Sassafras (Sassy) is in the home stretch! Due 2/16. She is a 3 year old FF. Kiko/Boer cross. She is pretty short so she is very wide. I think I can safely assume twins.
Trinity is also a 3 year old FF. Commercial Kiko. Due 3/3. She is my most "wild" doe and doesn't let me take great pics. She has to be facing me at all times so I have to be tricky to get rear shots. I'm thinking she only has a single in there.
They were both running with my twin commercial Kiko bucks.
A few more progress shots
I only have 3 does and my first doe threw 2 bucks so I need all the doeling dust you can throw at us!
Thank you! It's really hard to tell them apart now but when they were younger ones ears were more floppy than the other so I always just called him Floppy when deciphering between the two. I haven't been able to make anything else stick lol he does need a better name. He's not overly friendly so it's been hard to name him based on personality. The other I call King because he ALWAYS comes over and stands on the bale of hay when I'm putting it out. I say he's king of the hay.
This is them almost exactly a year ago. They've came a LONG way. They were pretty stunted when I got them.
I'm pretty sure "Floppy" is the dad to most of the kids. He was a very persistent breeder. King eventually figured things out but I'm not sure it was in time to make it count. Next season they will be split and given their own set of does.
I had a few minutes while filling water troughs today and snapped a few more pics. Here is where Trinity gets her name from. She has the number 3 on her side.
She's rolling right along! Her bag is pretty full but can definitely get bigger/tighter. She's still pretty wide. It will be interesting to see how her belly changes when they move into birthing position. I saw a lot of baby movement yesterday.
I dropped my phone in water yesterday and my camera isn't working currently. I can do selfie mode but even that is kind of fuzzy. Here are the best shots I could get this morning lol
Here was just a fun shot I took yesterday before I tried to kill my phone.
Not a ton of change with Sassy that I can tell today. 5 days until due date. There is a chance of rain every day as far out as the forecast will show. I'm not thrilled about how wet it will be but at least the temps will be somewhat decent (40/50s). She did have a tiny bit of hay stuck to her yesterday so she may have a little bit of discharge starting.
Trinity let me sneak a hair closer today. I'm still only counting on a single from her.
A few notes on Sassy today. She is acting like she is in heat. She is licking and chewing all over the bucks through the fence. They are definitely hanging around a lot today. She looks like she may be starting to loosen up across her top line. She is also wet "back there". No noticeable discharge yet. It wouldn't hurt my feelings if she decides to go Thursday as the weather will be best that day. Of course her due date is perfect weather according to the doe code [emoji23]
After today I work every evening until Friday so she has plenty of inopportune time this week. Stay tuned!
We are going to be in a head to head battle. I swear they are two peas in a prego pod! I wanna chant loosen loosen up way up! LOL come on Sassy not much longer.
Sass had me on watch yesterday. Every time I looked out she was laying down. She was doing a lot of tail wagging as well. She's still begging for feed though and no change with discharge. No actual signs of labor. I can't check ligs. She gets super "sassy" when I try to touch her and threatens to make me regret it. Tomorrow the winds are supposed to be 20-30 mph. My first doe had her kids on a super windy day so we will see if Sassy follows suit.
Pics from this AM
She had her hair up in this one. She was not going to have me touching her today.
Well I've officially gone goat crazy. Last night I had a dream she had 3 bucklings at night. I missed the birth and she was not nursing them well. Lol that about covers every worry I'm currently having. She ate just like normal this morning. I was able to feel around (she didn't even pretend like she was irritated with me this morning) and I couldn't find any ligaments. The winds are already ripping and they are supposed to pick up as the day goes on. Still no discharge.
Comparison pics from 24 hours ago to now. I think I can see some slight structure changes.
The only hours she can't have them is between 5-10 pm today!
Well I've officially gone goat crazy. Last night I had a dream she had 3 bucklings at night. I missed the birth and she was not nursing them well. Lol that about covers every worry I'm currently having. She ate just like normal this morning. I was able to feel around (she didn't even pretend like she was irritated with me this morning) and I couldn't find any ligaments. The winds are already ripping and they are supposed to pick up as the day goes on. Still no discharge.
Comparison pics from 24 hours ago to now. I think I can see some slight structure changes.
I've read that the crooked tail is even a sign. I'm day 144 with my goat today!
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