Ginger's kidding thread

[Pearce Pastures]

She looks done!

 

[madcow]

Well, decided to make an evening check on Ginger and she and Trixie were just chillin'. No other signs, but her ligaments were there sometimes today and then gone again. So I think she's close. She did finally get up on the stanchion today to lie in the sun. Don't know how she managed as big as she is to jump up there. Maybe the step helped. Got the baby monitor and will have it on all night tonight. Probably won't sleep well, but it will be worth it in the long run. I can always sleep later, right?:/

 

[poorboys]

hope she delivers today, I don't see how she could go much longer. very nice looking doe.

 

[madcow]

hope she delivers today, I don't see how she could go much longer. very nice looking doe.

Thank you! She's still hanging in there. Checked ligaments this morning and I can still feel them, (keep popping back up and then diappear again, repeatedly), but will be checking throughout the day. You're right, don't see how she could go much longer either. She's huge and really uncomfortable. She is so posty legged when she walks it isn't funny. Will keep everyone updated as things transpire......

 

[madcow]

Just checked her again and she was lying down in the shelter, instead of her usual eating constantly. She did take a few raisins as a treat. Maybe we're getting closer. Come on Ginger, momma needs a new pair of shoes! LOL! Or maybe just a couple of cute kids. Haha!

 

[madcow]

Ok, nothing new just yet. Meanwhile I have pictures of the buck who fathered these kids for your enjoyment as we are waiting. His name is Romeo. I thought that was the best name ever for a buck! The name says it all!

Hope some of the babies are white like he is!

 

[madcow]

I spent a little more time, than I did when I fed them this morning, and checked Ginger more closely. She has dropped a whole lot more today. The top of her bulges are almost squishy because she has more room in that area. Her previous owner, who sent me the pictures of the baby daddy, Romeo, says she believes she will be due the 15th. Sigh...... A few more days. Just read about the "Doe Code" and it is too funny, but sadly very true! LOL! And that's what I'm going through right now, waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting, ........

I hope I'm not building you (and me!) guys up too much here with all the blow-by-blow goat posts, but I figure you are all a bunch of addicts like I am and just as impatient as I can be sometimes. My daughter calls me every morning about the same time to chat (she's a medical transcriptionist also and we work for the same company with the same schedule, and spends most of her time at home, too), and her husband had her call me earlier than usual yesterday because he wanted to know if Ginger had kidded! LOL! I have them all hooked into this baby watch! Babies are too addicting! I just have to remember the wait is just as much fun as the the actual birth and time with the babies afterwards. Otherwise, the wait will become agonizing! Aaagh! I have a feeling that as soon as my SIL sees these kids he will be putting up the fence and shelter at their place for their goats!

Anyway, hope I gave you guys your waiting fix for a while. You KNOW I'll be on line as soon as something gets moving here with Ginger. I don't think it could be too many more days at this point.

 

[marlowmanor]

Any new news about Ginger? Hoping you're not on because you are out with Ginger watching her have those babies.

 

[madcow]

Nothing really going on that I can directly put my finger on at this point. Her vulvar area is dilated more today, about the size of a nickel. That's more than it has been. She's been eating pretty much as usual. She stood with only her front hooves on the edge of a small concrete pad that's in her pen area and stared off into space for a good while today. While she was doing that she would adjust and readjust her back legs (they were off the pad, so her backside was about 6 inches lower than the front) as close together as she could get them. She did that maybe 6 or 7 times. She stayed that way for about 15 minutes. Don't know if she was having early contractions or if it just felt better to stand that way. Hard to say. Of course I want to believe she's in early labor, but of course she's not telling! LOL! I wish goats could talk. She is being overly affectionate today and I've seen her stretch once today, so she's getting the babies in position for delivery. I know that's one of the signs. She has been doing a lot of tail flicking, so something feels funny to her in that area, I'm guessing. All this waiting could make a person lose their mind if they didn't know it will happen eventually.

 

[madcow]

Norther just blew in. You know what that means don't you? No? It means she'll kid in the dead of night, with the wind and rain blowing and cold temperatures! It was just gorgeous all day in the 70s and now the cold weather is coming back. Just my luck....