12, 10:51 AM
 
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Does this doe have a third teat?
I wondered the same thing.
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Old 05/31/12, 11:12 AM
 
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Well, Isis came from a full blooded Boer mom and the dad was a Boer X. This morning I went and fed and she had a little blood again. Not much. I was rubbing her belly and squeezed her a little bit like they do when their rubbing on the wall, and when we get home from work she has A LONG THICK STRING OF GOOP. She is hollowed out. No sign of blood. She walks around, not much. Than paws the ground, takes a few steps, paws the ground. Stares of in space. All that stuff. I cannot go by her udder development. Her sister and Their mom didn't fully bag up until they kidded out. The mom didn't look pregnant at all, had no udder. There was totally NOTHING. She kidded out 7 days early. We didn't think she was even pregnant. We just saw the breeding happen and wrote it down, wrote down when she was supposed to kid and they were there April 1. after we got home from work. We herd the kids screaming because they went threw the fence and away from mom. I have been watching closely. Writing everything down. Trying to Learn the signs.

Isis was born with 4 teats. As you can see they are smaller than the real teats. I don't think they work. April was born with three teats.
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Old 05/31/12, 12:28 PM
 
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One of them, at least, looks as good as a friend's goat's teats did and her (the goat's) extras worked. She could feed all 3 triplets at the same time LOL

ETA Long thick goop? I think today!
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Old 05/31/12, 12:40 PM
 
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[ She could feed all 3 triplets at the same time LOL

ETA Long thick goop? I think today![/QUOTE]



Your funny. In my world, she wont go till next week. She will be like Sandi.

I am hoping if she has more than two that all teats will work, That would be awesome.
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Old 05/31/12, 12:45 PM
 
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I have a boer with 4 but only two work. That extra one on your gal looked big enough to work which is what made me curious.

Goo is good! Keep us up to date on whats going on.
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Old 05/31/12, 01:52 PM
 
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Since she's a FF, her teats will probably get bigger with nursing kids.
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Old 05/31/12, 02:24 PM
 
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What is a F F goat????
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Old 05/31/12, 02:32 PM
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FF = First Freshener (first time having kids, first pregnancy)

She looks close. Can you feel the kids moving? I would say within the next few days, if not sooner.
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[QUOTE=mamahen;5929502]FF = First Freshener (first time having kids, first pregnancy)

She looks close. Can you feel the kids moving? I would say within the next few days, if not sooner.[/QUOTE

I am an airhead.
So Here she is again. Notice on her udder the other teat is filling. You compare it to the fourth photo up top. Its laying on the bigger teat. Those were yesterday. These were taken 3:30 pm. my time.
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with all the hay and straw on her, should I clean her back end off???

Not only can I feel the baby's, They are having a boxing match in there. In my experience I have felt April's and Sandi's babies go haywire the day they kid out. I have read that they do not move, but Like I said in my experience that is FALSE.
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Old 05/31/12, 05:35 PM
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She's ginormous, and what a beauty! Those teats are getting amazing- like I said, when I was doing sheep, everything you are showing is right on for a soon delivery... but I know goats are possibly different. I've had goats, but bought them fresh and milked through- never had a kidding. Threads like this one are awesome because we'll be having our first ever kids here this July. This is so helpful! Thank you.
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Old 05/31/12, 06:46 PM
 
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OK, Checked on her. She got up moved around. Not much at all. Takes a few steps than paws at the ground. Over and over. I noticed tonight about an hour ago that he has goop that looks like urine. Yellow colored???? Is that normal????
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Old 06/01/12, 08:50 AM
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Amber colored goo is usually an indicator of active labor. My girls will have a thick rope of amber goo while in active labor.

I would keep a close eye on her. Keep an eye on the dicharge (turns green or very bloody). Can you catch any contractions? Is she talking to her belly?
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Old 06/01/12, 10:03 AM
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yay! She's going!!! Keep us up to date!
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