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     Dawn Summers New member Username: sweetcedarfarm Post Number: 17 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 172.145.227.96 Rating: N/A |
I have a doe that had a precocious udder. She just kidded. Anyways, I would milk her out when the udder gets the size of a softball. Mika NEVER dried up. It shouldn't cause any trouble with her in the future just make sure you don't let it get big and tight. Dawn | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1079 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.47  Rating: N/A |
I have no real experience dealing with a goat with a precocious udder. Maybe if you milk her for a couple of weeks then stop she will dry up like an ordinary doe. In the mean time enjoy the fresh goats milk. If you don't drink it you can feed it to other livestock such as pigs, calves and chickens. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 70.185.189.253 Rating: N/A |
She has never gotten out and I'm not aware of any other goats in the area. I've milked her a couple of times, 1st just to check the milk and then to releive some of the pressure. Should I stop? She does not seam to be in any pain it just looks real uncomfortable. Thanks again Ray | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1077 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.47 Rating: N/A |
I don't really know of anything that will make her dry up. Ordinarily does will dry up when you stop milking or she stops nursing. This is often not really the case with a precocious udder, and that is certainly what this sounds like. With mastitis there is often a good deal of pain and the milk is clumpy, bloody or slimy. If you have a buck and there is a chance that she got out of her pen or he got out of his they can and will breed through a fence. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| ray tuten New member Username: ray_tuten Post Number: 2 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 70.185.189.253 Rating: N/A |
I've had her for 2-3 years and during this time she has not been exposed and this has never happened before. If her temp is OK (not mastitis) do I need to give her something to dry her up or will it do so on its on? I milked her this afternoon and the milk looked OK. Both utters had milk, one way more than the other. Thanks alot for the advise! Ray | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1076 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.47 Rating: N/A |
Take her temperature, normal is 101.5 to 104. If it is over 105 this could be mastitis. Other wise it is like Dawn said a precocious udder (some does just produce "milk" without ever being pregnant). This most often happens with dairy goats rather than meat goats or pygmies. Other possibilities are a false pregnancy where a doe may develop an udder give milk and even "give birth" and expel water and some tissue that would have been the sac around a fetus. Some does that have cystic ovaries and have short heat cycles (does she seem to cycle into heat every 2 weeks, act "bucky" or aggressive?) also develop an udder. False pregnancies and cycstic ovaries can often be treated successfully with hormones. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Dawn Summers New member Username: sweetcedarfarm Post Number: 16 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 172.161.141.143 Rating: N/A |
If she has NOT been exposed to a buck then I would say she has a precocious udder. That just means her udder will swell and you can "milk" it out if it gets large. You don't want it to get so big it stretches the udder. What color was the discharge? If it was thick and yellowish that is colostrum and she somehow got bred. Fom my experience when a doe has a precocious udder what I "milk" out is more of a watery substance. Hope this helps some. | ||
| ray tuten New member Username: ray_tuten Post Number: 1 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 70.185.189.253 Rating: N/A |
I have a pet doe that has not been exposed to a billy and her utter on one side is really swollen/ full. The other side not as full. I milked her and the smaller side provided a thick discharge the other side looked OK. Why would she be producing milk w/o being exposed. Assuming this is mastitus do I need to treat both sides? Thanks Ray |