Picture of the bluebird egg Panda & I found this last spring. It feels like Spring out here and I do believe the tree's are being fooled too. I see buds! Wanna see more pictures of bluebird eggs and their life? Here is a link to a flickr slideshow . Beautiful pictures showing the daily new egg and then the hatching all the way up to the second brood! Go check it out and get that Springy feeling...~Goat update~I dewormed the girls with safeguard on Saturday. Chia was getting rather fat and something just told me to do a fecal on her. Well she seemed to have an overload. I do not know why or what caused it. They had been dewormed weeks before going to the breeder and I thought they would be fine until after the new year. Since giving her the medicine, she has slimmed considerably in her girth. I thought worms made 'ya lose weight not gain it. But she has had the opposite happen. Gain girth with worms lose the girth as she loses the worms. Looking back at when she first came to us, I realize Lady Chia has even longer long hair now (a winter coat) and is Fat( winter insulation plus growing young ones). She is due to kid around March 15th.
Now onto Cleo. Here it is the last half of December. So -IF- Cleo is pregnant from Buddy, she would be 4 months along at the earliest. Remember, Buddy went to auction in August. Now I have tried to keep a good record of her belly and udder region in photos. And you also must consider she is still growing herself. She will be 1 year old next month. Yes I know, many of you may be clucking tongues at her age and possible young pregnancy. Keep it to yourself please. I did say IF she was pregnant from him- not that I bred her to him! Follow along...
So back to the subject at hand- I am having strong doubts on the buddy daddy thing. Now if she was bred by Rudy,
then that would put her at only at about 2 1/2 months. The problem here is, she is "showing" in her belly growth already. Now I say the doubting of Buddy because Cleo has not had any other development to her udder region since I posted the picture here.
Confused yet? Well so am I. Who knew a goats pregnancy would be so hard on the human! The suspense is killing me. It is like watching a soap opera drama unfold. Who did Cleopatra conceive by? was it Buddy the strong country Amish buck? Or was it the regal young stud Rudy? Only time will tell and I am horrible about waiting.
Goat filled sweet dreams
~Tammie
Now onto Cleo. Here it is the last half of December. So -IF- Cleo is pregnant from Buddy, she would be 4 months along at the earliest. Remember, Buddy went to auction in August. Now I have tried to keep a good record of her belly and udder region in photos. And you also must consider she is still growing herself. She will be 1 year old next month. Yes I know, many of you may be clucking tongues at her age and possible young pregnancy. Keep it to yourself please. I did say IF she was pregnant from him- not that I bred her to him! Follow along...
So back to the subject at hand- I am having strong doubts on the buddy daddy thing. Now if she was bred by Rudy,
then that would put her at only at about 2 1/2 months. The problem here is, she is "showing" in her belly growth already. Now I say the doubting of Buddy because Cleo has not had any other development to her udder region since I posted the picture here.
Confused yet? Well so am I. Who knew a goats pregnancy would be so hard on the human! The suspense is killing me. It is like watching a soap opera drama unfold. Who did Cleopatra conceive by? was it Buddy the strong country Amish buck? Or was it the regal young stud Rudy? Only time will tell and I am horrible about waiting.
Goat filled sweet dreams
~Tammie
4 comments:
I hope the daddy is buddy. If the baby(s) are born on March 15, that would be sooo cool. That's my birthday. What a present! LOL.. since I can't have goats, I'm living through yours.
Can't wait to see the end of the soap opera!
Brightest blessings
Heb
I love the photo of the egg!
I hope it was Buddy!
January 13th is 150 days since Buddy went to auction. Range of 145-155 days is normal. Her dam went day 151 this time around and day 150 with she and her twin sister. Liliana had buck/doe twins on the 23rd. Beautiful floppy eared Nubians!
At 2 1/2 months she could easily be sporting a baby belly from Rudy. Especially with her size and stature. Just not a massive amount of room in there...lol That's when I expect to see the "drop."
The question becomes...can you feel a kid moving and kicking? At 4 months+ you can feel definite body parts on the developing fetus. At 2 1/2, you generally can't.
I have a couple of pictures of a doe due January 18th with her first pregnancy. She started showing a smidgen of udder just shortly after you posted those pictures, but not much more development until a week or so ago. I have a couple of pictures of her I will resize and send off to you at some point. Busy here right now. Two doelings in the other room being raised on CAE Prevention. Know anyone looking for a dairy doeling that doesn't mind a Roman nose and elf ears? lol Out of my very favorite milking line!
With FF (first fresheners) all bets are off...lol. I have a FF doe due either the 16th to Rudy (most likely) or the 26th to Bo. She has a serious udder already and looks like she is carrying twins!
I am half tempted to drive up there and have a look see...lol
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