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Posted by Helene on April 07, 2002 at 14:12:41:
Is it normal for a pregnant doe, due any time to eat less than usual? I have 2 does ready to kid at about the same time, Eris our Lamancha and Jessie our Spanish. I have noticed that the past few days Eris has been eating less than usual, at feeding time she runs up to the feed bin just like all the others, and eats, but buy the time I get the bucks fed over in the calf section and turn around before I go in the house, she is laying by the gate, while the others are still eating. Jessie, on the other hand is eating like a horse until all the feed is gone, as normal. I will take bread and stuff out to the goats and Eris, like usual, is the first one w/her head poked out of the fence to get some..so it is not like she is not eating at all..I have just seen her eat more.
Is this a problem, and should I be giving her something extra because of it. This is her first time to kid, I don't know if that has anything to do with it..except for the fact that she is quite large, and a lot slower these days.
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