Udders- Good/Bad/Ugly/Improved UPDATED! 3/12/18

[Southern by choice]

@Bayleaf Meadows What do you like about her udder and milking and what would you like to see improved?

Personally I like seeing udders of when they are not uddered up... just normal fill from the schedule the person uses.
Since you milk once a day are the kids separated at all? Are they still sneaking milk?

 

[frustratedearthmother]

You asked, lol.

 

[Southern by choice]

Ohmy goodness... I just want to run over and pick her up and cuddly her.
So freakin cute. Look at those lil baby teeny tiny adorableness legs! Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

That udder looks pretty darn stellar from all the pygmy's I've seen!

Do tell... what do you like? what would you change?

Oh the cuteness... I'm so giddy right now.
LOL GW glanced over and thought I'd typed what do you charge!

I want a pygmy just like her!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

As someone that is new to dairy goats, something that I'm trying to understand is "milks down to nothing." Can anyone show a comparison of an udder before milked and after milked that fits the above statement? I have two Does in milk but I'm too inexperienced to classify their udders in this sense.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

This is Nellie. She's a FF. She had a single buckling in April. He was weaned and then she was milked once a day until I could pick her up about a week later. Her production has waxed and waned, I'm sure in part due to me learning how to milk! Anyway her typical is about 2 cups for the day. She's was penned with a buck during a strong heat so I should know next week if it was successful or not. This pic is from July and was about 12 hr fill as she gets milked twice a day. I don't have a side pic as I didn't know the importance of those yet at that time. I am excited to see what she can do in the future. Note: She's extremely easy to milk. Once I get her to let-down, my 6 yr old can almost empty her. I just follow to make sure it was done properly and to do the second let-down and final stripping.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I should add that her teats need to be more midline and point down, not out. She's a Nigerian Dwarf, about 18 mos old now.

 

[OneFineAcre]

As someone that is new to dairy goats, something that I'm trying to understand is "milks down to nothing." Can anyone show a comparison of an udder before milked and after milked that fits the above statement? I have two Does in milk but I'm too inexperienced to classify their udders in this sense.

Zamia

Clarabelle

Rosemary

 

[Southern by choice]

I had to scrounge to find it- so the milk out pic isn't from the same day... it was not in the udder file...but it is the same goat- she will even milk out a bit more than in this pic- this goat will literally milk out like a glove- flat and empty.

 

[Southern by choice]

This is Nellie. She's a FF. She had a single buckling in April. He was weaned and then she was milked once a day until I could pick her up about a week later. Her production has waxed and waned, I'm sure in part due to me learning how to milk! Anyway her typical is about 2 cups for the day. She's was penned with a buck during a strong heat so I should know next week if it was successful or not. This pic is from July and was about 12 hr fill as she gets milked twice a day. I don't have a side pic as I didn't know the importance of those yet at that time. I am excited to see what she can do in the future. Note: She's extremely easy to milk. Once I get her to let-down, my 6 yr old can almost empty her. I just follow to make sure it was done properly and to do the second let-down and final stripping.

That is a really good sign that she milks out easily!
You will see a considerable difference in her production as a 2nd freshener. As she gets more capacity those teats may pull in a bit.
Really glad to see she is even considering she had a single, either the kid did a good job nursing from both sides or you did a good job keeping her even.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Thank you for the "milk out" pics. Nellie doesn't milk out as well as I'd like. (I think. )

I have another FF that I'm milking (no pics yet) and she does empty out. I'll see if I can get some pics of her. I like her teat placement and the size of her teats for a FF. I'm interested to see what she does the next time around. I plan on breeding her again in April.