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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Connor on January 09, 2014, 12:55:49 pm

Title: Goat in heat??
Post by: Connor on January 09, 2014, 12:55:49 pm

My goat i think i in heat this week so i don't know to put her to the billy she is over a year now if i do put her to the billy when will she lamb?

Title: Re: Goat in heat??
Post by: Brucklay on January 09, 2014, 02:26:16 pm

Never but she could kid in 150 days  :excited: :excited:

Title: Re: Goat in heat??
Post by: Connor on January 09, 2014, 03:49:41 pm

How would I know if she was in kid cos the billy wasn't put to her but she has been getting a bit wider?

Title: Re: Goat in heat??
Post by: Brucklay on January 09, 2014, 04:15:30 pm

Seriously - goats will (generally) come into season every 17-21 days for about 1-3days on average. If she has been in season and doesn't come into season then I would take it she was pregnant. If she does come into season then she's not pregnant.


Could she just have eaten lots of hay and it's her rumen that's making her look fat?


Could the billy have gotten to her somehow - some manage it!!

Title: Re: Goat in heat??
Post by: Connor on January 10, 2014, 01:03:01 pm

oh right she get hay once a day in her trough and sheep meal and the billy goat lives down the road so i don't think he would come down to her??

Title: Re: Goat in heat??
Post by: jinglejoys on January 10, 2014, 06:59:29 pm

Aah the nievity of the newbie  :innocent:

Title: Re: Goat in heat??
Post by: sokel on January 10, 2014, 11:46:58 pm

Think there is a bit of confusion  :-\ If she is in season now she obviously isn't in Kid yet. most of ours are only in Season for the 1 day so when they start if we are kidding them they go straight to the Billy. 1 is only ever in for a few hours
Is your Nanny and the Billy CAE tested ?