HELP PLEASE!!! REALLY!!!! Video added post #25

[19hhbelgian]

If she was malnourished, she might not produce milk, or not enough milk for the kid(s) - which I understand you don't want the kids to have anyway. If she was actually bred in August, she'd be due in January - again, this might not be right on for her seeing as how poor her condition was. End of July-beginning of august would equal an early January kid. I'd keep a close eye on her...

 

[Overeasyplz]

I don't know if you will hear much except her breathing but kids kick so you might feel that. As for the discharge she might be getting close, but there will be a lot of it and usually a bit of blood is seen. She will get up and lay down a lot and be qenuinely uncomfortable, you will know, she will grunt and have a panting kind of breathing. Although she looks pretty skinny in those photoraghs, do you have a recent one?
Ususally right before kidding a doe's bag will fill up. And the teats will leak.

 

[19hhbelgian]

Also, if you have seen movement of the kid she more than likely is getting close. Just assume the man had no idea when she was ACTUALLY bred, and watch her closely

GOOD LUCK!

 

[19hhbelgian]

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The kid that she is carrying could be smaller than normal because of her being so underweight when she found a good home... I brought home a bred, very skinny fainting goat doe, and my vet actually told us he was almost positive she was not bred... 1 month later out popped 2 healthy kids!!! Both of which are still on our farm, fat and happy

 

[Camelot Farms]

That discharge is exactly what my nanny had just before she kidded.... when is she due again?

Early Jan huh? (I went and read...

) She could be close then.
We had a 1st time mama go from that clear discharge to baby in 3 hours. But her bag had filled the day before. Discharge went from clear, to milky to blood tinged to baby!

Good luck. I'll be watching for babyb news...

 

[Kelly G]

19hhBelgian...first things, first...that is one flippin' TALL Belgian. PHEW! My Fjord is 14.2 w/shoes on and ears up!

Ok...the movements I saw were on her right side ( was holding her with my left). The crabby/crappy old man we got her from on Oct. 18th said she was bred "a couple of months ago" but couldn't remember exactly. He said she spent two weeks with the billy.

The vet said that although she was very thin, she was likely pregnant - that goats don't tend to have fertility problems. She said she'd seen goats in worse shape that got pregnant (can't believe that!).

Of course, now, I wish I'd had her ultrasounded - but it was $250!! At the time, I thought the money would be better spent on other supplies, feed, supplements, etc. I second guess that now!

Heading back to the barn after showers (we have an RV there)....

I'll post from my cell if I can....

 

[Kelly G]

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All the above pictures - except the second one - are from tonight. Even though she has steadily put on weight, she is still thin. The vet said she's probably slow to put on the weight due to the needs of a pregnancy.


But who knows! I'm going crazy right now!

 

[Overeasyplz]

cool we be here for ya!

 

[Countrywife]

You are going to have to be careful with her- I am worried that baby is going to come early due to momma's condition. I hate to know what she looked like before, but I had a doe get real sick one time pregant, and she delivered too early. If you haven't been able to get the goat ade have some black molasses around, I would be concerned the kid may have a rough start. yea, the discharge could be the plug, just like a human though, might go into labor soon, might not for another week or two. I would say in her position, the longer, the better.

 

[MsMelvin]

Perhaps you could find more information on the sister site BackYardHerds; they have a complete section on goats...there is a link on the bottom of the page. Good luck to you both! Got our fingers crossed for you.