How long does a pregnant goat walk: a calendar and a table of terms by months

How long does a female (pregnant) goat walk before giving birth to a kid? Usually pregnancy lasts 150 days. A he althy female gives birth five (full) months after insemination. Childbirth can occur a week earlier or later than the due date. Usually, a goat gives birth to as many kids at a time as the number of babies the mother or the female had the previous time.

What determines the duration of pregnancy

Pregnant goats are called pregnant goats. Pregnancy, or pregnancy, begins from the moment of fertilization and ends with the birth of a kid. Its duration is five (full) months, that is, 150 days.You need to know when the goat became pregnant in order to transfer it to the dead wood in time and start it (stop milking). Pregnancy at home is determined by appearance (the belly grows, the genitals swell, the goat stretches like a cat, it has no signs of hunting).

During normal, that is, during physiological pregnancy, the female bears the fetus without complications, and after 5 months gives birth to 1-2, less often 3-4 kids. In case of violation of vital processes in the animal's body, pathological pregnancy develops, which can be interrupted prematurely and end in spontaneous abortion. Causes of pathology: poor-quality food, lack of vitamins and minerals, poor living conditions.

Sometimes goats can experience a false pregnancy. This happens if, after the sexual cycle, insemination did not occur or it did occur, but turned out to be infertile. With a false pregnancy, the female's belly increases, the udder swells. True, there is no fetus in the uterus.The abdomen is enlarged due to the accumulation of mucus and fluid there.

All contents from the uterus come out early. Of course, a false pregnancy is interrupted before the physiological one, and does not end with the birth of kids.

Favorable pregnancy is influenced by the feed and conditions of animals. Prolongs the duration of pregnancy long stall content and lack of walks. If the goat carries males and not females, then lambing will come a little later. Primiparous goats have a longer fruiting period. Dairy milking females give birth on 140-145 days.

The moment of lambing can be shifted a week later or a week ahead of schedule. Childbirth is a process when a mature fetus that has completed its development leaves the mother's body. It takes 5 months for the complete formation of all organs and systems of a kid. Goats of early maturing breeds usually give birth earlier than late maturing goats.

Pregnancy Calendar

Pregnancy normally lasts 150 days. The onset of pregnancy is difficult to determine. Usually it is calculated from the date of coverage. In the third month of pregnancy in goats, the fetus is already palpable on the right side of the abdomen. With a stethoscope, you can even hear the goat's heartbeat.

Usual, that is, normal physiological pregnancy in a goat lasts 145-155 days. Ideally - 150 days. You can determine the moment of childbirth using the table. The only thing you need to know in this case is the date of insemination. As a rule, the female is covered in autumn, less often in winter.

Table for determining lambing:

October 1February 27November 131 MarchDecember 1April 29January 1May 30

Insemination date	Lambing date
September 1	January 28

Goats are covered with late canopy so that the offspring born in the summer can graze in the meadow. After all, grass is the cheapest and most valuable food. Throughout pregnancy, it is necessary to monitor the condition of the animal, not expose it to stress, give high-quality and nutritious food.

How many kids are born to a goat

The fertility of goats depends on genetics, that is, hereditary traits. There are females who constantly give birth to one kid at a time. Some animals, on the contrary, are very prolific. African goats usually give birth to at least three babies.

The first time a goat brings one or two kids. Rarely, a female gives birth to 4-6 cubs. In 67 cases out of 100, pregnant goats have twins at the time of lambing. Kids are born one after another, with a break of 10-30 minutes.

The conditions of keeping and the quality of feed do not affect the number of cubs.Only the viability of goats depends on nutrition. If a goat eats only hay and straw throughout her pregnancy, weak cubs are born to her. During pregnancy, especially in winter, the female should definitely be given some vegetables, silage, grain, spruce or pine branches, pharmacy vitamins and minerals, s alt, chalk, bone meal.

How long does labor last

Lambing in a goat occurs 150 days after insemination. By this time, the fetus has completely completed its development in the uterus of a cat or female female. At the time of childbirth, the fetal water and the membrane come out.

It is possible to determine that the female will soon give birth to a goatling by external signs. The goat's genitals swell, mucus is secreted from them, and the udder grows.

Birth begins with contraction of the muscles of the uterus.Contractions last about 3 hours. The female usually lies on the floor before giving birth. The membranes are torn, the fetus is excreted through the cervix, the umbilical cord breaks. In a goat that has not given birth before, childbirth lasts 60-90 minutes. The kid usually comes forward with legs and muzzle. If the pregnancy is not the first, then the birth ends faster, after 40-50 minutes. Sometimes a female gives birth to two kids within half an hour.

After childbirth, contractions are short in time with long pauses, which contribute to the discharge of the placenta. In nature, offspring in goats appear on their own, without human help. The female after childbirth licks the kid, gnaws the umbilical cord. The afterbirth from the uterus also comes out on its own.

A person can help remove the mucus from the goat's nose, cut the umbilical cord at a distance of 4-6 cm from the umbilical ring. True, the goat must lick its cub. Biological substances of amniotic fluid stimulate the release of the placenta.

Usually the place comes out after 1-3 hours, you can not pull it out by hand. In case of a delayed placenta, the female is given an injection of Oxytocin. The place that came out of the uterus must be removed immediately so that the goat does not eat it, otherwise an eating disorder is possible.

After giving birth, the female is given warm water with sugar and colostrum is expressed. Newborn goats should eat no later than 40 minutes after birth. Under the female, the cubs remain for the first 2-3 months of life. Then they are gradually transferred to plant foods.

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