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Hello! I have raised many nubian goats from bottle baby to adults throughout my life but this is my first time breeding goats. My doe had a very good birth yesterday, the doeling is healthy and drinking, though we did have to help get the flow going in my doe (once we got that first drop from at...

Hey everyone, These few days have been rough. One of my finest Alpines was due to kid. She had triplets - one went head first and got stuck, one was breech and the other was sideways. We barely managed to save her with the vet there all the time. All kids dead. She is doing good now, healing...

My two does just kidded. Both had very large bucklings. One is 7.5lbs and the other 5.8lbs. I’m pretty sure my, at the time, bottle baby buckling got to these girls before my much smaller buck did. Anyways, one momma is a nubian and produces a good amount of milk. I can get a half gallon per day...

How old is too old to breed a purebred Nubian nanny for a good milk supply? I've heard varying thoughts and I was wondering what everyone's opinions were.

I have a doe who gave birth on March 2nd. I just recently sold her son, she had twins, girl and boy. I’ve noticed that her udder is filling up and im wanting to know if i need to milk her or not. It looks like it did when she bagged up the day of giving birth. The girl still nurses and i think...

Hi So I have a goat and I was milking her, as normal, and I was milking her for me to use. I was doing the first squirts and her right side seemed completely fine all the way through milking but her left side was something I have never seen before. The left side felt a little different than...

I have a 1/2 nubian-1/2 mystery doe who I got from auction over a year ago. I recently started milking her. I started by separating the kids at night and milking her once in the morning. She was only giving me about 6 oz at first but that was about two months ago, if not less than two months...

Hey everyone! It's been awhile since I was actively participating on here. My baby, Emma, a 2 y/o pygmy purebreed, was bred w a purebred pygmy buck I keep on location. They're both small, so I wasn't expecting there to be much of an issue. She is a first freshener and so I was excited but...

I have recently started milking one of my does. She has started to seem bigger similar as if she is pregnant. There is a chance she is tho. You’d we my buck had gotten out one day and was with the does while i was away for just a day. I wasn’t too worried about it because non of my does were in...

Hi Gang, We decided to "Darn Raise" (my hubby's term) this year. WIt's been over a decade since we've done it this way. So a couple of Q's: We're prepping to begin milking tomorrow. One mom (F1 mini LaMancha) has triplets and a lovely supply of milk. She is 3 weeks into lactation. Second...

Help!! My doe just kidded yesterday. I tried to milk her a little bit today to make sure my runt is getting milk. I could only get milk on one side. I could feel the milk inside the nipple and could feel I it come out as I milked. The other side I could barely get any milk into it. Very very...

Hello, I have a question, What kind of equipment are you using to milk your goats? I think there are multiple ways. Could you please share how do you do it? Thank you Hubirland Homestead

We have one mama goat who has very very large udders (she arrived with us still full of milk and pregnant, and we won't be breeding her again). Her new kid only drinks from one side as she won't let her drink from the other, which is obviously huge and gets scratched and chapped easily. She also...

I recently came across someone with this milking pail. The lid fits snug to the pail and has a hole in the center for a filter!! Literally nowhere to be found and i’ve looked and looked and looked and they clearly do not make them anymore. I would happily pay +shipping if anyone has one laying...

Does on a 10 month lactation cycle only get a 2 month break before their next kidding. Is this really enough time for a doe to completely dry up and recuperate from such a lengthy cycle?

Hello all, we’ve had our two lovely LaManchas, one FF mama and her 4 month old doeling, for a little over one month now. I’ve been training mama on the milk stand for a few weeks and she’s been doing great. I currently hand milk only and I get a very little amount of milk at each milking, about...

Does any one know where to buy a good but cheep milking stand?

Hello all. I have a kid with listeriosis that has been treating at the vet since Friday. He is 5 months old and still occasionally nurses. The mamas udders look very full. My question is, does she need milked out or will she dry up? She does not like human contact so anytime we need to do...

I am having trouble understanding what seems to be a simple instruction. "Milk your doe until the udder is empty". Seems pretty straight forward. Well, what I had assumed, is that meant at some point you would get no more milk despite any efforts to milk out more. I get to the end and I...

So I know that milk should be chilled as fast as possible, but how fast is fast? What I'm trying to decide is where to set up my milking parlor. My two options are in my barn which is about 100 feet from the nearest refrigerator or in my garage where I have a fridge and I could basically milk...