Big hard goat udder

[ufimych]

Our Nubian goat gave birth to three good kids. I tried to milk her, but there were very little milk, but the udder is big and hard. The goat does not show any signes of illness, grazing and licking the kids. However, they have very little of milk and I feed them some replacer. I tried to massage the udder, but it remains pretty hard and she is producing little of milk. I hope the kids will help by trying to suckle and pushing the udder. Does anyone had experience how to deal with it and if this is a problem?

[BoatGuy]

one of our goats had a clogged teat and we had the same problem. i put her on the milk stand and massaged the teat fairly vigorously with a warm wet cloth. after a couple of minutes of this, she milked fine. hope this helps.

if you do get her to milk, put some of it in a stripper cup and examine it, to make sure that she doesn't have mastitis.

fwiw, i am a beginner at this. so, take what i say as a novice opinion.

[jakematic]

massaged the teat fairly vigorously with a warm wet cloth. after a couple of minutes of this, she milked fine. hope this helps.

if you do get her to milk, put some of it in a stripper cup and examine it, to make sure that she doesn't have mastitis.

fwiw, i am a beginner at this. so, take what i say as a novice opinion.

I was thinking mastitis as well.

The udder is usually hard due to pressure of backed up milk, unless there is something seriously wrong.

[BoatGuy]

one other thing... if it's been less than 24 hours since the kids were born, you've also got a clock ticking on getting them some colostrum, in addition to the milk replacer. so, if they were unable to nurse at birth, you need to get some colostrum in them as soon as you possibly can, for their own health. after 24 hours or so, it won't do them any good. they make an all-species colostrum that will do in a pinch. we keep some on hand for emergencies such as this.

[ufimych]

Thank you all for the responding. The milk is white and liquid, does not look like a typical colostrum. No blood or anything different from milk.  The amount is very small. I put the kids back with her, the big buckling is trying hard to suckle, but he gets not enough. The doeling is biddy and cannot suckle, I feed them both with replacer.

[Johnny-Max]

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