Author Topic: is she going to kid soon (Read 1864 times)

grumpsgarden · « **on:** May 22, 2012, 01:29:14 pm »

hi ive noticed my tog has a white mucus stuff coming out of her does this mean she should kid soon as she is late now she was due on the 15th and her bag is down by her knees and hard now hoping she will kid soon its like wating for xmas

Roxy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2012, 02:08:44 pm »

Yes, sounds like she will not be long now - thank goodness for her, and for you too, watching and waiting......I have a mare overdue, and am very stressed now!!

Pawing at the bedding, and muttering a bit can be an indication, and sometimes grinding of teeth and looking at their sides; They can be in labour a while before anything happens, but you can tell from their eyes, and how they stand, that they are having pains.

Just a matter of keeping an eye on your female now, but goats being goats, will wait until you pop in for a cup of tea, and then kid. I have had one kid this Spring, and although I have had goats 35 years, and you would think I would know every sign - but, she ate her tea, and hayrack, did not look like she would kid, a couple of hours later, I found triplets

grumpsgarden · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2012, 03:29:30 pm »

yep she deffently going to kid soon so hopeful not to long and there will be some babies

tizaala · « **Reply #3 on:** May 22, 2012, 04:34:30 pm »

Dont forget the camera,
I'm just about to go outside and move the cctv camera from the barn back into the goathouse so we can watch our last B, Saanen kid later this week, she is bagging up nicely now , at the moment she isn't looking too huge so it might only be a single, last year she gave us twin girls . We don't like to keep disturbing them by going out every half hour, so we find the camera most usefull.