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02/05/11, 04:27 PM
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Guess what!
Remember Sassy, my new to me nubian that is actually a really sweety and not sassy at all?
Look what she had waiting for me today! We had no idea she was pregnant! The lady i got her from said they tried to breed her, but that she went into heat two more times before i picked her up so they knew it had not taken. Well. No one told that to Sassy, or her new kid, Suprise. Yes, i am naming her Suprise.
she was all dried, and running around. I have seen her nurse and that brings me to a question. Does Sassy's udder look ok? By ok, i mean it looks lopsided. It is not hot to the touch, but one side look more full than the other. What do you think?
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02/05/11, 04:34 PM
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YAY, I love Surpirse!! Great for you, I know nothing about udders yet, lol
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Congrats on the beautiful Surprise baby!
Sometimes they are lopsided, especially if they only have one baby. You may need to relieve the pressure off the side that baby doesn't nurse on. If that doesn't help, you can take a sample and send it in to be tested. Sometimes subclinical mastitis presents with nothing more than a lopsided udder.
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02/05/11, 04:37 PM
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Just make sure Surprise works on both sides or milk out the full one.
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02/05/11, 04:37 PM
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Where would i send it and in what?
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02/05/11, 04:39 PM
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Thanks for the tips ya'll. I will get her on the stand as soon as i can to see if i can releive the preasure. Suprise has tried to nurse that one, but i think it is to full right now. They produce the colostrum for around 10 days right?
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02/05/11, 04:39 PM
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What a wonderful Surprise! and she looks like her pretty mama! Congrats to you!
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02/05/11, 04:42 PM
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You can milk out the fuller side a little and then check for any "pinkness" to it or if it settles out with "pink/red" on the bottom of a jar. Mastitis testing equipment is available through Jeffers,Caprine or Hoeggers. If it tests ok, then either enjoy the milk or freeze for later.
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02/05/11, 04:43 PM
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BTW-baby is pretty cute!
Testing you can do.
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02/05/11, 04:54 PM
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You would send to LSU. However you most likely just need to keep the side that Surprise isn't nursing on milked out.
Here is a post from another forum, it tells you about how to send and such:
To all goat producers:
We enjoy working with all the goat producers that send us milk samples for culture work. We are having a problem with the samples we receive arriving to us warm. The weather is really hot and if the samples don’t stay cold they usually grow up with contamination. We usually go ahead and plate the cultures out to see if the sample is contaminated. We are wasting too many of our supplies checking the warm samples that usually end up unusable. To be able to continue with the free culture services; starting June 14th if the samples are received in warm condition we will not culture the samples. We don’t want to see the producers spending money to ship us samples that are unusable, so please follow the below shipping directions.
When sending milk samples to the Hill Farm for testing please follow these directions:
Please call the lab at 318-927-9654, 24 hours before sending samples. This will allow the lab to have media prepared for testing.
Collection Procedure:
1. Brush away any loose dirt from the quarter that is going to be sampled.
2. Discard a few streams of milk.
3. Clean the teat end with a cotton ball soaked in 70% alcohol.
4. Collect a milk sample in a sterile container preferably a sterile test tube.
5. Be sure the sample is labeled with the animal number and quarter. Include a note stating what test you would like done. Please include contact info: e-mail or phone number.
6. The sample must be kept cold and brought directly to the lab.
7. When shipping milk samples to the Hill Farm please send the milk samples FROZEN. They should be in a STYROFOAM BOX with multiple COOL PACKS or DRY ICE and shipped NEXT DAY AIR.
Shipping address:
LSU Agricultural Center
Mastitis Research Lab
3380 Hwy. 79
Homer, LA 71040
Thanks,
Mastitis Lab
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02/05/11, 06:41 PM
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That IS a great surprise. I have a goat I call Sprint but when I bought her her name was Sweet Surprise for the same reason yours is.
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02/06/11, 11:39 AM
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Congratulations! I Love the name & she is so adorable, looks just like Sassy!
I have had does that have just had a single & I try to make sure the baby nurses off both sides. I would milk out the fuller side & try & even her up.
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02/06/11, 12:46 PM
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so cute! what a great Surprise lol!
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02/06/11, 12:57 PM
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What a wonderful surprise!! Mom will produce colostrum for about 12 hours or so.
Congrats,
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02/06/11, 07:16 PM
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I just love surprises like this one.
Did you plan to milk Sassy? Now would be a good time to start. I'd wager that her udder looks "lopsided" because Surprise can only take care of one side, as little as she is now. I'd go ahead and milk Sassy, and start tasting the milk about 3 days out. The colostrum taste should last only a few days, 10 or so at the most.
Enjoy!~
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02/06/11, 07:32 PM
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oh my goodness, what a cutie...
being shes a new mommy and producing good colostrum, if you milk that heavy side and it looks clean, freeze it, always good to have emergency colostrum in the freezer.
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02/06/11, 08:20 PM
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awww soo beautiful! i bet those people would be so bummed if you told them!
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BEAUTIFUL!!! oh I love Surprise!!
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02/06/11, 10:40 PM
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Ohhh, so cute!
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02/07/11, 04:01 AM
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Congratulations. She's adorable. I'm sure the reason Sassy's udder is uneven is because she has only one kid. Newborn goatlings can't drink as much milk as their dam can produce. I'd milk out the full side and work with Surprise to teach her to nurse off both sides.
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