Milk Neck

[Cheryl in SD]

I have one of my nubian bucklings developing "milk neck". Since I had never heard of it, I thought I would post a link to an explaination and pictures.

FiasCo Farm - milk neck

[mary,tx]

Thanks for posting this. I used to think that this was worms, but read a year or two ago that it was just a sign of a well-fed Nubian kid. We see it often, not as pronounced as in some of the photos.
mary

[mpillow]

Yep our new little buckling had it too....goatmarm was feeding him well! He is still getting his bottle once a day at nearly 4 months....16oz.

[chris30523]

I have two with milk goiter, both boer and both single kids also both huge babies.

[pookshollow]

DH was rather worried when he noticed it on Gabriel, too. Fortunately, I'd read about it on here and knew what it was. His momma is 3/4 Nubian, he's 1/2 Saanen.