u/Rainforestgoddess

Picture for cuteness, 1 week old and being bottle fed at the time, visiting in a senior's home.

Our little Lucy made it and now is a strong and kind of chubby 7 week old. For the first 6 weeks she would only suckle off one teat, so I am milking the other side off so mom doesn't get mastitis and also lopsided.

I think now that she's bigger, she's starting to suckle off both sides, as her udder is softer now in the morning and, though it's not consistent, I'm getting less milk (2 days ago, 750 ml, yesterday I got a full litre, today I got 250 ml)

I really want to not have to milk and let her wean and dry off naturally which was my original plan.

How do I go about this in the safest way for mom?

So we're pretty sure our little doeling will be fine. She's 11 days old now and we put her out with the rest of the herd yesterday full time. We've been making sure she had some time with mom every day so suckling is going really well and mom is very good with her.

Oberhasli doe, first time mom. Her due date is July 2, and man is she uncomfortable in the heat we're having right now. I had another doe with twins about a week ago, and she wasn't nearly this wide.

I have a small Herd of oberhasli (6 does) and one of them is fairly dominant. She is the substitute buck when the others go into season.

Her udders are getting quite big.

She is 100 percent not pregnant. Have had her a year and it's been a few years since she's been bred.

Should I try to milk her off (have never milked and not really planning to, these girls are retired dairy goats we got for clearing brush and also because they are super cute)

She's the one at the front, and her udders are even bigger now than in this picture

Thank you!