Re: Size of milk bags?

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Posted by Kay on July 07, 2000 at 12:55:15:

In Reply to: Size of milk bags? posted by Heidi on July 07, 2000 at 09:41:35:

What you are talking about is udder attachment. If the ligaments that hold the does udder up are not strong the udder continues to get saggier every year after kidding, especially if they are heavy milkers. Hopefully the doelings you bought were bred to a buck whose mother had a tight udder attachment. When the teats drag on the ground it is a haven for bacteria and easy to injure the teats and difficult for the kids to nurse. You will be able to see if the sire of your does improved the udder attachment when they kid. You will want to breed to a buck whose dam has a very well attached udder. If you arent sure what a good udder looks like go to Cybergoats and look at pictures on some of the breeders websites. Boers and crosses can have good udders no matter what you hear about them not being good. Kay: I am very new to goats and have just recently purchased 10 doelings. I bought a % mixture of 1/2, 3/4 & 7/8 Boers with the remaining percentage being Nubian. A while after buying them I came across an article somewhere, (can't find it now) about the size of the doe milk bags being very important and that very large bagged does, (dragging on the ground or close to it)should be culled form your herd. I am worried now as most of the does of the kids have very large bags and some of them, the nipples actually are dragging the ground. Is this true?

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Re: Size of milk bags? Heidi 14:54:47 7/07/2000 (3)
- Re: Size of milk bags? Kay 18:18:27 7/07/2000 (2)
  - Thank you so much Kay. This was a lesson learned. Heidi 20:25:26 7/07/2000 (1)
    - Re: Thank you so much Kay. This was a lesson learned. Vicki McGaugh 22:27:37 7/08/2000 (0)

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Comments: : What you are talking about is udder attachment. If the ligaments that hold the does udder up are not strong the udder continues to get saggier every year after kidding, especially if they are heavy milkers. Hopefully the doelings you bought were bred to a buck whose mother had a tight udder attachment. When the teats drag on the ground it is a haven for bacteria and easy to injure the teats and difficult for the kids to nurse. You will be able to see if the sire of your does improved the udder attachment when they kid. You will want to breed to a buck whose dam has a very well attached udder. If you arent sure what a good udder looks like go to Cybergoats and look at pictures on some of the breeders websites. Boers and crosses can have good udders no matter what you hear about them not being good. Kay: I am very new to goats and have just recently purchased 10 doelings. I bought a % mixture of 1/2, 3/4 & 7/8 Boers with the remaining percentage being Nubian. A while after buying them I came across an article somewhere, (can't find it now) about the size of the doe milk bags being very important and that very large bagged does, (dragging on the ground or close to it)should be culled form your herd. I am worried now as most of the does of the kids have very large bags and some of them, the nipples actually are dragging the ground. Is this true?

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Comments:	: What you are talking about is udder attachment. If the ligaments that hold the does udder up are not strong the udder continues to get saggier every year after kidding, especially if they are heavy milkers. Hopefully the doelings you bought were bred to a buck whose mother had a tight udder attachment. When the teats drag on the ground it is a haven for bacteria and easy to injure the teats and difficult for the kids to nurse. You will be able to see if the sire of your does improved the udder attachment when they kid. You will want to breed to a buck whose dam has a very well attached udder. If you arent sure what a good udder looks like go to Cybergoats and look at pictures on some of the breeders websites. Boers and crosses can have good udders no matter what you hear about them not being good. Kay: I am very new to goats and have just recently purchased 10 doelings. I bought a % mixture of 1/2, 3/4 & 7/8 Boers with the remaining percentage being Nubian. A while after buying them I came across an article somewhere, (can't find it now) about the size of the doe milk bags being very important and that very large bagged does, (dragging on the ground or close to it)should be culled form your herd. I am worried now as most of the does of the kids have very large bags and some of them, the nipples actually are dragging the ground. Is this true?

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