How Can a Doe Produce Milk without being bred?

[mkeawsh]

My blue/white Myo doe is lactating and has a large sac of milk but she is not bred. There is no possible way. I have a castrated year old TexMaster and a castrated 11 week old buckling and that is it. No one around here has goats. What is going on?

 

[meme]

It is called a precocious udder and is perfectly normal. It is actually pretty common in heavy producing lines. I would just leave it alone, and it will probably go away on its own.

 

[TGreenhut]

It is called a precocious udder and is perfectly normal. It is actually pretty common in heavy producing lines. I would just leave it alone, and it will probably go away on its own.

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I had a doe who did the same thing. People sometimes call them "virgin milkers"

 

[mkeawsh]

Thank you . It's nice to know that there isn't something wrong. She is constantly in heat and continuously annoying the dog then. He goes and hides from her so he can get some sleep.

 

[babsbag]

I have a 7 year old doe that hasn't been bred for 2 years that has just decided to come into milk. I milked her just last night. I saw her lopsided udder and was afraid it was mastitis and instead it is milk. Surprised the heck out of me.

I am going to continue to milk her and see what happens. The only problem is that she likes and expects the grain on the stand and she is a chubby old lady. I am afraid that she will just get fatter as I add grain to her diet.

 

[purplequeenvt]

I have a 7 year old doe that hasn't been bred for 2 years that has just decided to come into milk. I milked her just last night. I saw her lopsided udder and was afraid it was mastitis and instead it is milk. Surprised the heck out of me.

I am going to continue to milk her and see what happens. The only problem is that she likes and expects the grain on the stand and she is a chubby old lady. I am afraid that she will just get fatter as I add grain to her diet.

Could you trick her by feeding hay pellets instead of grain?