Comments on: An Udder Mystery

By: Katharina

Katharina — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:38:49 +0000

She has either matured to “basketball” size or she has matured to “mama” size. I look forward to the rest of the story. I know which I am hoping for.

By: BuckeyeGirl

BuckeyeGirl — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:13:26 +0000

Congrats! That’s GREAT! I love gathering eggs, it feels like “I” accomplished something, when it was really the ladies doing all the work.

By: monica

monica — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:44:02 +0000

OMG! We have chicken eggs!!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:30:47 +0000

Human preggo tests work for critters, too. They test the same hormone present in pregnant females. If you really, really need to know NOW, get a preg test and wait for Clover to pee. You’ll know in about a minute

By: Estella

Estella — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:02:47 +0000

Maybe Clover needs to give the vet some of her gingerbread or a cookie. Bet he’d remember her then!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:39:16 +0000

Thanks–I’m a huge proponent of spaying and neutering. I’ve mentioned many times that I spay/neuter all of my pets (cats and dogs, other than Coco, who is a livestock guardian dog and part of our livestock). As for the goats etc, this is a farm–we breed our livestock for sale.

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:27:49 +0000

ummm…so many animals and many of them came free because there simply are too many. Maybe spay/neuter and responsible animal husbandry should be more a topic of the conversations on this site. They are so cute but will overbreed unless the humans act.

By: Sheryl (Runningtrails)

Sheryl (Runningtrails) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:05:36 +0000

Oh I hope she is pregnant! That’s so exciting! New, tiny little goat babies! (I am so jealous!)

By: Doris Lindsey

Doris Lindsey — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:52:32 +0000

I’m no goat expert,but she looks PG to me.Like you said, you will have to wait and see.If se is due in Aug.? you sholld be able to see or feel movement in her belly or on her sides.I think she just wants to surprise you. Good luck! Doris
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By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:42:37 +0000

Have you looked at her rear end?? We used to raise nubian goats and Border Leicester sheep. I could almost always tell they were bred by looking at the vulva….It elongates and starts to show a little pink. Every spring I would do my ‘Rear End Checks’ and I could tell who was bred and who wasn’t. If she passes a glob of bloody mucus that is a good sign she is close to delivering!