how long til my goat has a baby?

Question

i have 1 girl and 1 boy. when will she have a baby. cuz they seem like they should have allready had one get my driff? but also when she does do i have to seperate the dad from them and how can i tell when she will or if she has had a baby. their pen is BIG

no duh she has gotta get pregnant first but lots of times u cant tell cuz goats quickly get fat and regular. so u cant tell if their pregnant. fine then how long till she gets pregnant? and how long is the pregnancy?

Answer 1

The gestation period is the period from breeding to kidding. Normally, this period is from 145 to 155 days. It's common for a doe to have two kids. Some does have three or four at one time.
About 150 days after breeding, the doe will be ready to have her young. The udder will contain milk 3 to 4 days before kidding, and sometimes earlier.
The first milk after kidding (called colostrum) contains nutrients needed for cleaning out the digestive track and Vitamin A to build resistance. It develops antibodies against disease, and it contains the necessary energy to give the young a good start.
Prepare your kidding pen by cleaning and disinfecting. Use fine bedding so the kids will not become entangled. Keep water pails high enough off the floor so the kids will not be dropped in the water-and drown.
The day before kidding, substitute part of the grain with a warm wet bran mash. This is laxative and will cleanout her digestive tract, thus making less competition for the room in the vaginal area. Pen the animal and leave her alone.
Symptoms of kidding are uneasiness, bleating, pawing, etc. After the mucous discharge lubricates the passage and the placental sac breaks, the kids are usually born within an hour. Check the doe at half-hour inte4rvals and give her every chance to kid without assistance. Most kids will be born without assistance. The normal position is for the head to be on the front legs. Sometimes the hind end comes first. If the head is back, or one or both front legs are down, you will need to help.
If you assist, tie the doe's head to a wall ring or place the neck in a stanchion. Wash your arms and hands with warm, soapy water containing a mild disinfectant. Be sure your finger-nails are short. Insert your hand and explore the position of the kids.
Don't pull on anything until the doe strains-and be careful that you know what you're pulling on. Be gentle. Guide the front legs and head toward the passage and let nature take its course.
Sometimes, old goats or animals in high condition seem to act as though they are about to kid, but they don't.
The afterbirth will usually be passed in 30 minutes to 4 hours after the kids are born. If this does not happen within 6 hours, call your veterinarian.
It's a good practice to dip the navels of newborn kids in a dilute (7%) iodine solution. Keep this solution in a large-mouth jar so that you can dip the cord clear to the kid's belly. This prevents undesirable organisms from entering the kid through the cord shortly after birth

Answer 2

A dairy goat should weigh at least 80 pounds and be at least 8 months old the first time she is bred. A pygmy goat should be between 9 and 18 months and a good size for her age. In order for the doe to conceive (become pregnant), she must be in estrus ("heat" or "season".) Signs of estrus include flagging (wagging her tail), mucous discharging from her rear, mounting other goats, and excited behavior if she is near a buck.

A good indication that a doe is pregnant is that it does not come into heat on its next cycle, so check your goat carefully three weeks after breeding. It may be hard to determine if a dairy goat is pregnant if it was bred at the end of the breeding season. The average gestation period for a goat is around 150 days. I've included some links for you to check out as well.

I would recommend that you do seperate her from the male before she gives birth that way he doesn't try to mate with her right away.

http://www.goatworld.com/articles/goatsaspets/petgoats.shtml

http://www.ag.fvsu.edu/html/publications/GoatCenter/apr723.pdf#search='Goats%20Gestation'

Answer 3

she's gotta get pregnant 1st