Last Saturday (4/16), my 2yrd old FF Nigora doe delivered 5 or 6wks early - breach/ stillborn, and came a bit too close to losing her, too. I started milking the next evening (I didn't have anything ready, yet, ugh), but now - a full week later - I'm still only getting about 3 - 3.5oz, per day, milking 2x/day. She's a tiny little thing, tiny udders, and 2-finger teats. I've saved this first week's colostrum & milk, bagged, tagged, labeled, and frozen, just in case we have any problems with my other does, next month.
So, my question is am I expecting too much of her little body, as far as production, after such an early birth? Or, am I just expecting it too soon? One side is definitely filler, and giving more - as in the wimpy one is giving maybe a tablespoon to each ounce from the other one, but there's no unusual heat, she doesn't seem uncomfortable, at all, and it's taking too milking remarkably easy, as far as behaviorally. When I first start on the flyer one, she picks up her foot, but as soon as I get a little out, she sets it down, and has no more issues. It's almost like she's offering me easier access, to get the pressure eased, from the fuller (?) udder.
Tyia!!