Hello, I have been reading and learning much here and at other goat sites online. Was curious how long a pygmy goat gestation is. We have a doe who was a year old last march and we got her and a wether on November 20th. She had been with a buck for a little less then a month. She seems to have gotten wider but this is our first experience and we want to know when to start watching her for signs of labor, or when to stop hoping she is bred. Thanks Very much Melissa
Welcome to The Goat Spot from Idaho Gestation is typically 145-155 with a median of 150 days. Most does will go at about 148 or so - typiccally - but they have proven us wrong before. If you take a "cha cha" pic of her - we might be able to tell if she is preggers or not for you - but usually with those they need to be about 2 months pregnant. At 30 days post breeding, you can send a blood sample to Biotech and get a pregnancy test for $7.50 plus 5 for shipping If they are having a heat cycle - typically she will flag her tail alot, talk more, squat and pee more then normal, and you may even see the wether mount her and she will "stand" for him doing that instead of running.
welcome!! Seems like Kelebek took care of your questions. To calculate a due date try this link -- (I dislike counting 150 days on a calendar, takes to long ) http://fiascofarm.com/goats/duedate.htm
Welcome! If she was with the buck when you got her in November, I would say that she should be due in mid April....the lin that Stacey posted is great...though please do subtract 5 days to get youtr date for 145...typically they can deliver anytime from 145 days to 155, And please do post piccies!
It looks like they have pretty well covered your question :wink: And as Liz said, we would LOVE to see pics when you get the chance!
Just wanted to say Welcome to TGS. I live in PA now, but I was born and raised in Iowa (Des Moines), although I've been gone a long time. We love pics!
Re: New To Goats, How long is gestation usually?(withPictures I tried to take some pictures today and somehow in the pictures she doesn't look pregnant at all. What color are they also ? I mean like what is the technical term for it.She is the brown one he is the white one. The girl is Tempy (temprence Brennen) and the wether is Seeley Booth from the TV show on Fox Bones.
Tempy (great name by the way) is a light Camel and Seeley Booth (hehe great name too) is a White Carmel. Yah pictures dotn always show their size right
In the first picture she looks slightly out of the normal barrel shape for a Pygmy. She has a slight bulge on the right that could indicate that she is pregnant. The problem with looking at conformation in suspected pregnant goats is that they don't show much in the way of pregnancy until the last 3 weeks. I bought a trio of Nigerian Dwarfs and just about a month before she freshened we were certain she was pregnant. Up to then we just suspected and treated her like she was. Chris
You have a very pretty little doe! As I am waiting for my first doe to kid I will tell you that gestation takes forever while you are waiting.
