My doe freshened in mid-April with two bucklings, who always did a fairly good job of nursing both sides of her udder evenly. I began seperating them at night when they were a few weeks old, then fully weaning them about 3 weeks ago. Margo's udder was always even when I milked. Starting just a few days ago, one side was be considerably smaller when I went out to milk in the morning (I milk just once a day). I thought that perhaps one of the other kids was sneaking a drink, so I stalled her by herself last night. This morning, that side was still very underdeveloped. Her udder is not hot, texture is normal, there is no clumps or blood in her milk, and the milk from both teats looks, smells, and tastes normal. I think that this is her 5th freshening (I don't have my records in front of me at the moment). I've never seen her self-nursing and don't think that it's something that she would pick up this late in the game, but I'm not positive about it. Does anyone have any ideas of what might cause this, and if there's anything that I can do about it?
Thanks!
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