Teat spraying in all directions?

[glenberryfarm]

Hi,
this morning on of my doe's teats was spraying, not coming down in a stream like usual. Her udder checked fine-no heat or hard spots and the milk seemed fine as well.
Any ideas?

[ozark_jewels]

When any of my milkers do that, it is usually a slight "plug" in the end of the teat causing the milk to spray out to the sides and everywhere. If you are gentle and use your fingernails, you can usually pull it right out, its no bigger than a crumb. Or sometimes using a warm wet towel to clean the end of the teat will rub the plug out.

[Starsmom]

I have a doe that does that, she forms plugs real well and hers are usually quite large. If I don't take it out before milking it will spray everywhere, sometimes the first milking will pop it out and its like an explosion. I don't like that and try to remove it before hand with regular cleaning before milking.

[Corky]

Yep! They both said it. It's just some of the plug that didn't come out.
I can usually get it out by just a stripping pinch and squeeze at the tip of the teet but you might want to look to see how big the piece of plug is and how hard before doing that.

[coso]

This is why some people milk the first few strips into a cup. Those first few are where a lot of your bacteria count will come from.

[glenberryfarm]

Yep, there was a little crumb at the end. No problems. thanks so much for the help