Okay, my 3-4yr old nigerian I believe is pregnant. I don't think that her utter would start filling up and getting bigger for no reason. I did see the male get her in May. What is confusing is that she goes over to the billy pen now and sits by the gate and the billys do their bucky thing. I let the 5 month old billy out with her and she had a standing heat. She let him get her. If she is pg why would she let a billy do this? A friend told me that the billies will go after does esp. during rut regardless of the doe's situation. That I can understand but why would she hold still and let him? It's been day 4 now and the billies are still acting the same way around her.
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Okay, I got a couple more pics of her and I can't tell from the pooch...to me they all look the same :-) Can you tell? she would be due mid October.
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A precocious udder is the scientific term for getting an udder even though a doe is not pregnant. And yes, just as some women might continue to have periods when pregnant, some goats may continue to come into heat when pregnant.
hmmmmmmmmm I guess time will tell... I guess I don't understand why her utter is increasing every month. I don't know what a precocious utter is. Cycling=like human getting pg and having a menstrual cycle even tho pg? She has never been pg before.. she got nailed again on Friday.
Nothing is engraved in stone when it comes to goats (or any livestock). She may be getting a precocious udder, meaning she is not pregnant. OR she may be cycling, even though she is pregnant.