Lumpy pregnant udder

kidsngarden · #1 07/26/06, 10:10 PM

I'm the one with the yearling nubian who apparently got pregnant almost right after we got her and her udder is full already. She will kid november-december. She was bred by my boer buck. This is her and my first freshening <wink>, but I have milked a different doe before

Well the udder is still big and I have been assured by some folks here that I just will have a great producer. I routinely check her out to see how things are with the udder as it just is so big it freaks me out.

It's a little lumpy and very hard. Like how my doe would get if I had waited to long to milk her. Is that normal? Though I hardly think bagging up this early is normal so I don't know what "normal" is?

She seems to be dandy. Just doing what goats do, eating running. There are not hot spots on the udder or teats. I'm wondering if I should try to milk her to lessen the pressure? Maybe I'm just freaked because I know from presonal experience what it's like to be so full of milk you are rock hard!

So milk, or not?

kids

APPway · #2 07/27/06, 06:56 AM

I would say don't milk her !!!
She is just a yearling and her udder is developing. Sounds like she has a meaty udder and what you are feeling and seeing is udder growth. I doubt she has milk if she is due Nov-Dec that is still 4 to 5 months away.
A goat takes 5 months to kid. When did you get her and is it possable she was bred a few months before you got her??

My 2 cents

APPway

mammawof3 · #3 07/27/06, 08:35 AM

I agree this sounds very strange-to be due in Nov., that is only around a month bred-first time does would be developing udder tissue, but should be just starting too where you could see a difference-should not be a noticeable difference for a few more monthes! Is there ANY way possible she was already bred when you got her? At this short bred-she would not have milk--no, do not milk her. Does she look "pregnant?"--poofy rear end--sunkin in tail head?..perhaps precosious milkers do this--this early--i really don't know--i do know my dad has a yearling never bred-who developed one side of an udder--quite large--but one side only!!

he has not tried to milk her-who knows IF there is milk?--but she will likely have a messed up udder when she does freshen!

kidsngarden · #4 07/27/06, 09:59 AM

Ok, math is not my strong suit. If I figure it out right she would probably kid in mid october to November. No, she could not have been bred before we got her. Her and her wether brother were the only ones on the farm we got them from.

I know it is weird, but when we got her she had this nothing udder - you know like yearlings do and then about 5-6 weeks later she was huge! She is twice the size of a softball. I should take a pic.

Sunkin in tail? I'm afraid I am not good at telling the signs. What does that mean?

kids

mammawof3 · #5 07/27/06, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by kidsngarden

Ok, math is not my strong suit. If I figure it out right she would probably kid in mid october to November. No, she could not have been bred before we got her. Her and her wether brother were the only ones on the farm we got them from.

I know it is weird, but when we got her she had this nothing udder - you know like yearlings do and then about 5-6 weeks later she was huge! She is twice the size of a softball. I should take a pic.

Sunkin in tail? I'm afraid I am not good at telling the signs. What does that mean?

kids

I was refering to signs of very close "kidding"-but if you are certain she wasn't already bred, then she must just be going to have one heck of an udder!

(when close to kidding,they hollow out on both sides of their tail, and it sinks in.-their tail is kinda "loose' ).Yes, you should show us a picture.

kidsngarden · #6 07/28/06, 10:06 AM

I'm going to get her up in the stanchion for a hoof trim in a couple of days. I will take a pic then.

Kids