WHY ARE WE CHECKING THE UDDER?
Taking pictures of the goat's udder (starting at 140 days pregnant) can help us know how soon she is going to deliver. In my experience, a dam's udder will gradually fill as she gets closer to kidding day, but 12-24 hours before she delivers, her udder will "pop" and look significantly bigger than the previous day. The following are examples of our daily udder updates & what the udder looks like when it "pops".
UDDER "POP" EXAMPLES
BACK IN TIME SD TILLY 1*M
DELIVERED on 12/30/2021 (145 days) at 4:30pm
THE RZ ACRES HOT COMMODI'D "DAPHNE"
DELIVERED on 4/9/2022 (143 days) at 7:30pm
AGS WOLF TREE RANCH FERN
DELIVERED on 11/26/2021 (143 days) at 5:50PM
POOLSIDE ACRES ELSA "HAZEL"
DELIVERED on 10/1/2021 (151 days) at 4:15PM