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[luvmypets]

Do you know for sure that she was with a ram?  If so, how long ago.  The gestation time is the same for goats, +/- 145 days.  If she'll let you, press your hand firmly on her lower sides and see if you can feel a hard mass.  Press on the mass, and if it's a lamb it will likely move in response to you pressing on it.  Teats/udders aren't always a good indicator of pregnancy.  Some goats (I'm not 100% sure about sheep, as I don't raise them, but I'm guessing they're the same) don't develop an udder until even AFTER they kid.  Most start to develop one in the month or so prior to kidding, some even earlier than that.  You can also check her rear.  Usually the girl-bits are flat, even indented.  When they're heavily pregnant you will often see things kind of bulging out.  That's not necessarily indicating prolapse, but just a result of the baby pushing things around.

Is she a first-timer, or has she lambed before?

We are new with the whole sheep thing she is kept with the ram 24/7 . Which I know is bad. Her belly is really low and it's her first time.

 

[BellChell123]

We are new with the whole sheep thing she is kept with the ram 24/7 . Which I know is bad. Her belly is really low and it's her first time.

Definitely going to be pregnant, then. I would highly recommend getting them into separate pens as quickly as possible. The ram wouldn't hurt the lamb(s), but once they reach two months old he COULD breed them. I know this, because we had a buck escape and ended up with two two-month-old doelings that got pregnant. If you know when they were put together you would be able to figure out about when she is due, or look online for a gestation calculator.

 

[luvmypets]

Definitely going to be pregnant, then.  I would highly recommend getting them into separate pens as quickly as possible.  The ram wouldn't hurt the lamb(s), but once they reach two months old he COULD breed them.  I know this, because we had a buck escape and ended up with two two-month-old doelings that got pregnant.  If you know when they were put together you would be able to figure out about when she is due, or look online for a gestation calculator.

Thank you very helpful. I forgot to add my main concern.. A month ago we lost our only other ewe Belle to a traumatic birth. She was to small to pass the lamb, had a stroke drowned her lamb and was put Down. It was a hobby before but now things are getting serious. I'll see what we can do with separating her. There in a horse stall so I think we will make a pen where he can see her but not get to her. They have been together since we got her when she was eight months old. She was in heat when we got her. But was in heat for really long. She's calmed Down now.

 

[Beckie G]

Woo-HOO! On this fine day, at 3:40 pm, there were two brand new baby goats born!!!

Awesome !!!!

Can you post some pics?

 

[BellChell123]

Okay, so here are some pictures, when they're about 20 minutes old. I'll get more tomorrow, when they're fluffy and standing well. Not when they're still so wobbly.






These two are pictures of Mommy drinking her molasses water.


Mommy eating the camera.


This is the little boy. (One boy, one girl.) The hand is for size reference.


Another size reference photo.

 

[bugglesmommy]

Woo-HOO! On this fine day, at 3:40 pm, there were two brand new baby goats born!!!

My girl Lola is due at just about anytime and I'm so excited! I have no idea when she bred so I don't have a due date for her.

 

[BellChell123]

My girl Lola is due at just about anytime and I'm so excited! I have no idea when she bred so I don't have a due date for her.

Gah! I know how that feels. We still have 6 that are due ANY TIME! I'm excited too!

Do you know what the symptoms are? That way you'll have an idea of when she'll be due.

 

[Beckie G]

Okay, so here are some pictures, when they're about 20 minutes old. I'll get more tomorrow, when they're fluffy and standing well. Not when they're still so wobbly.






These two are pictures of Mommy drinking her molasses water.


Mommy eating the camera.


This is the little boy. (One boy, one girl.) The hand is for size reference.


Another size reference photo.

They are so adorable! Thanks so much for posting the pictures! Gotta love the babies

 

[BellChell123]

They are so adorable! Thanks so much for posting the pictures! Gotta love the babies

Anything new with the chicks?

 

[bugglesmommy]

Gah! I know how that feels. We still have 6 that are due ANY TIME! I'm excited too!

Do you know what the symptoms are? That way you'll have an idea of when she'll be due.

I've been reading into it all day after I noticed her girl gits getting puffy and looking a little bulged out. She has some udder development but they aren't really bulging out with milk yet but I also did read that sometimes a goat doesn't until they've already had a kid so I can't go on udder size alone. I tried to find the ligaments by the tail and either I am not very good at that or they are already very soft/gone. She kept restlessly changing where she was laying down most of the day so I don't think its too much longer either way. I've had goats by-proxy with my in-laws herd but I never got to be a part of kidding or watch the doe's as close. There would just be kids in the filed one day/morning. I did bottle raise an abandoned kid once that ended up being his herd's billy goat, Luke. Luke's my sweet boy. (Not the father to Lola's baby.) I am so glad I was able to save him. I had intended on taking him home years ago when the pen got built but then my FIL's billy died and he became billy of the herd and I decided it would suck of me to take him from the herd and leave my FIL without a billy after my FIL already let me keep him there for over a year

Luke 4 years ago: