Pregnant ?

Stephoo · #1 08/28/13, 09:32 AM

I got this doe about a month ago she was bred around the first of april to be due anytime between now and first of September but she hasn't bagged up yet she has got bigger what do ya all think can she bag up right before birth ?

Stephoo · #2 08/28/13, 09:34 AM

Here is another

Stephoo · #3 08/28/13, 09:35 AM

It will only let me add one at a time

dozedotz · #4 08/28/13, 09:44 AM

I would guess (and I stress the guess!) that she is pregnant. Yes, they can definitely develop an udder right at the end...or even after birth. One other thing, they can look like they are having a single and produce triplets! Have fun.

Stephoo · #5 08/28/13, 09:46 AM

Oh boy the previous owners said she had twins her last pregnancy and assumed twins this time I was just worried with her not haveing bagged up yet. But twins or triplets would be awesome it will be my first goat delivery ;-)

onebizebee · #6 08/28/13, 09:55 AM

lol goats love to surprise you! What is going on with her udder? Or Is shadows making it look odd? She is a really cute goat by the way!

Stephoo · #7 08/28/13, 10:49 AM

I'm not sure what's goin on with her udder it has looked funny I me since I got her it was hanging lower but has come up some but still is misshapen I've never raised goats before so wasnt sure how it should look here is a pic from a month ago

Stephoo · #8 08/28/13, 10:50 AM

Here's a few weeks ago

Stephoo · #9 08/28/13, 10:56 AM

And today

parrotman · #10 08/28/13, 11:02 AM

You're certain she's pregnant? Her body doesn't look, to me, as if she's about to kid.
As far as the teats are concerned, she possibly had a blown teat in the past. If she is pregnant and does bag up, you'll know soon enough.

Stephoo · #11 08/28/13, 11:12 AM

I'm just assuming she is because the previous owners said they saw her breed in april and never came back in heat and I've had her a month and she has gotten fatter and no signs of heat but I'm new to goats I could miss it !! If she had a blown teat before would that hinder her nursing ?

parrotman · #12 08/28/13, 12:28 PM

I have a doe with a blown teat and her kids will not use it to nurse. When she bags up the teat becomes larger than what the kids like and will only nurse from the other, normally sized one.

Stephoo · #13 08/28/13, 12:45 PM

Is it caused from it getting to full just wandering I will need to maybe milk her some on that side when she has kids to relieve it some

parrotman · #14 08/28/13, 10:29 PM

Yes, you will/should relieve the pressure by milking. This particular doe of mine was never milked and getting her "relief" was no easy task. Also, after her kids were weaned, it took her almost a year to dry up and that was without milking.
Her teats when not pregnant look perfectly normal. It's not until she drops her milk that the one teat becomes obvious.

Stephoo · #15 08/29/13, 11:53 AM

The previous owners said they had milked her but she absolutely hates me to check or touch them and I have never milked anything so this will be quite the experience when I do !!

Stephoo · #16 08/31/13, 09:41 AM

Here's a new pic

Stephoo · #17 08/31/13, 09:43 AM

And another

Stephoo · #18 08/31/13, 09:45 AM

Do you think she's changed any she sure seems to be getting fatter to me

harrisjnet · #19 08/31/13, 11:23 AM

Some goats show no signs of pregnancy until they decide to kid. The one telling sign is the tail. The ligaments will get squishy and you will be able to almost reach your fingers around the whole tail base.
I to have been playing a waiting game. We bought a goat(Nubian) that was supposedly due to kid in 6 weeks or so. She didn't look pregnant at all. Sure enough about 6 to 8 weeks later, she had a single kid and bagged up.
The main reason we got back into goats was for milk for my, at that time unborn, Granddaughter. We decided we might need a second milk goat that would be due about 6 months after the first one. We bought a Lamancha doe that had kidded twins twice before and was said to give plenty milk. She was supposedly bred to a Boer and looked to be huge pregnant. The seller said she was due in about a month from the purchase date. We have now had her 5 months. Turns out she wasn't bred at all when we got her, but is now bred to our Nubian Billy. She is at this very moment in active labor. The tail was the only indication before the show or mucus. She has NO bag at all. Just two pretty little slim teats sticking out of her flat bag area. I am sure she will bag up after the kids are born.

BlueRose · #20 08/31/13, 12:25 PM

harrisjnet: let us know what she haves and pictures please.

stephoo: I am 'new' with goats. Ms Connie had one last season that we thought didn't bred went out one morning and she had triplets. So just because no bag does not mean she is not expecting.