Baby Goat Incoming!

[poult]

Okay I would just wait & watch her closely.

 

[silkieloverz123]

Is there anything specific you think i should watch for? She doesn't seem in pain or anything.

 

[poult]

Just watch & make sure she isn't pushing without any success.

 

[silkieloverz123]

K will do. I need to get some pics. There is no doubt she's preg ( best indicator for that is that she hosts regular boxing matches in there

) just a matter of when she will have them.

 

[poult]

okay cool!

 

[Devastating]

We weren't even 100% sure that our girl Molly was pregnant until last month, her udders swelled. Later (around Jan. 25th or so?) she started acting so unusual (restless, constantly pawing around, laying down and vocalizing) that we thought for sure she was about to go into labor...but by the next day, nothing! False alarm, she was back to her old self. We set up a stall for her to kid in, continued to monitor and keep her penned in the run area for the next few days in preparation, but she didn't seem interested in the stall and after a week had passed with no more signs of impending labor we sort of gave up, figuring we'd overestimated her progress and might have to wait a while longer...

then on Feb. 4th after everyone else has left to work and school, I look out the window and see her laying down in the stall. I think "omg, is it finally happening?" and run out there to check...but she wasn't kidding, she already had 2 adorable kids with her! I was slightly disappointed that I missed the birth (been a long time since I've seen one in action), but then again it's also a nice surprise to come out to cute (and already cleaned-up) babies. lol. She is a first-time mom but turned out to be a very good one who has done her job well, needed no help from us! The kids are healthy and crazy, will be 3wks old this Wed. (pics here)

silkieloverz, since the behaviors sound very similar maybe your goat is still in the "prepping" stages like mine was? after the "false alarm" we had, my mom was also worried about the possibility that something went wrong with labor and the babies would be "stuck", but it was of course totally fine. If she is having contractions but still no discharge then maybe she is just in very early stage of labor and isn't *quite* to the point of birth yet. I have been around for births with malpositions in the past (2 kids trying to come out at once). I second what Poult said, just keep an eye on her over the next day to make sure everything progresses smoothly! I hope you get to see the birth whenever it happens!

 

[poult]

more kids!

 

[H Diamond]

Well here's the thing, i read up on positions and everything, but parents dont really want to check, because if she is fine it would just stress her out.

First of all that is a ridiculous excuse. That's how you have dead kids. If you're going to have babies, you need to be willing to go in and check, ESPECIALLY where you guys are far from a vet. I'm not trying to be mean, but that's the silliest thing I've heard today, and I'm a law fire and ems dispatcher! Lol

So PSA over.... has she kidded yet? You said she was having contractions, how do you know? What she pushing, or you just thought she was having them? That makes a big difference in what you need to do.

 

[michellemire]

She kidded on Jan 16th I had to help her kid both of them there legs we're bend back 1 male 1 female

 

[michellemire]