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    Doe breathing heavy - what to look for?

    I have to go wrangle my wild doe. She is breathing heavy and appears to have had diarrhea. Besides temp and eye lid color, what else would you check for. Her right side seems to be more extended, bloat?
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    Does milk thicken or have more butterfat as goat nears heat cycle?

    I am using disposable filter from KenAG. Little disketts fit in my funnel. They appear to be paper/linen type material. They are 2.25" and my funnel has 3 little holes in it the size of a pencil eraser. Not alot of straining area, but in the PAST the milk just flowed through.
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    Does milk thicken or have more butterfat as goat nears heat cycle?

    I first noticed because it was taking forever to strain the evening milk. She gives a little less milk in the evenings. I thought maybe I had put in 2 filters. That went on for a couple weeks. Over the couple weeks the milk has went from 5 lbs per milking to just a bit over 3 lbs.. When I...
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    Does milk thicken or have more butterfat as goat nears heat cycle?

    Thank you Mr. Brown. Logically that is what made sense to me, but wanted to verify. Carolyn
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    Does milk thicken or have more butterfat as goat nears heat cycle?

    My stainer is getting clogged after a half quart of straining. The quanity of milk has decrease by a pound over the last month. Can someone tell me what this may mean? The filter is getting clogged with what I would guess is butter fat. I am fairly new to milking. Me and flower have been...
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