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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: HappyHippy on January 29, 2014, 02:38:37 pm
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Can any of you guys SMELL when your nanny is about to kid ?
Thanks
Karen x
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Cannae wait for replies to this :innocent:
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After the week i have had ......
Clearly not !!!
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After the week i have had ......
Clearly not !!!
They keeping you on your toes? :eyelashes:
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No - but got the sexy spray of billy today while checking him over - all down my trousers - yuk yuk yuk - straight in to the shower, but still get whiffs even now!
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You daft Hippy, they crochet booties that's how you know. So what made you think of that then? ;D
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Pre kidding smell might be indicative of a problem , decomposing kid or infection , check for raised temperature and discharge.
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no idea, don't keep goats, do love them though...
what on earth put this random thought in your head karen...
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Although I do check my girls' rear end regularly, especially close to kidding time, it's only looking. I don't really get my nose close enough to smell...
As Tizaala says if there is a smell (and it wouldn't be a nice one) then it may be indicative of a dead/decomposing foetus inside. Usually would also be some dark brown discharge.
Changes in behaviour are much more indicative of imminent labour - they are just restless, not interested in food (usually, but not all of them ;D) and get up/lie down/scratch the ground. Also then their rear end is usually quite pink and puffed up and the udder is normally really full too. Some discharge for a few days beforehand (but not like described above) is normal.
Any of your girls have a smell??? If yes, may be needing investigation!
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;D fab question though!
Somewhere I have a close up of an immediately prelabour vulva (goats!!) if you want me to send it to you. I think that was one of the best indicators..along with sit down, lie down, stand up, stretch, can't get comfy (and that was just me ;) )
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Thank you all (what would I do without my fabby TAS friends :-* )
I was just doing a bit of checking after overhearing someone who said they could smell when the goats were about to kid, I thought that would be quite unlikely and wanted some more experienced views on the subject :thumbsup:
Amanda you made me :roflanim: booties ! ::) It would be goat cardigans they'd be knitting at this time of year :-J ;D
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im sure they do smell differently but you would have to have a very good sense of smell, dogs are supposed to smell things like that. i cant smell anything though.
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You do realise that now everyone here with a pregnant goat is off out to give it a sniff......... ;D
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You do realise that now everyone here with a pregnant goat is off out to give it a sniff......... ;D
eeehhhhmmmm.... no
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You do realise that now everyone here with a pregnant goat is off out to give it a sniff......... ;D
Well if you want to come and sniff my goats feel free but I'm not doing it (yuk emoticon need here Dan)
Mind you maybe sniffing someone else's goats is the sort of thing to get you arrested :-J
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;D mine got the billy with them at the moment so I can smell them without going within 10ft
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She cuddles cows as well you know ;D ::)
You do realise you're going to have me sniffing in May when our pygmies are due.
Hey Karen, I did hear that if you lick a snout of a pig it talks ;D ;D
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don't give karen any more daft ideas...
and whats wrong with cuddling cows???
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There's nothing wrong with cuddling cows! My poor Jacky boy moo's like mad at me if e doesn't get his after dinner hug (oh god, it's going to be SO hard on me when he goes 'off' :'() anyway, the Wagu's allegedly get massaged daily to improve their meat so there might be method in my madness :innocent:
As for kissing piggies to make them talk, quite clearly nonsense! Everyone knows you tickle them behind the ears to activate speach capabilities :-J Piglet kisses are the best, but one of my mama pigs has a bit of a cold and sneezed in my face yesterday....... not nice and definitely not for kissing lol!
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Here's to lighthearted banter on TAS everyone ;D :-*
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Here it's me that's got the sneezes - so I guess I best refrain from kissing anything and stick to the huggs, which always go down well, sheep, goats, dogs, cats and sometimes the OH :innocent:
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;D mine got the billy with them at the moment so I can smell them without going within 10ft
And doesn't the smell linger for a long time? I could still smell the billy on Cloud two weeks after she had spent about 15 minutes with him.