Is she rejecting her babies?

[Blaithinokeeffe]

Hi all, as some of you may have read I have a 10 month old Pygmy who gave birth two days ago (disclaimer I bought her not knowing she could be pregnant and it didn’t happen under my care!)
She had the two kids herself within 40 minutes, at first she had no interest in cleaning them or looking after them. Once I cleaned them up and latched them onto her she started caring for them.
I noticed now today she won’t stand to let them nurse, constantly walking away doing everything she can to not let them nurse. The buckling seems to full enough but the doeling doesn’t, is he just taking all the milk and she’s getting fed up of them?
I tried milking her to check if she has sufficient milk for them, unfortunately seems to be just tiny droplets not a stream, when she does let the kids nurse they seem to jump from one teat to The other after just few suckles, is this normal? I supplemented kids with a bottle this evening as I’m concerned they always seem hungry! When she gave birth I milked her to unblock her teats and she did have a good ‘flow’ at the time. I will ad that she is also being fed calf crunch as her concentrates + ad-lib hay.
mom goat seems to also want out and away from babies as soon as she gets a chance, if the door isn’t latched properly for a split second she’s pushing it open and gone! Is it normal for them to want time away? Should I also for her to have time to herself?
With this all in consideration is she starting to reject them? Is she just sore from them nursing?

 

[Ridgetop]

Moms with newborns do not want to be away from their lambs/kids. If she does not have any milk check for hard or lumpy udder. Possible mastitis. Try miking her out again and massage the udder to open a blocked milk duct or teat. It is possible that the kids are being rough on her. Remove them for an hour or so and see if the miok comes in and she will let it down. Then let the kids nurse again. If only one kid is taking all the milk, you can give a supplemental bottle to the other one.

Typically rejection takes the form of not allowing the kid to nurse, butting it away from her, sometimes very hard to the point of injury.