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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Daisys Mum on May 03, 2013, 11:13:41 am

Title: Kids have gone
Post by: Daisys Mum on May 03, 2013, 11:13:41 am

Kids went off to their new home yesterday and now I have 2 very vocal mummies, the kids were 3 and 4 months old so will the mums milk just dry up itself or do I need to do anything, don't fancy trying to milk pygmys.

Title: Re: Kids have gone
Post by: tizaala on May 03, 2013, 08:04:46 pm

Keep an eye on the udders, make sure they don't get mastitis or hot and swollen, cut down on protein feeds, just hay,

Title: Re: Kids have gone
Post by: Anke on May 03, 2013, 08:45:16 pm

Just stop feeding anything other than hay as Tizaala says. They should be ok. If you can I would also keep them in for a few days, grass is quite rich at the moment.