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20160725_161720.jpg I have a 3yo mini macha that hasnt been bred before....i got a pygmy buckling last fall he'll be 1 in August and they were together until june.. ive never been able to tell when shes in heat so....im trying to figure out if she managed to get pregnant...ive researched and asked everyone i can find their opinions....
The last guy said that with the size difference between them and her never been bred before that she could be full of babies and id never know..
I also have a aprox2yo Nigerian dwarf doe that this would be her 2nd freshining..i haven't witnessed a heat since april and am hoping shes due in September...but shes always been so skinny (she was way underweight when I got her last year) im not sure if shes finally getting some good weight or if shes got a baby pooch...

First pic is the mini macha
Second is the Nigerian dwarf
3rd is my little buck.
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Greetings @Tanya and welcome to BYH! Glad you joined the group! Based on my mark one, mod zero eyeball, combined with no personal real world experience, but having several years of looking at pictures and reading, I would say regarding the mini mancha - no idea, regarding the nigie - yup, she looks like she's carrying to me, but how many? Now that's the real question ;)

Edit to add: Since lamanchas are primarily seasonal breeders (August on through Dec-Jan) if your mini got the mancha side, maybe she didn't get bred. If she got more of the nigie side (if that's what her sire was) then :hu

There are a lot of real world experienced goat folks here. I'll tag a few and see if they have any guesses for you: @Southern by choice @babsbag @frustratedearthmother @OneFineAcre @Goat Whisperer @TAH @Epona142

There are so many others... Maybe you should do a contest of some sort? :D
 

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Your best bet is to have a pregnancy test done. It is inexpensive and then you know for sure.
Because you really don't have an idea of when it is hard to say.
The Nigie doesn't look like it to me but I don't know what she has looked like in the past.
Our Nigies are kinda fat... well not kinda- they are.
 

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Your best bet is to have a pregnancy test done. It is inexpensive and then you know for sure.
Because you really don't have an idea of when it is hard to say.
The Nigie doesn't look like it to me but I don't know what she has looked like in the past.
Our Nigies are kinda fat... well not kinda- they are.


The Nigerian has always been super slim..she was way too skinny when I got her last year and ive been working on bulking her up but as of may she was still thin. Ill try and get pics of them from the first of may posted
 

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These are them in june.. and a pic of the buck beside the mini for size reference.
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No way I can tell
But that buck is big enough to have bred either
So if he was with them for that amount of time he likely bred them
 

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Did some side by sides....
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Both appear that they are carrying. Look, it's rare that a buck didn't breed if she cycled. :rolleyes: It's such a short time, you may not have seen either the symptoms of heat OR the breeding. A buck is a buck!!
 
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