Sunday, I noticed Capri had a bubble but this was as far as it seemed to be, meaning nothing more later that I observed and I was out there most of the day. She was bred one month earlier. Is this possibly a miscarriage? The next day it was gone and she has been acting normally.
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Her husband said he is going to buy another good quality buck because Legend is lonely since Crazy died. As far as I know he has not, and he doesn't want a wether with the buck. I did mail info to him about a sweet buck listed on here, Melissa's Ezaray. I'm not really sure why he is going to continue to breed since the goats were Joanne's passion. However, one could be mislead seeing him in the barn with the kids climbing all over him.<g> When I picked up Summer, post-breeding, their children were there, and her son told me they are really missing the milk a lot so it may be that he will breed only one or two so they can have milk.
Well, your breeder has to buy a new buck for her goats at some point, so maybe you won't have to wait too long!
Thank you for the reassurance about that. If there was a miscarriage, at least I didn't cause it though that does not give much consolation. My goat person was here Sunday and drew blood for Summer for a pregnancy check but she is two months along. With Capri being only a month, it wouldn't have been accurate and she might register positive if she were in the process of losing it. I certainly hope it is just some bizarre thing and means nothing. I almost didn't try to breed her at all then decided that, with my three-goat limit, I needed to know if I can keep her or she needs to go to someone with more experience than me (given her large kids) so decided to breed her. Then she got pneumonia the first time so it didn't "take" then I waited two cycles to give her system a better chance to recover since the next heat was just before another extremely cold (for here) spell.
During this, I am frustrated that I have not been able to catch Ginger in heat. I think I might get a buck rag to help catch her. The baby, Dancer, would be *very* easy to catch; she is quite vocal but just too young. I am thinking of trying to breed her in the spring for a fall baby since she will be big enough and a full year old. Every time I hear her hollering, I hope it is Ginger but not so far.
If I thought I could get away with it (no one complaining), I would simply buy a buck for breeding and then re-sell him when his work was done. Now that I *know* how much they stink, I am painfully aware that I would never get away with it here. Since Crazy died, only Summer can be bred at my original breeder's farm (and was again this year).
Raspberry leaves should not cause a miscarriage. It is a uterine tonic, so is generally thought to simply strengthen the uterus. It does not cause contractions though.
Hopefully it was just one of those weird little things that happen!
It is unlikely a heat thing since she spent over two days with the buck over Christmas, and it's never looked like that before. Also, she has not been in heat since that trip and she is *very* vocal when she is in heat. Is it even likely an infection from breeding would wait a month to exhibit symptoms?
So far, seems thing to be back to normal. However for the last couple of weeks, she has been really mean to Dancer, this year's baby that is still here; she will go out of her way to bash her in the side (usually against something if she can), past what they normally do to each other being "bossy."
Another thing that has me concerned is that I am feeding the big girls a couple of tablespoons of raspberry leaves every evening after having read it helps strengthen the uterine muscles as well as helping reduce stress. Then last night, I read a thread about a woman who had miscarried but everything has not passed and people were telling her to eat raspberry leaves to help discharge everything (she did not want a D&C). Please tell me I have not potentially caused something while trying to help another thing.
Hello, I'm new to the world of goats. I have yet to witness a goat miscarriage but I have seen my two does do something similar to what you've described. I sometimes notice a mucus discharge coming from my does vulva when she's just been in heat and wasn't bred. My other guess is: I bred one of does 3 months ago, and for the next few weeks she had a tiny drop of seamen on her vulva that would only sometimes be there. I didn't worry too much about it and now she is clearly 3 months pregnant.
Hope this helps :)!!!
Well I would't bet the farm on anything in particular. I saw blood on a doe's vulva 3-4 months ago, and she looks like she's going to give birth next week right on time. That looks pretty icky. If you see it repeatedly, I'd think it was an infection. Although it is extremely rare in goats, they can get an infection from breeding.