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Some exciting changes are taking place today! Petunia's udder is bigger than I've ever seen it. I don't know how many kids she's planning to feed, but it looks like a lot! There has been no milk in it until today, but this morning it looks like the teats are finally starting to fill. Her ligaments have been firm until this morning. I can still feel them but they are getting very spongy. Her belly dropped last night too. I'll be shocked if she doesn't kid by tomorrow. Tomorrow would be a great day. It's cold right now but it's supposed to be 60* tomorrow. I'm so excited for babies!!!
I'm also really excited that these will most likely be Lightning's kids! If she'd kidded sooner they would have been Rocky or Rambo's for sure, but it looks like she would have had to get bred sometime in early September, which was when we left for our annual "goat vacation" and all the bucks were locked away in their own pen except for Lightning who was still with his mama in the doe pen. I mean, if Petunia is several days overdue then I suppose there's a small chance these could still belong to Rocky and/or Rambo, but by late August I was being very careful with the big boys because I knew the girls would start cycling any time. I'm also usually really good at telling when a doe is in heat (especially Petunia--she announces her heat cycles to the world in ear-splitting wails). So it's looking very promising that this event happened while we were out of town and Lightning was the man of the doe pen. Keeping fingers crossed that this is indeed the case! A Lighting/Petunia pairing would be ideal!
I'm also really excited that these will most likely be Lightning's kids! If she'd kidded sooner they would have been Rocky or Rambo's for sure, but it looks like she would have had to get bred sometime in early September, which was when we left for our annual "goat vacation" and all the bucks were locked away in their own pen except for Lightning who was still with his mama in the doe pen. I mean, if Petunia is several days overdue then I suppose there's a small chance these could still belong to Rocky and/or Rambo, but by late August I was being very careful with the big boys because I knew the girls would start cycling any time. I'm also usually really good at telling when a doe is in heat (especially Petunia--she announces her heat cycles to the world in ear-splitting wails). So it's looking very promising that this event happened while we were out of town and Lightning was the man of the doe pen. Keeping fingers crossed that this is indeed the case! A Lighting/Petunia pairing would be ideal!