Goat in milk before kidding?

[davismanor]

I have a 7 year old Nubian that is (I believe) 2 months pregnant. She is bagging up and producing milk. Has anyone ever seen this happen before? I'm assuming I shouldn't milk her out (she's been dry for about a year) but I'm not sure if this is cause to be concerned.

[GoatGirl123]

I have not seen them produce milk at two months pregnant, but their udders get pretty big during the last month or two. I wouldn't worry much myself, but don't take my advice because I'm inexperienced in that area, LOL.

[Alice In TX/MO]

I'd assume she's farther along in the pregnancy.

[davismanor]

Not possible to be farther along. We didn't have a buck. We got him 10 weeks ago so that's the max.

[Alice In TX/MO]

Well, here's a wild guess. Some does can come into milk without ever being pregnant. It's called being a precocious milker.

Maybe your goat is doing this?

[CarolT]

My friend had a buck come visiting.... Any chance of a traveling salesman?

[Awnry Abe]

We had a precocious milker. She was in milk before ever having been bred or pregnant. She turned out to be a ridiculously heavy milker at her FF. She died of milk fever at her second. I know you had a another thread going in the main forum. I don't really have a good opinion on whether to milk her or not. We didn't milk this one, and didn't have a moment of mastitis. If it were me, I'd not milk her.

[Alice In TX/MO]

You might want to draw blood and find out if she IS pregnant.