Evening out an udder

[alidansma]

I have a girl about 4 weeks fresh.
She had twins and her udder is lovely. One of the kids went as a bottle baby and I have been milking her twice per day and leaving the single baby with her for the day and seperating them at night.

I notice now that she is slightly lopsided.
If I milk the smaller side more often will it correct?
Here is her picture - I milk from the left side of the goat and that side is always a bit larger than the right. This is her first freshening.



Thank you!

PS I have pulled the other baby starting today. Is the larger side the one the baby favored or is it the other way around?

[DairyGoatSlave]

its the other way around. If you are lucky it will correct by leaving a bit of milk in the smaller side
The un-even udder thing is why I bottle feed
If bottle feeding does not work for you you can put the doe on the stand twice a day and let the kids nurse on her from the stand.
Hope it goes well with you!

[jil101ca]

So if you have 1 kid nursing then you would milk the side the kid is not using to keep the udder even, Correct?

[LaManchaPaul]

Suzie a FF had a single buckling. On the second day I realized that he'd only drink from her left teat. The right one quickly swelled huge and so did its lobe. It scared me as I was thinking mastitis. That evening I milked her out completely on both sides. I watched him. He seemed to like the small teat and so I’d force him to the other one. He clearly didn’t want it.

I sold him at 2 weeks and began milking twice a day. Neither her lobes nor her teats are symmetrical. It made me wish that I had forced the little guy to drink from only her right teat so that the left would perhaps swell to match the huge, beautiful, easy-to-grasp, large-orifice and seemingly perfect teat...

Mentor believes that it'll all normalize next freshening. I plan to intervene and start the next kid(s) only on her nice teat and see if the smaller one swells. hehehe
Paul

[southerngurl]

Just milk twice a day when they have kids on them and you should be ok. I've never had a problem.

[mygoat]

Dairy goats produce MUCH more milk than what their kids need. Always milk 2x per day, no matter if you're dam-raising or not.

[hoofinitnorth]

Yes, just milk out both sides twice daily and you will have a better chance at evening it out.

If you keep the kids off her for part of the night, do you see an even udder in the morning?

[alidansma]

not totally even - but there is plenty of milk in the smaller side - I would say only about 1/4 cup - 1/2 cup less than the full side.
I will keep the kid away - milk three time per day for a few days in efforts to bring production up and then let her go 12 hours with out milking and see if they even out - I will post an "after" picture so you can see if it worked.

[Bricheze]

yep, it will stabilize and even out better if you milk them out all the way twice a day.