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  • Glenna Rose October 13, 2012 at 1:53am

    Thank you for the validating comments.  I see no reason to shave my does but have been told I should like somehow I am neglecting Capri (since she is the only one in milk) because I don't.

  • Margaret Langley October 12, 2012 at 12:13pm

    If I ever find a show close enough to me, to be able to show, then I will obviously have to shave udders as well as goats.I would like to put everyone in a show clip at some point, just for nice website pictures,evaluating etc. Other than that I have no desire to clip any part of them.

    I do not consider it any cleaner to keep the udder shaved as is pointed out in the comments above, straining takes care of that and even when clipped very tiny hairs can show up in the milk. I figure as bad as my old eyes are I would rather have a hair I can see than one so little it slips by me. I tend to feel that if they are on the goat they are there for a reason and I would rather leave them.

    Honestly, I could also be considered lazy on this point but I prefer to think that I am to busy to be bothered with shaving udders. What next they have scraped udders and teats I have to doctor because I took away their protection against briers etc. One thing leads to another. Nah, not worth it all!

  • Rachel Whetzel at MigMog Acres October 12, 2012 at 12:05pm

    My breeder shaves before kidding for easy clean up, but that's all. I didn't shave for kidding, and I don't shave for milking. lol

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle October 12, 2012 at 8:05am

    I'm not sure exactly what you're wondering about, but I don't clip udders on my goats for milking. Not that much winds up in the milk, and it is strained out right away. If you're using a machine, I really don't see the point, because the inflations go on the teats, so there is no way that the hair can get into the milk.

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