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     Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1280 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.230.109  Rating: N/A |
Your vet can give you lutalyse which you can give the doe 10 days or more after the accidental breeding to abort her. Buy some indoor/outdoor carpeting and line the doe side of the fenceline with it. We use those plastic cable ties every foot or so top and bottom. They can't breed through that! We use it between our buck pens to hold down head bashing through the fence during the rut season and at shows to keep accidental breedings from happening then and keep bucks from fighting. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| C Newlin New member Username: typicalgirl Post Number: 2 Registered: 09-2006 Posted From: 12.44.167.110 Rating: N/A |
Thanks Maggie. Yeah - I know I'm taking a chance with the shared fenceline. But we have just moved to this land and are building a house. In fact, we're currently in a travel trailer just across the driveway from the goats, so she is crying in our ears tonight and it looks like no one will be sleeping much till she feels better  Its a minor miracle I got enough fencing done to the horses and keep the does and buck apart When the house is done and the barn is built, the pens will be on either side of that. I would really like to give *everyone* a tyear off before breeding again, and of course I do not want this one bred ever again...she's earned her retirement. Appreciate the quick response and the reassurance. Thanks! | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1279 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.230.109 Rating: N/A |
Yep bet she is in heat or going into heat. At her age or this early in the season she may not ovulate so she may not show all of the signs like a discharge or swelling or those signs may come tomorrow. Goats can be in heat for 12 to 36 hours. An experienced buck may not show any interest until a doe is in standing heat about to ovulate. Your buck is still in rut and will be until next spring. Just FYI if the buck and does share a fenceline they can and will breed through the fence.... Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| C Newlin New member Username: typicalgirl Post Number: 1 Registered: 09-2006 Posted From: 12.44.167.110 Rating: N/A |
Hey there... I think I know what's going on with my doe, but thought I would run this past the experts in case I should be looking at other things. I have a small herd of 6 Nubian does and one buck. My eldest doe is 12 years old now, and so far has been in good health, but this morning she woke us with her crying. She has been crying most of the day today (and into tonight), much as she would if she had had her kid taken away. She last kidded in Dec of 2005 (Christmas night actually) and so her doeling is 10 month and is in the pen with her. All goats are accounted for. She seems to be eating OK, does not seem in distress otherwise, but continues to call as if for a kid or herd member. I thought she may be going into season, but no discharge or swelling, no tail swishing or flagging and the buck, who is in an adjacent pen, is not showing any particular interest in her. The buck was in rut about 6 weeks ago and jumped athe fence, so she may be bred (though I have a mis-mate shot to give her when I get a chance). She was wormed about 3 months ago, and I will re-worm tomorrow, but I just can't find anything obviously wrong with her. So, I'm assuming she's having a tough heat cycle, but am hoping for your thoughts or reassurances. Thanks! |