I Am new to this forum and I am glad I found it. In May we bought two nice looking Alpine goats from the auction. The other day my husband told me he thought the "Mama" goat was PG. So we built a pen inside the stall and bought shaving and some alfalfa to be ready. I found this forum last night and started reading as much as I could. I spent time with "Mama" last night in her pen. I pushed on her right side of her belly and thought I may have felt something but didn't know. So tonight I went back down ther after work and did the same thing. She looked smaller tonight. I listened with my stethescope and heard good bowel tones. It is a bit windy tonight so I thought well I don't think she is PG so I will put th eother goat in with her just to get out of the weather. They started to fight. They have played before but never have they had a war. Is this normal if the doe is PG. They have been insepertable for the last 5 months. My daughter and I checked the little one because I had a thought. See we bought these goats as pets with no intention of ever breeding. Well the little one is a buck. How stupid we are. How often do they come in heat? Is it once a month? Also "Mamma" follows my husband around no matter where he is. And she has been hiding from him for the last couple of days. He built the pen because we do have some wild animals and he wants her safe. Because he left for the weekend to go hunting. So I am left with this situation. She has milk, but her milk sacks are not real big. I have been reading on the false pregnancies. So when I went down ther tonight I thought maybe that could be it. But now that I know the little one we will now call Mac instead of pricilla is a buck. Maybe she is PG but not as far along as we thought. And suggestions or information would be of great help to this beginner.
Paula
The Pacific Northwest....
Paula
The Pacific Northwest....