How to increase milk on one side of the udder

[glenolam]

It seems as though my doe has more milk on the left side than on the right. She has twins and they nurse from both teats; however when I milk her she gives very little on the right side and the left seems to be bursting with milk.

Her udder isn't hot or hard and the milk that does come out of the right side isn't clumpy or red - it looks the same as the other side.

What would be the best way to increase milk production on this side? She sort of looks lop-sided now - and when I get her up on the stand I try to spend more time with the less-full side and milk it out as opposed to leaving a little in there for the kids. I've noticed that the left teat fills up nicely after each squeeze, but the right takes some bumping to fill back up.

 

[ksalvagno]

It could be that the kids are nursing out that side more than the other.

 

[glenolam]

So should I just wait and see what happens when they are weaned?

 

[ksalvagno]

I would do that.

 

[RockyToggRanch]

Mine was very lopsided for awhile. Her kid was nursing on one side more which made the other side larger, fuller and harder for him to nurse. So the lazy little fella just nursed the "easy side". I milked the full side and eventually got to the point where he would nurse both sides. She's not lopsided anymore and I can milk both sides.

Also, it seemed tough to get the milk flowing well from the full side, but once it did...wow. 7 1/2 cups one night from just that side:/

I guess just like human mamas...the milk is there, but it has to "let down" to actually flow.

 

[chandasue]

Mine was lopsided at first too. I realized I wasn't getting all of the milk out of that side and just had to work a little more with that side. Seems like the duct is smaller than the other and it just doesn't stream out as fast. Which just means more grain for her to keep her busy while I struggle a little.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Make sure you completely milk out the full side so you can keep the udder even.

 

[Yates Dairy]

Im not an expert with goats but i do milk cows and i really dont know what could be causing this.. I would have to see her in person. But I know that some cows are just born with one side of the udder bigger or works better than the other side. I actually have one cow that has only two tits on one side and the other sie of the udder is much smaller and those tits are duds.
Sorry i am not much help.