Picture of our precocious doe's udder

[Nancy_in_GA]

She is a 5yo Nubian, never (ever) kidded. This picture is just before getting 6 cups on the left side, 5 cups on the right. Same thing happened last year, but slightly more lopsided, on only browse and bermuda grass hay. This year browse and orchard/alfalfa. No grain, ever.

http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/w...f?t=1247689919

[pookshollow]

Wow! That's impressive. I wonder how well she'd milk if you ever bred her?

[jBlaze]

so then you milk her regularly? How long does she stay in milk if you do?
Neat.

[Nancy_in_GA]

Originally Posted by jBlaze

so then you milk her regularly? How long does she stay in milk if you do?
Neat.

This is actually a tough question to answer briefly. It takes her about 2 weeks to get this size. I have no idea what she'd do if we milked her every day. We are trying to dry her up.

We have another Saanen doe who did the same thing (must be something in the browse here) and the vet told us to just not milk her. That one got mastitis, so I'm using my own judgement on this one.

Last year we started milking her out every few weeks because I got worried about milk staying in there so long. She just fills up slowly again. The milk never seems to absorb, but it gets less and less each time, and she finally "dried up" around October/November, but she never got really small.

So this year we're doing the same thing, but I can't help feeling like it's a disaster waiting to happen.