Ok here we go! When I got home from work this evening, I let the goats out to graze as usual. I noticed Fern who has been dried up for months had an udder soooo big I could not believe it. I grabbed her and put her on the milking stand and milked a full mason jar?????? I just got my new buck recently so the only possibility is my 10 month old buckling Gandolf. He is so much smaller than her, I didn't think this was possible yet. Shes walking around the pen quite a bit and she is peeing every few minutes. Seems like labor to me, what do you guys think?
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Thanks! I agree not milking prior to kidding, I being a newby of course was concerned that there was a problem. It was yellow and a little more watery than milk. Today her udder was very empty? She is a larger Nigerian and she's always a little on the fat side. Her belly is hanging low and she looks like she swallowed a watermellon. If she is bred to my buckling great! My new buck arrived about 1 month ago and went to work the night he arrived. Nobody has gone into heat since. We'll see what happens. Thanks for the precosious udder info. These critters do keep me on my toes and awake all night.
It is possible that a goat can get a "precocious" udder, but it's usually not very big. If her udder is really huge, she will probably kid soon. What you milked was probably colostrum (assuming it's not a precocious udder). Colostrum is yellow; milk is white. If it's colostrum, I'd suggest freezing it in Ziploc bags in 4 ounce increments in case you need it for a kid in the within the next year or so. In the future, I'd recommend not milking a goat before kidding.
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