Pregnant Goats

Gerda is bagging. 

What on earth does that mean?! 

It means her udders are getting bigger, which shows she's gearing up to have her babies soon. 

Well, we don't know how many she has in there. Hopefully more than one. Based on the size of her belly my guess would be twins. 

These two pictures were taken before Christmas.

And these last week: 

Now here she is today: 

A lot can change in one month! 

The question is, how close is she? Will she wait another week? Possibly. Could she go today? It's possible. But I think it's more likely she'll kid in a few days. Then again, there's a weather system expected tonight/tomorrow, and it seems like whenever there's a storm animals give birth. We'll see if my predictions are correct! 

What about our other two goats? 

Brighita is definitely bred, but her underbelly hair is black which makes it hard to tell how close she is. She's also a first time mom and first timers don't bag quite as early. These pictures were taken last week.

Poor skinny Sage is not pregnant (that we can tell). I don't think she got bred by Cocoa before he left, but even if she had, Sage had gotten sick a few months ago- sick enough we didn't think she'd make it- and that could've ended her pregnancy if she had been bred. G nursed her back to health. He gave her syringes of water mixed with molasses to keep her hydrated, and even some pop for caffeine/energy, until she pulled through. 

Neverending excitement with goats around!