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I haven't posted in quite awhile. I had a very sick momma goat with two kids "momma down" was the thread. I had to bottle fee the babies and everything was going good weaned the babies at 9 weeks and put them in the pasture with all the other goats, including the momma. They didn't try to nurse or anything, she thought they were just more goats, she really didn't pay attention to them as if they were hers (pics attached) Anyway about 2 weeks ago the momma died, no indication she wasn't feeling good again just standing one minute and dead the next. I was very upsetting to think she came such a long way from being so sick when she had the babies to doing great and then died. I have another doe due anytime, but she isn't acting like the other one did when she was pregnant. This one is huge, (pic attached)she is swelling up and her belly is almost touching the ground so I know she's dropped, her sides have caved in and her ligs are soft, (I can almost touch my fingers) but she is not bagging up. The other one was bagged up a good 5 weeks before she kidded. And the buck keeps rubbing her back side I don't know why she is definitely pregnant but he just follows her around and he doesn't try to mount either. Any advise would be appreciated, am I just being a nervous Nellie?
 

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I'm sorry that you lost your one doe. :( And I agree, you should probably separate the buck.

Is this her first time? I've heard that some goats don't bag up until right before kidding, or some even don't properly until after kidding. Do you have a picture of her backend?
 
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We're having him castrated next week so hopefully that will help. This is her 4th pregnancy. She's about 8 yrs old, the one that died was her daughter. I can't get a pic of her backend but was wondering, does the tail always look funny when they are about to kid. She's puffy and ligs are loose but tail isn't funky. The goat you see behind her is the daddy
 
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We removed the buck yesterday and she bellowed for about 30 mins and then got relaxed. She seems to be more settled now that it's just her and her grand babies. She's been rubbing her right side more today but she still hasn't bagged up. She won't let me touch her teats but they are long and pointing outward. I'm so excited I might just be seeing things
 
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She has kidded 3 times before I got her so I don't know what her teats looked like then but they have gotten a lot longer in the last month and won't let me touch them. I think she is just alittle more bagged in the last week but nothing like the doe I lost a month before she kidded. I don't know if she's a late bagger or not. Are the long teats a sign shes getting close
 
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Well this morning she just laid around got up laid back down not doing anything, she's usually up and eating like crazy but not this morning. We left for about 3 hrs thinking we may have babies when we get back but nope. Her udders have filled just alittle but more but not much and now she keeps turning around and licking or biting her girlie bits and it looks like her whole belly has moved to her butt. Shes not laying on her right side anymore which she use to do when laying down. Also, the babies 2 1/2 months old from the momma who died is in the pasture with her. Is that fine?
 
#26 ·
If she is close and you cannot watch her, I would separate her from them. If she kids, the youngsters may get in the way, confusing her and the new babies born, they may not know who mama is and she may disown them.
When she kids, she and her new babies should have time to bond, it is usually 3 day alone with her babies unless they are weak, then it should be longer.
I would also make sure the older kids won't nurse her.

Otherwise, it is OK to have the older kids with her, if you can watch her.

She may be in pre-labor now, as to why she is acting different.
 
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They haven't even tried to nurse her and they do keep their distance from her. She is the head goat of the bunch so they know their pecking order already. I watch them all the time they in front of my house and I keep binoculars handy. I thought she was labor this morning she just couldn't get settled and I swear it looked like she was squatting and pushing but still nothing.
 
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