Greetings,
I have a goat whose udder began to harden and crack in the past day and a half. It is not swollen and the milk is of the same quality as always. The udder beginning to crack more and more and there are an increasing number of cracks that begin to bleed a tiny amount. Even stranger, when I was milking this morning, I thought i noticed that some milk squirted out of one of the cracks. This could have been my confusion, maybe I had milk on my hand, but it did seem to me that milk was coming out of a second teat, which is really a cracked part of the udder. That being said, there is no blood or clumps in the milk and there is no redness or heat in the udder. Any thoughts on what this could be and what I should do. Cheers! Shad
I have a goat whose udder began to harden and crack in the past day and a half. It is not swollen and the milk is of the same quality as always. The udder beginning to crack more and more and there are an increasing number of cracks that begin to bleed a tiny amount. Even stranger, when I was milking this morning, I thought i noticed that some milk squirted out of one of the cracks. This could have been my confusion, maybe I had milk on my hand, but it did seem to me that milk was coming out of a second teat, which is really a cracked part of the udder. That being said, there is no blood or clumps in the milk and there is no redness or heat in the udder. Any thoughts on what this could be and what I should do. Cheers! Shad