MeganA19
Chillin' with the herd
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Okay. So having recently learned of this so called "pooch test" I examined my girls and am really thinking they are bred. Along with a few other clues. Needing some more expertise thoughts and advice though please .
First I think you need the backstory, just bought my does last week, but I know them and have been working with goats a while now, have even kidded a few times as the goat farm's owners are friends of mine. My younger doe is a full Nubian, named Ellie. My slightly older and slightly larger doe is a saanen/nubian cross, named Suzanne. Neither one of them were "supposed" to be bred, meaning it wasn't planned. The buck jumped the fence and yeah. Here we are. Fine with me though as I wanted a few bred does and I love these girls to bits. So anyway, Ellie is due Feb. 5th and Suzanne is due Jan.30th. Ellie has more udder growth than Suzanne, I've heard that's normal, they are both first fresheners so I'm expecting both of their udders to be developing now but I know all goats are different. Ellie is also a bit small in the bump area, her belly is def lower to the ground, but not really on the sides, Suzanne has a nice bump on her right side and is also a bit low.Thoughts on that would be nice to hear too. I took pictures today and will post them below, please please let me know what you think, pregnant, not pregnant, single, twin so on and so forth, all thoughts appreciated and thanks!! First 4 pics are Ellie and the last 2 are Suzanne.
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First I think you need the backstory, just bought my does last week, but I know them and have been working with goats a while now, have even kidded a few times as the goat farm's owners are friends of mine. My younger doe is a full Nubian, named Ellie. My slightly older and slightly larger doe is a saanen/nubian cross, named Suzanne. Neither one of them were "supposed" to be bred, meaning it wasn't planned. The buck jumped the fence and yeah. Here we are. Fine with me though as I wanted a few bred does and I love these girls to bits. So anyway, Ellie is due Feb. 5th and Suzanne is due Jan.30th. Ellie has more udder growth than Suzanne, I've heard that's normal, they are both first fresheners so I'm expecting both of their udders to be developing now but I know all goats are different. Ellie is also a bit small in the bump area, her belly is def lower to the ground, but not really on the sides, Suzanne has a nice bump on her right side and is also a bit low.Thoughts on that would be nice to hear too. I took pictures today and will post them below, please please let me know what you think, pregnant, not pregnant, single, twin so on and so forth, all thoughts appreciated and thanks!! First 4 pics are Ellie and the last 2 are Suzanne.
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