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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: langdon on November 23, 2010, 06:32:13 pm

Title: any abled replys?
Post by: langdon on November 23, 2010, 06:32:13 pm

sorry guys if i sound impatient, but would like if any one can send a reply to the post EARLY SIGNS.
again sorry if this is sounding rude but as being new to goat keeping and milly going to a billy tomorrow,
i would appreciate and help as how to spot the early signs of a nannie in kid.
thanks langdon :goat:
 

Title: Re: any abled replys?
Post by: Brucklay on November 23, 2010, 06:51:38 pm

Well I always thought the first sign was she wouldn't come into season again - with my pygmy's they are very vocal when thay are in season so it easy to tell once you get used to the 'I'm in season' compared to 'I want my tea' but with your milking goats possibly there are additional signs - sorry can't help there

Title: Re: any abled replys?
Post by: little blue on November 23, 2010, 07:30:24 pm

thats really the best sigh, that she wont be back in season.
the kids wont "Show" til quite late on, nor will her udders fill, as shes a first timer.

If she doesnt go back into season Langdon, how about taking a photo of her regularly - say weekly or fortnightly, in the same place where there is some kind of a marker, to see how big she is getting over time ...  its really hard to tell when you see her every day!

Title: Re: any abled replys?
Post by: langdon on November 23, 2010, 08:34:26 pm

thanks guys for your replys ;) very much app over ere!
langdon :goat:
will keep ye updated as how thing get on with milly.
next thing to do is to my shopping list ready for all those items that are need for birth and after.

Title: Re: any abled replys?
Post by: richmorpygmygoats on November 23, 2010, 08:41:02 pm

I have just been out buying all my essentials! Ready for kidding day!!  :goat:

Rich

Title: Re: any abled replys?
Post by: ballingall on November 24, 2010, 10:18:33 am

The first sign is indeed that she won't come back into season, but after that, she might be a bit more picky with her food than normal. As you get on 2/3 months into the pregancy, she will start to deepen out- so not necessarily get fatter, but look bigger in the up and down length of her tummy. Also, later on in the pregnancy, her tail bone will start to rise, that is basically the pelvis starting to relax in preparation for the kids being born.


If you are really unsure, you could get her scanned about 8 weeks after she has been mated- but that's an additional cost.


Beth