Pregnant goats. First timers.

[SA Farm]

That's great! I will post pictures of the kids when they have them!

I find it easier to assume they aren't pregnant until the week before. Saves my sanity a little

But, yay for baby goat pics!

 

[Goat Lover 3]

Ha! I kept telling myself they weren't pregnant until about a month ago, when I realized how large they were!

 

[H Diamond]

Fun! When are they due?

 

[Goat Lover 3]

Tilly is due March 24th-April 3rd. Lilly is due April 5th-April 15th!

 

[Goat Lover 3]

Tilly and Lilly are now in separate pens now. It's getting closer! Last Saturday I felt a hard round spot on Tilly side. Today, I felt a smaller hard spot on her right side, I rubbed the spot gently so I could figure out what it was and then it was gone? Could this be a kid or something else?

 

[axelsangel]

yes it could very well be a kid maybe even 2. We raised boer goats when i was a teen. I got one for my 16th birthday...lol. may iask why you separated them? we never separated ours so that's why i ask. we had one nanny to have 4 kids in one birth but the average for ours was 2 sometimes 3. good luck with the babies. make sure you keep a good eye on them when it's time I had to go ahelp a lot of our first timers to give birth. (just gently grab the front feet and pull carefully so not to hurt nanny or kid)

 

[Stacykins]

yes it could very well be a kid maybe even 2. We raised boer goats when i was a teen. I got one for my 16th birthday...lol. may iask why you separated them? we never separated ours so that's why i ask. we had one nanny to have 4 kids in one birth but the average for ours was 2 sometimes 3. good luck with the babies. make sure you keep a good eye on them when it's time I had to go ahelp a lot of our first timers to give birth. (just gently grab the front feet and pull carefully so not to hurt nanny or kid)

If you've ever had a goat trample another doe's newborn kids, steal them, or otherwise interfere with her birthing, then you'd understand separating them for birthing. A doe should be able to see her buddies at least. So not a 100% separation, just physical separation. If animals are giving birth in a huge area, like a field, it isn't a problem really. But in a confined space such a barn or stall? There can be trouble if they're closed in too tight to each other.

 

[axelsangel]

well that makes sense. our goats were in pastures so we never had aproblem with any of that.

 

[Goat Lover 3]

I separated them so that the Lilly will not interfere with Tilly while she is in labor.


Here is a picture of the pens they will be kidding in.
They can see each other expect when they are in the shed.


This is the shed split in half. Tilly sleeps on the left side and Lilly sleeps on the right side.


Lilly's udder.


Tilly's udder.

 

[Goat Lover 3]

Lilly seems to be having a hard time getting comfortable. She keeps getting up and down. When she dose lay down, she rolls over and stretches her neck? I am not 100% sure when she was bred. I am sure on Tilly though.