question on milk supply

[elloyd]

my nubian just had her kid last saturday and we had to take the kid from her we are milking her but are only geting 5 to 8 oz at a time when should her milk supply be a little better everything we get we are feeding to her baby and adding some whole milk to give the baby enough to drink

 

[enolderman]

On a Nubian you should be getting close to a gallon a day milking twice a day. Don't feed the baby whole milk from the store it is not good for them. They need colostrum for the first couple days and then she needs formula for goats sold at your local ag shop or online. Hope more milk starts coming make sure she is getting plenty of fresh water and good grain to eat!!

 

[elloyd]

really everyone on here says feed whole milk if not goat milk from mom i did not know it was bad for them about how long does it take for them to start produceing more milk??

 

[20kidsonhill]

we use whole milk for our kids. Lots of people do.

Your doe should be producing more milk than that. Is she a full sized nubian? About how big would you say she is? Is she really young. I know she is wild.

I can't remember how you discribed her in other posts.

 

[dreamriver]

how many times a day are you milking, are you completely emptying the udder? milk production grows in response to demand, if you aren't regular in your milking schedule 2x/day would be good but also at the same time of day and not emptying the udder she won't think that there is a need to produce any more milk.

also be sure she is getting plenty of quality forage and hay 24/7, have you had a fecal done on her?

best of luck

 

[elloyd]

she is a full size nubian i have a friend that is milking her between 1130 and 12 in the afternoon and then i go out and milk her when i get home about 7 pm i milk her untill there is nouthing comeing out my husband asked if we woild get more if we got a milk machine?

 

[AdoptAPitBull]

If her udder is empty, a milking machine isn't going to pull any more milk out. Are you sure it's empty when you're done, or is she just holding back? An empty udder looks like a deflated balloon. If it's still big and round, there's more milk in there.

Plus you really don't want to spend around $1500 on a machine for just one goat!

 

[dragonmorgan]

Ive seen little manual hand pump milkers. They are still a little pricey but not as much as an actual machine would be. I dont know anything about goats but would working in a 3rd milking help up her production? That might tell her body she needs to make more. Hope that helps and i hope it gets better.

 

[elloyd]

no her udder is not like a deflated ballon her teats get like that but her udder does not i was gonna try and see if she would let her kid nurse on her now that she is all done with labor and the kid is nolonger week i am new to all this and just dont really know what to do i have never milked anything and i thought maby i was just not doing it right or maby she is just so upset when i catch her and put her on the milkstand

 

[20kidsonhill]

My guess is, she is upset.

She may not take care of the kid, you will know right away, if she goes up to it, and licks and talks to it, all is great. but if she walks away, or acts upset to have the kid near her, she has decided it isn't hers.

The kid would be old enough at this point to just let the doe dry up and put the kid on straight whole cows milk, 3 bottles a day.