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  1. Dairy Diaries
    We are fairly new to goats - have only had wethers/bucks. Figured we would get a doe and try to breed to my Nubian so we can have a home dairy goat. a couple days ago we got a 2-3 year old lamancha doe who has freshened once, had two does and they were dam raised. The previous owner said she...
  2. Dairy Diaries
    Hello everyone! I’m new to The Goat Spot, and new to owning goats, though I have a lot of support from other, more experienced, goat owners. Thanks for taking the time to read my post! I have a 2 year old Lamancha doe who is a fairly high producer, shes actually my best. She was bred in...
  3. Health & Wellness
    Dealing with mastitis for the first time, and I have some questions. A couple weeks ago one of our girls had very little milk in one side, and what was there was thick and discolored. I treated her with TODAY. After a few days her milk looked normal again, and there was a little more of it, but...
  4. Health & Wellness
    Hi everyone, I have a doe who kidded on August 16th, two healthy babies. The following day August 17th she wasn’t eating and her temp was rising fast-105 to 107. Vet came out gave her Banamine and Nuflor (antibiotic). Temp fluctuated between 104-106 for next 12 hours. On the 18th her udder...
  5. Health & Wellness
    One of my does has a small open wound at the base of one of her teats. She is currently rasing 2 doelings, both 1 month old. I noticed today a bit of swelling so I felt around and the base of the teat is very hard. Looks like the small wound is slightly infected too since there was a bit of puss...
  6. Health & Wellness
    I have a first freshener that we milk daily. She had her kid 6 weeks ago and we sold him last week as a bottle baby. The milk has been great. It looks great and taste great. Yesterday when milking her, my husband commented on it looking a bit watery at first. Then it looked normal. When...
  7. Dairy Diaries
    I have a never dealt with situation. My goat got mastitis several months ago. I caught it early, treated it, it went away and life was good. We had a cluster of family crisis and I dried my goats off in July. My lead goat came into milk, her kid is almost a year old and she is not bred, and has...
  8. Health & Wellness
    Hello, friends. I have a miniature lamancha who's about a week fresh. I noticed the babies had a favorite side, so I decided to even her out. This favorite side has a bump up near the top of the udder, towards the medial. It's large and fleshy. I reached out to my vet and unfortunately they...
  9. Dairy Diaries
    Sorry for a long post, I feel overwhelmed and without resources, I have a first time freshening Saanen doe with mastitis. I raised goats for years when I was younger and am getting back into it now though this is the first time I’m dealing with mastitis. She’s been to the vet three days ago and...
  10. Dairy Diaries
    Forgive the freak out, but I just discovered that my doe who gave birth to twins two days ago has a horrible case of mastitis. Her udder is mostly lumps and I barely got a half teaspoon of milk out. I tested the milk and sure enough, she has mastitis. She's a two year old Nigora/Pygmy and this...
  11. Health & Wellness
    3yo Alpine never bred, has produced milk for the second time. First time tried to just ignore her and see if she would just dry up, our Nubian did the same thing at the same time and did dry up in just a few days, but the Alpine just filled up and began acting uncomfortable so went ahead and...
  12. Dairy Diaries
    We're drying off our doe in preparation for breeding this fall. She was a once a day milker to begin with, we moved to every 36 hours for 2 milking sessions, then 48 hours for 3 milking sessions, then 60 hours for 2 sessions, then 72 hours for 2 sessions, and tonight was the first 84 hours. I...
  13. Dairy Diaries
    I just tested my goat for mastitis (I think it was precocious udder and she contracted mastitis. She's never kidded) and I'm not sure if she has it. The milk from her right side chamber is a bit thicker but no visible clumps. I would say about the consistency of slimy maple syrup. I can't tell...
  14. Health & Wellness
    Hey everyone..I'll introduce myself later...I'm new to goats (like a week new) I have nigerian dwarf/nubian mix 3 year old doe. Bought her literally one week ago today. She had a buck and he was weaned..At least 3 weeks possibly longer. Well her udders are turning blue. Going to attach...
  15. Health & Wellness
    My Nubian doe is turning 15 in July, but I still want to help however I can. She was completely fine until a couple months ago. She started losing weight around February and I treated extensively for worms in March. We found she had a long, broken molar on the top right so she was set for...
  16. Health & Wellness
    Hi All! I have been struggling with this off and on for years now, and it's out of control this time. I have a 10 year old nubian doe, Louise. I've only bred her twice. It's been almost 5 years since the last time she was bred. Last month one side of her udder started filling up. I milked out a...
  17. Dairy Diaries
    We have a 5 year old saanen that has freshened 3 times, the third being about 3 months ago. We just separated her kid for weaning about a week ago. The doe has a recurring issue of blood in the milk. The milk looks and smells normal when it is fresh. After sitting in the fridge for more than 24...
  18. Health & Wellness
    Yesterday we noticed that one of our does had a teat that was larger than the other. She was acting normal and eating fine and was extremely hard to catch as always. Upon feeling her, she has one teat that is swollen and hard/lumpy. I didn't notice any heat to it. It looks like maybe it has...
  19. Health & Wellness
    My doe has mastitis, already done with antibiotics and doing better but still has a hard udder and still has a very small amount of light yellow watery liquid coming out when milked. My vet had me order Go-dry. He says follow the instructions on the label but it’s for cows! Also the instructions...
  20. Health & Wellness
    One of our goat does Annie gave birth to a baby girl on December 14, 2018. This is her first time having a baby. She is still very young and we were not planning her pregnancy. Unfortunately, her baby died after 9 days. I decided to dry Annie off but I didn't milk her for a couple of days. When...
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