goatsrulemymorning
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I have a first timer(preggo) Nigerian doe...she is due(by calendar) Feb 7th...day 150...she only started bagging up the last few days, and really didn't show much, (probably a single), didn't call a vet for sono, they wanted $150 and that was at the office(forget the house call) I've got 6 bred all due over the next 3 months, cost efficiency is necessary..so....not happening, I palpated at least one kicker...and i've assisted in probably 200+ births in cattle, a few horses, and a smattering of dogs, but goats are new to me in breeding&birthing...
This morning she was poochie in the rear, but not overly large, or swollen, and took feed, but only if I held the cup.
Here's the weirdness...
She's smelling her own urine and curling her lip...and stretching her neck out and bobbing her head and mumbling....and for the first time she's very affectionate towards me, kind of like a lovestruck teenager, putting her head against my leg and pushing and groaning...
Question is, anyone ever see this behaviour?? I've got her in the maternity stall, but she yells at me when I leave her....close? Or just getting ready?...
They're well fed and mineraled up.
Frustrated goat dad here.
This morning she was poochie in the rear, but not overly large, or swollen, and took feed, but only if I held the cup.
Here's the weirdness...
She's smelling her own urine and curling her lip...and stretching her neck out and bobbing her head and mumbling....and for the first time she's very affectionate towards me, kind of like a lovestruck teenager, putting her head against my leg and pushing and groaning...
Question is, anyone ever see this behaviour?? I've got her in the maternity stall, but she yells at me when I leave her....close? Or just getting ready?...
They're well fed and mineraled up.
Frustrated goat dad here.