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10/02/11, 10:04 PM
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Nubian milk question
Yesterday I picked up a nubian nanny and a alpine billy goat. I was told the nubian was pregnant but havent done a test for sure to verify. But we milked her some today and she gave up about half a mason jar. I left it cool down in the fridge and decided to give it a taste. It was really salty. I googled that and it said it could be a sign of mastitis. But her bag isnt hard or extremely warm. Could it be colostrum?
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10/02/11, 10:13 PM
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Hmm..have had nubian for many years and never tasted salty milk. Is it possible that she is pregnant and her milk is drying up on her ??
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10/02/11, 10:17 PM
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Nubian doe and Alpine buck. 
Had she been in the process of drying off? If she hadn't been milked in a while, the body would be absorbing the old milk, and it would have a funny flavor.
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10/03/11, 12:49 AM
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What Alice said. . .
But yes, it can be mastitis, too.
Nubian milk from a healthy goat that is properly fed is usually the choice
of the milks among breeds. . .
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10/03/11, 08:47 AM
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I suspect the one you purchased that Nubian from has been drying her off. If she is not showing that she is carrying kids, I would milk her out real well once, then put some pursue (mispelled probably) into each udder, wait 12 hours and milk her out again. Then put some Tomorrow in her udder and leave her alone until after she kids.
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10/03/11, 09:26 AM
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Thats what I was thinking. That maybe she needed to be milked till empty and then I was going to taste it again today. What is the "pursue" you are talking about putting in each utter? Also what is drying off mean? Does that mean drying up? Or does that mean coming off having kids?
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10/03/11, 09:30 AM
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last year our goats milk started tasting real salty, but none of our doe's were acting off or ill, udders not warm or hard, etc, but we went ahead and treated for mastitis assuming we had caught it very early on.
even after treating them the milk continued to taste off and as I was doing some reading I came across someone saying that copper deficiency could cause that.
One of the signs was a "fish" tail, so I went out and looked and all our goats had them!
we thought it was how their tails were supposed to look as we had never been around goats...
We ordered some copper boluses from a member here at HT, treated all of them and got to watch one of our half white goats turn all brown!
No more salty tasting milk either.
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10/03/11, 09:31 AM
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Pirsue is an antibiotic ointment that is inserted via a soft tipped plastic syringe into the orifice of the teat and massaged up into the udder.
Drying off is stopping milking so the doe's body will not produce milk after a while.
Coming off having kids means she kidded (probably last spring) and is finishing this lactation (milking) cycle.
Here is detailed info about copper bolusing your goats, which I recommend:
http://u-sayranch.com/main/2010/01/r...opasure-bolus/
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Last edited by Alice In TX/MO; 10/03/11 at 09:45 AM.
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10/03/11, 09:51 AM
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alright so where do I start? Do I do tests?
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10/03/11, 09:59 AM
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well I googled fish tail. And as far as I can tell she doesnt have it. Looks pretty normal. I will milk her today and see how it tastes. If she doesnt have a copper deficiency, would it be bad to give her some anyways to make sure? Or can there me too much?
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10/03/11, 10:30 AM
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How long has she been with the buck?
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10/03/11, 10:35 AM
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Where are you located? Can you put your location in your personal info? We may have someone close to you to help.
Go to the site I posted before..... googling isn't necessary. Read that page. There are pictures and DETAILED information
It's unlikely you could overdose her.
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Last edited by Alice In TX/MO; 10/03/11 at 10:38 AM.
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10/03/11, 11:10 AM
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well I am in dawsonville ga. But Ill put that in my info. and Ill be sure to check out the link.
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10/03/11, 11:11 AM
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Sending out the call for Georgia folks who can mentor this new goat person!!!!
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10/03/11, 11:15 AM
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I read that site and I dont think my goat has a copper deficiency. Just reading through the signs it doesnt seem any really fit her. I guess I should of added this before. She isnt full blooded nubian. She looks just like a nubian just with horns. But I am going to see what this milk today yields
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10/03/11, 11:51 AM
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Doesn't really matter if she's full blooded or not. We don't discriminate.
Get a good loose mineral to have out all the time. Cargill Right Now "Onyx" is a good one.
If she is pregnant and due before December 1, you need to NOT milk her so she can be growing the kids.
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10/03/11, 11:55 AM
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she is supposively due in January. They said she just taken to the buck. So we will see. But I am assuming we shouldnt milk her through out the pregnancy
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10/03/11, 12:22 PM
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Just because she has horns doesn't mean shes not a nubian.
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10/03/11, 12:30 PM
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oh I was told she was. Well In a bit I will take some pictures and let me know what you think
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10/03/11, 12:37 PM
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Stop milking the last two months of her pregnancy.
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