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The doe will naturally want to clean up all glop and goo, so if you don't get it cleaned up, she might waste precious "baby bonding time" licking glop off the ground instead of concentrating on her baby. Get the "glop" cleaned up as quickly as you can so the area stays fairly dry and the doe concentrates on her kids. Have another feed bag on hand to use as an absorbent garbage bag. Use a feed bag to deliver the kid onto, it will get very wet and messy with glop and goo. Have lots of towels and puppy training pads on hand. Your assistance can help bonding happen sooner and with more assurance.īe prepared for a mess. Do not worry that your getting involved will upset any bonding with the kid. If your doe is friendly and likes you, she may appreciate the help. To not worry about getting involved in your doe's kidding. We are present at every birth and assist the doe. How can you tell how many kids a doe will give birth to.īirth standing up or laying down, it depends on the doe, and both.I've looked at so many of the photos on your web site and others' web sites and my goat does not have that "big bag" like I see in the photos. I think my doe might be getting really close to going in to labor.How long soon before kidding will a doe's udder start filling with milk?.How long before a doe is due to kid will she start making her udder?.Many kids can a doe have in a single kidding? You feel the kids move when they are still inside the doe? Pregnant Goat Care, Prenatal Care & Signs Labor.this is taking too long, she's uncomfortable). Read, learn and be perpared, but also trust your instincts. presentation, position of legs, etc.) and also instinctive (i.e. If there are problems,Īnd you have to "go in" you want to know what you have toĭo ahead of time, and not have one hand in the goat and the otherīe aware that goat midwifery is learned (i.e. The kid(s) are positioned inside the mother. Positions pictures below as well as the Kidding Positions Albums. See Kidding Photos and the Birth Related Photos Albums Know whatĪ normal birth should be like, so that you can act fast, if thereĪre any problems. The kidding starts, what you should be seeing and feeling. Goldie, our herd queen did thisĮnvironment ready for the kids to be born into. We have had them kid successfully up to 13 days early and had one wait 'til day 156. Our goats (LaManchas)Īverage 5 days "early", meaning they kid on day 145, BUT You have to have some go longer and some go earlier). Go longer with no reason to be concerned. Goats "average" 150 days, but that does not mean they can't Different breeds of goats kid, on an average, differently. The doe should kid between 145-155 days from the date she wasīred. Keep track with the Excel based Breeding / Kidding Record Spreadsheet & Calculator or use this Dueĭate Calculator to figure out when your doe is due to kid. Number of a vet and/or experienced goat breeder handy, in case ofĭoe is going to kid. We have found goats need assisting more often than "They" say.
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Goat births take place without any problems, but you should always be We are present at every birth and we always assist to some extent (even if that is just helping to clean off and dry the kids). Because of this, we have never lost a doe or kid due to complications in child birth. We like to do things Naturally but I still would not expect a human mother-to-be to give birth alone, without, at least, the aid of a midwife.