didn't take pregnant doe... but have three more preggers!

Hi all,
Quick question (quick because I have to decide by tomorrow morning!)
I have a pregnant Nigi named Emily, who is due sometime between February 18th and early March. I don't know because I bought her bred, and the woman wasn't sure when she had conceived.
I am taking 3 other does to the Large Animal Hospital (20 mins away) to be have ultrasounds done, to find out if their breedings took. Should I take Emily too? It is the same price between three or four does, and I am hoping that the ultrasound could tell me more precisely when her due date would be. (Also, how many kids... and since this is my first time as doe midwife it would be nice to know what to expect!)
What do you think? Too stressful for her? She was a show goat and is fairly used to traveling in a crate.

 

Re: transporting very pregnant doe? (time sensitive)

Thanks for the quick responses everyone! Y'all are great

I think I will see if it stresses her out to get into the truck and then decide in the morning based on that... I don't want to stress her out unnecessarily or take any risks. The big reason I want to know is she's a senior doe and according to her previous owner she's a great birther and mom -- but sometime she kids so quickly that she doesn't have time to clean off the first kid before the second one starts coming. So she has lost a kid when someone wasn't there to help. And while I've read all about ligaments and bagging up I've never felt any of those in person, so it would be really helpful to know when to expect the little ones so I can make sure to be there!

Course, I guess I could always just sleep in the barn for 2-3 weeks I'll let you know what happens tomorrow... and whether my 3 other girls are preggers too!!

 

YAY! I just got back from the ultrasound appointment... and my buckling Gobi is a VERY good boy. Right now he is at a friend's farm servicing her does but I will have to tell her to give him some extra treats! All three goats I bred to him got pregnant on their first try (including one who is slightly oversize for a Nigi, is a FF at 5 years old, and was easily twice as tall as little Gobi). Gobi was only 6 months old at the time of breeding, not bad for a little guy, huh? He did fall over backwards a couple of times trying to breed the older doe but his persistence paid off. hlala:

This is very exciting! I now have 3 goats due in April, a couple of weeks before I am getting married. Which hopefully means... itty bitty kids and proud mamas at the wedding. (We're getting married in a field, and having the reception in a barn, so they'll fit right in.)

I didn't end up taking Emily because I was worried about her getting bumped around in the truck. We are in the middle of a crazy rainstorm and I didn't know how bad traffic would be. BUT, I just went to give her selenium gel (since she is now 4-6 weeks away from her due date) and she is already QUITE bagged up! There's easily a FF sized udder under her already, but it isn't tight. (She is a veteran mom and has freshened 4 or 5 times already.) Is it possible the woman I bought her from had the due date too late? I still have some work to do to turn the barn into a kidding stall...

 

That's what I am hoping! I am SO excited, I can't wait... both to get married to my sweetie and for the due dates Although I have to make sure I have a very secure pen for my goatie guests, otherwise they will be on the tables trying to eat my table decorations. That happened once before at a picnic... I had driven in stakes for a temporary plastic-fencing pen and they took one look at it and said "as IF!" Then they stuck their noses under it, pushed it up, and immediately jumped up on the tables and began eating the table decorations (which were fresh grapevines, a local favorite).

Needless to say, I spent the entire picnic knocking them off the tables, putting them back in the pen, weighing the plastic fencing down with bricks and stones... and then repeat.