Baby Goat Incoming!

[H Diamond]

Ok, that's the CDT or CD&T or CD/T or however the person typing decided to shorten it, lol. I was too lazy to add the "&" in there!
It's usually given around 4 weeks from kidding. So.. with this girl you don't know. I would just give it to her now. If you don't know if she has had it ever before, give her a booster (same dose) 4 weeks from the first shot.

 

[silkieloverz123]

OK what do you think of the pics?

 

[H Diamond]

Oops sorry! Missed those! It doesn't look like she's really dropped at all, but pics can be deceiving.
I'm sure you've looked at them, but the pics on this page or just text book of what a doe getting ready to kid looks like:
http://fiascofarm.com/goats/prenatalcare.html
She looks like she's getting prepared or she could just be losing her plug... you did say her ligaments are gone?
If the ligaments are for sure gone, I'd check her tonight if she were mine. If she still has her ligaments, I probably wouldn't.
Is her udder full and tight or kinda soft and pliable still?

I have 2 does I don't have exact breed dates on this year (silly job and responsibilities!) and it's driving me nuts.
I had myself convinced one of the does was looking like she was working on getting ready. But.. no, lol.

 

[silkieloverz123]

Well her ligs are def gone. She wont really let us touch the udder but we will try. When she loses her plug what does that mean?

 

[silkieloverz123]

And yea she looks like the pics on the website.

 

[H Diamond]

Her sides look pretty high to consider her to have "dropped". However, you see her every day, so if the baby belly is in a different position now than before, then she may have.Her left side looks higher (the rumen), so to me she looks like she just had a good meal of hay, and again pic might be deceiving, lol.
And losing the plug means she lost her mucous plug. Some does do it 10 days before, some do it when they go into labor. With her ligaments gone, I imagine she'll kid before too long (usually first freshner's lose those when kidding is fairly imminent). It's so hard to tell when you can't lay hands on the goat!

 

[H Diamond]

If it's not too difficult, a pictures from the side would be helpful so I can see how she is holding her tail.

 

[silkieloverz123]

Yea i understand. Is it a sign that the kids are really kicking at her? Aggressively even?

 

[H Diamond]

It's a sign you have healthy rambunctious kids in there! Lol.
I've heard that you stop feeling movement when kidding is imminent... I can't speak to this as I've never spent much time feeling for moving babies.

 

[silkieloverz123]

Does that mean they wont kick or that if you feel her stomach and feel body parts?