Is my goat pregnant?

[cassie]

Thanks for that.
I posted the picture because her udder looks to be getting bigger. If she's not pregnant why would this be happening? This pic August 3rd

The udder is not getting bigger where it would be getting bigger if she was indeed pregnant. Look at the rear udder where it joins the body. Nothing is happening there.

 

[cassie]

Completely normal udder from her genetics, just not a desirable shape for ease of milking and definitely not for the show ring! It looks more floppy when she's not in milk and will be firmer when she's milking. I have never bought a goat with large, pendulous teats, but I've milked other people's while they were on vacation. It's a soggy, muscle-straining handful, but they can give a lot of milk.(Sometimes show udders with perfect teats can be worse if they have tight orifices!) Premium udders look like half a soccer (or basket) ball firmly attached in front and back with nicely spaced, well-defined teats that aren't too narrow, too wide, too long or too short--we want them hand-sized for a human to milk. They should tip forward a bit. Alas, if we were judged like animals are judged, woe to anyone less than the idea of "perfect."
We've selectively bred dairy goats for "perfect" and very high-producing udders, but look at the picture of the Bedouin goat's pendulous udder...
The spotted was one of mine. The online picture is of a goat belonging to a Bedouin.
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Just a comment. I wouldn't mind working with does like this. You would be surprised at the improvement breeding to the right buck can do in a short period of time. It far far easier to improve an udder than it is to improve milk production.

 

[cassie]

Just a comment. I wouldn't mind working with does like this. You would be surprised at the improvement breeding to the right buck can do in a short period of time. It far far easier to improve an udder than it is to improve milk production.

I was referring to that Damascus goat.

 

[two j farm]

The udder is not getting bigger where it would be getting bigger if she was indeed pregnant. Look at the rear udder where it joins the body. Nothing is happening there.

Could this be from feeding alfalfa? I was given 2 bags of alfalfa pellets and I have been mixed it with her feed. I read that alfalfa can mess with her hormones.

 

[cassie]

Possible but not at all probable. I fed my goats almost exclusively on alfalfa hay and never had any issues. So did all the other goat owners I knew. A neighbor of mine did have a problem one year, and that was only one year out of decades. In that case the hay interfered with the does going into labor. I don't think the pellets have anything whatever to do with your goat's udder.

 

[lomine]

Have you touched the udder? If it feels hot it could be infected. I agree that it doesn't look like it's bagging up.

 

[two j farm]

Have you touched the udder? If it feels hot it could be infected. I agree that it doesn't look like it's bagging up.

It's not hot or hard. Could her hormones be causing this? I'm pretty sure she was in heat in July and she has been hanging out at the fence of my older buck when I let her out this weekend.

 

[two j farm]

Just wanted to give y'all a update. She was not pregnant but she is now.
Due in January!

 

[NatJ]

Just wanted to give y'all a update. She was not pregnant but she is now.
Due in January!

Thanks for updating!
It's nice to know how these things work out

 

[two j farm]

Mama and babies are doing great! Just thought I would let everyone know how things turned out
2 girls 1 boy.