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LouiseG

  • Joined Mar 2009
    • Appleby-in-Westmorland
Day 150
« on: April 30, 2013, 12:36:29 pm »
Well, flora my British toggenburg is due today, looking like a beached whale but no real signs of imminent arrival  :thinking: . Trying very hard not to keep going out to check her as a watch pot never boils  :innocent: . going to have a little peek then think about lunch.
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Roxy

  • Joined May 2009
    • Peak District
    • festivalcarriages.co.uk
Re: Day 150
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2013, 04:47:15 pm »
Yes, going inside to have a cup of tea,or lunch .....and goat will kid then.  Its happened to me.
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plumseverywhere

  • Joined Apr 2013
    • Worcestershire
    • Its Baaath Time
    • Facebook
Re: Day 150
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2013, 04:51:58 pm »
Will look forward to pictures Louise!!
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Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
    • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: Day 150
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2013, 05:39:13 pm »
Anything????
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sokel

  • Joined Jun 2012
    • S W northumberland
Re: Day 150
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2013, 06:45:10 pm »
Hope it all goes well
so far all of ours except 1 was late, that 1 came 1 day early
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LouiseG

  • Joined Mar 2009
    • Appleby-in-Westmorland
Re: Day 150
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2013, 08:51:20 pm »
 :huff:  Nothing yet, rear end looks a little puffy, she can't walk properly as her udder is very large. Went into town to do a bit of shopping just to stop me keep looking. Will check again in a couple of hours. I have my money on about 5am and twins :eyelashes:  but OH has his money on 9am. Watch this space, could be a disturbed night :fc:

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Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
    • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: Day 150
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2013, 09:11:07 pm »
That's where I found my camera sooooo useful.Especially for the 5am checks - my GG did kid at 5am - I watched one of them being born on the camera, by the time I got dressed (it's still too cold to run there in my PJ's) and down to the shed No 2 was already being licked dry...
But even during the day having the camera on meant that I could get on with things in the house and keep an eye - most of mine actually don't like me being there watching them...
Hope it all goes OK!
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fifixx

  • Joined Mar 2010
    • Shillingstone, Dorset
    • Bere Marsh Farm
Re: Day 150
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2013, 09:14:24 pm »
Sorry to hijack, but Anke - which camera set-up do you have?
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sokel

  • Joined Jun 2012
    • S W northumberland
Re: Day 150
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2013, 09:15:30 pm »
Our last 1 was checked at 5.30pm and no signs  went to collect the car from the garage, returned just over 30 mins later and twins where up on their feet !
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Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
    • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: Day 150
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2013, 09:21:36 pm »
Quote from: fifixx on April 30, 2013, 09:14:24 pm
Sorry to hijack, but Anke - which camera set-up do you have?
WE bought a Foscam Indoor wireless IP camera and also a TP link (Amazon I´m afraid) so we could get the data to the laptop (no telly in our house), using our broadband router and the normal electric cable running to the goat shed. I am a complete techno-idiot in these things, OH set it all up - he was keen on less disrupted níghts too...
Has got infrared too, so no need to keep the lights going all night!
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LouiseG

  • Joined Mar 2009
    • Appleby-in-Westmorland
Re: Day 150
« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2013, 08:56:48 am »
No news yet  :(

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Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
    • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: Day 150
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2013, 10:52:53 am »
Quote from: LouiseG on May 01, 2013, 08:56:48 am
No news yet  :(
But presumably all ready to pop - udder, pink and swollen backend, hollow sides? I had one of mine go over by two days - she kidded the day when I was supposed to be in Newcastle...
Have you got an important appointment to keep today or tomorrow  :thinking:  - that's when she will kid! ;D
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LouiseG

  • Joined Mar 2009
    • Appleby-in-Westmorland
Re: Day 150
« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2013, 11:25:59 am »
Thanks, had Monday and Tuesday off as holiday, but back to work today noon to 7.30pm so will leave a big note for 18 year old son to check when he gets back from college, bound to happen then as he is definite that HE DOESN'T do goats  :thumbsup:

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LouiseG

  • Joined Mar 2009
    • Appleby-in-Westmorland
Re: Day 150
« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2013, 09:04:05 pm »
Still no babies, even snuck out of work for half hour at lunchtime to come home and check her. Got to happen eventually  :)
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sokel

  • Joined Jun 2012
    • S W northumberland
Re: Day 150
« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2013, 09:08:14 pm »
We are in the same Boat , Hope they arrive soon
 Tulip our last Boer is due today, She has other plans though  ::)
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Graham
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