Anyone familiar with breeding goats?

Chanchilla

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Hey there, super new to goats and farm animals in general!

This is my ff doe, Alice, who we paired with a Buck in Feb when she was 9 months old.

However there was an incident back at the end of December where a buck got loose and spent some time in the doeling pen. We hadn't thought he managed to breed anyone, but now I'm not so certain. The top picture is her on April 3rd, and the bottom one is her today, May 10. If she was bred immediately in February, then she'd be right around 80 days and that udder is looking kind of large for a FF? Not to mention her belly, but she's always been a bit stocky.

If she was bred early at the end of December, then she'd be closer to 135, maybe 140 days.

What do you guys think? Should I be expecting her to give birth sooner than anticipated?
 

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I think she looks closer to 135 days, but I did have one doe that would get an udder only 50 or so days in. Can you milk any liquid out yet? Typically mine are giving translucent, cloudy milk around that time.
 
Hey there, super new to goats and farm animals in general!

This is my ff doe, Alice, who we paired with a Buck in Feb when she was 9 months old.

However there was an incident back at the end of December where a buck got loose and spent some time in the doeling pen. We hadn't thought he managed to breed anyone, but now I'm not so certain. The top picture is her on April 3rd, and the bottom one is her today, May 10. If she was bred immediately in February, then she'd be right around 80 days and that udder is looking kind of large for a FF? Not to mention her belly, but she's always been a bit stocky.

If she was bred early at the end of December, then she'd be closer to 135, maybe 140 days.

What do you guys think? Should I be expecting her to give birth sooner than anticipated?
what breed is she?
 
Hey there, super new to goats and farm animals in general!

This is my ff doe, Alice, who we paired with a Buck in Feb when she was 9 months old.

However there was an incident back at the end of December where a buck got loose and spent some time in the doeling pen. We hadn't thought he managed to breed anyone, but now I'm not so certain. The top picture is her on April 3rd, and the bottom one is her today, May 10. If she was bred immediately in February, then she'd be right around 80 days and that udder is looking kind of large for a FF? Not to mention her belly, but she's always been a bit stocky.

If she was bred early at the end of December, then she'd be closer to 135, maybe 140 days.

What do you guys think? Should I be expecting her to give birth sooner than anticipated?
i’m going to assume your goats are pygmy’s because that’s what i have and mine kinda look like taht from the back. i would say she’s close to 135 and she does infact look pregnant now every goat is different but mines udders filled a week or so before she ended up giving birth
 
With her pregnant horses my grandmother could tell when they were gonna give birth by squeezing their teats and if clear stuff came out they werent about to give birth but if white viscous stuff came out they were gonna give birth in 24hrs
 

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