Possbly pregnant doeling. Help!

[CordleFarm]

I think that my 8-mo-old ND doeling is pregnant. Over the last month I have noticed that she is looking rather wide compared to her herd mates and her udders are enlarged. We have only had her for 2 months. She was mixed in with my two bucks for a month while we were working on the other fence. The people we got her from said they did not have males. I am worried because of her age that if she is pregnant that she will have complications. Should she be showing/developing udders at only 1-2 months gestation? I am trying to figure out how far along she is so we can be prepared for kidding. If she is in fact pregnant, should I be concerned? Any advice, comments, recommendations are greatly appreciated. I will post pictures of her later.

 

[elevan]

I would ask your vet to do an ultrasound to check and then if she is then you'll need the vet on standby when she kids.

On the other hand, she could just be developing a precocious udder and not pregnant at all. Which is why I'd recommend a vet checking her to be sure.

 

[CordleFarm]

Thank you. I will schedule with my vet this weekend. Hope she's going to be okay.

 

[dwbonfire]

I am no goat expert, but i know a man who breeds his doelings at that age and says they do fine. She would kidd at about a year old so shouldnt that be fine?

 

[SheepGirl]

What are you feeding her?

My ewe lamb (about 98 lbs or so) recently delivered a 9.8 lb ram lamb all by herself 10 days before her first birthday. She's doing a great job raising him. Her udder started to develop about one to one and a half months pre-lambing. Her twin sister, on the other hand, has a little bit of an udder, but I think it's just fat deposits from eating feed as I was growing them out to be big enough to breed.

 

[20kidsonhill]

if your bucks are the same breed or smaller breed type she should be okay. Don't over feed her grain/corn.

 

[CordleFarm]

We feed them nutrena prime pellets ( it's actually horse feed) about half a cup a day each.
my bucks are a Pygmy and a first gen mini-lamancha.

 

[rinksgi]

I have been reading that the weight of the doeling is what is important. I think it's at least 80 lbs for nubians. I don't know about Nd. Also, I read that waiting to breed past 9 months could cause her to have fewer kids.

 

[meme]

Most people won't breed Nigies until they are at least 2 years old, due to their tendancy to have difficult births.

 

[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

I bred my ND at 7 months (we got the buck a month earlier then planned -wanted to breed at 8 months- and didn't have a seperate place to keep him) and she had 3 kids (one died due to white muscle disease, if she is in fact pregnant give her BoSe like 8 weeks before kidding? Double check) but abandoned one. Ether way she kidded and cleaned themself off all on her own, she was a great mum, weaned them and everything. Just make sure if she is or isn't Preggo, and if so make sure she gets all the minerals and such she needs, and try to be on hand when she kids, and she'll be great. Just make sure the buck was, in fact, same size or smaller (our buck was bigger but she had tiny kids, same Breed though) and if (much) bigger then try to be hand even more, and just be prepared for the worst either way.