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Is it expected that even with consistent twice daily milking , a doe will start to decrease her milk production ?
It seems to me that my nubian first refresher seems to be slowly decreasing her milk output. At first it was consistently at least a quart twice a day, but I just came in and she milked out a pint and a half or maybe a tad less. I haven't been measuring the pails because I've been discarding due to routine deworming . It's her second round and she's been done for four days now.
I haven't deceased her feed. Shes in great body condition and gets about 1.2-1.4 lbs of grain mixture twice a day. It's a pound of 50/50 corn and barley , 3/4 cup alfalfa pellets , half a cup of BOSS and a sprinkle of beet pulp. She also gets replamin once a week and nutridrench twice a week on the maintenance schedule
It seems to me that my nubian first refresher seems to be slowly decreasing her milk output. At first it was consistently at least a quart twice a day, but I just came in and she milked out a pint and a half or maybe a tad less. I haven't been measuring the pails because I've been discarding due to routine deworming . It's her second round and she's been done for four days now.
I haven't deceased her feed. Shes in great body condition and gets about 1.2-1.4 lbs of grain mixture twice a day. It's a pound of 50/50 corn and barley , 3/4 cup alfalfa pellets , half a cup of BOSS and a sprinkle of beet pulp. She also gets replamin once a week and nutridrench twice a week on the maintenance schedule
