Goats

[Bob halvorsen]

The babies are not getting any milk.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Can you post a picture of her udder? Is it red or hot?

 

[Bob halvorsen]

I have the picture. I can send it on messanger. The utter looked pink yesterday but it is looking worse tonight.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Can you not post here or in a pm?

 

[Bob halvorsen]

I tried but I don't know how. The computer says that they don't have your email on file.

 

[Bob halvorsen]

What is a pm? Personal mail?

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Yes. I just sent you a message. Check your email icon.

 

[cassie]

I am sure others have told you this, but a hard udder with no milk in a fresh doe usually means the doe has mastitis, CAE, or maybe both. If the udder was like this last year, the udder is probably full of scar tissue and the chances of the doe ever milking normally are not good. If she were mine, I wouldn't breed her again. This is probably too late to do you any good, but in the absence of goat colostrum, cow colostrum is a workable substitute. I have raised a lot of kids on cow colostrum. If you end up having to bottle feed the kids, cow milk works OK for that, too.

 

[Bob halvorsen]

Thank you. The person I bought her from should have told me this. I feel bad for her.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

It's frustrating to go through this, I know. How is she today?