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02/06/13, 01:17 PM
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Crazy Goat Lady
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Developing Udder- when will she kid?
Just looking for estimates based in experience, and then I'll give her calculated due date.
She's a first freshener.
(Excuse the mud, the constant freeze thaw here is driving me crazy)
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02/06/13, 01:28 PM
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Crazy Goat Lady
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Ligaments soft, not gone. Kids have dropped as made clear by her flanks...
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02/06/13, 01:52 PM
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My FF are all over the map with udder development. Some get as much as your doe in the picture when they first start cycling. Some develop *nothing* until two weeks before their due date. Really very hard to say. Do you have the dates she was exposed to a buck?
I'd guess anywhere from two weeks to two months based on her udder and vulva in the picture. A lot of help that was, huh? 
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02/06/13, 02:39 PM
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Crazy Goat Lady
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The calculator says 2/12. I'm hoping that's the right date and she didn't breed later by my buck.
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02/06/13, 02:58 PM
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More dharma, less drama.
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Nope. She's not nearly that close.
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02/06/13, 03:07 PM
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I say she breed alot later/ My guess is first of March.
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02/06/13, 03:22 PM
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Twin-Reflection Nubians
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I'd also guess sometime in March.
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02/06/13, 03:44 PM
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Crazy Goat Lady
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Well poop
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02/06/13, 04:08 PM
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Crazy Goat Lady
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I'm going to keep an eye on her, because she never went back into heat. Here's the udder on a doe I watched breed with a due date of March 10th. (Also a FF)
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02/06/13, 04:53 PM
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More dharma, less drama.
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That's really not much udder.  I highly recommend you use an electric shaver and buzz the hair off her udder, most of her tail (leave an end tuft) and the hair on the back side of her hind legs. You can keep an eye on things there much more easily, and clean up after she gives birth is less difficult.
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02/06/13, 04:59 PM
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Crazy Goat Lady
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We're shaving tomorrow. We waited due to the cold weather.
This is punishment for not sending my blood samples to biotracking last fall.
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02/06/13, 07:43 PM
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homesteader
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Wait till they squat to pee and then take a photo. You can usually tell a lot more about udder development while they are squatting.
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02/06/13, 08:32 PM
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Well, based on the picture, I would have said end of the month...based on the detail you gave in the next post, I was guessing more like a week. 
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02/10/13, 04:45 PM
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Crazy Goat Lady
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Here he is!
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02/10/13, 06:31 PM
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Wow and wow again!! I would NEVER have guessed she was so close! I, too, have a girl that we do not know exactly when she is due...the last time I put pictures of her udder up here the guesses were any time from Feb. 10 (that would be today!!!...shows no signs...but you never know) to March 10. Here is a photo of her yesterday (also a FF). She strung some goo on Feb lst and has definitely dropped, but ligs are still there. I hope she has one as cute as yours (only maybe a doe!! lol).
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02/10/13, 06:37 PM
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Congrats on the new baby! I would never have guess she was so close.
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02/10/13, 06:42 PM
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Crazy Goat Lady
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She hid him very well. I'm hoping someone can chime in on Fiasco Farms Mo' milk that they sell. Has anyone used it? I am going to milk 3x a day to boost her production, since she only had a singleton.
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02/10/13, 06:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IndyGardenGal
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What a darling!! 
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02/10/13, 08:05 PM
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Congratulations!
You have me a bit worried. My FF looks alot like yours and I was thinking she was at least 2-3 weeks away (no idea on the breeding date). I guess I better start making hourly trips to the barn
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