teat plug? UPDATE, pics added

[Araylee]

Do all goats have white tips at the end of their teats? Mine do and I can't tell if it's the plug or just a coloration thing?

 

[_sonshine_]

Sounds like a plug.

My doe just kidded and her babies tried to nurse but I seen they were still in so I brushed them out w/ my finger nail and the kids got milk. I read they are there to keep stuff out of the udder to prevent infection so I would leave them alone.

Oh and they came out pretty easy so I dont think it is something that you would normally have to do......I did it b/c I had to hold her so the kids could nurse and I wanted them to get milk right away.

 

[helmstead]

Probably just the waxy plug. I always remove them right when the doe is done kidding - gives the kids one less challenge.

 

[lilhill]

Probably just the waxy plug. I always remove them right when the doe is done kidding - gives the kids one less challenge.

 

[Araylee]

Soooo...do all does HAVE a waxy plug or just the pregnant ones? My doe who is otherwise teensy tiny and looks maybe a tiny bit deeper from top to bottom...frankly, doesn't look pregnant...also has these?
Hubby and I went out to feed goats last weekend and noticed that they both looked like they were "leaking milk" when we saw them.The for-sure preggers girl is due April 8, the almost-certainly not preggers doe, April 1.
Too bad human pregnancy tests test for HUMAN gonadotropin hormone, or you betcha I'd be out there with a pee stick!

 

[20kidsonhill]

can you post pictures of their udders?

 

[poorboys]

not all of mine have had it, but the biggest part has, that's why you need to strip it after they kid

 

[Araylee]

this is the one that's definitely preggers:

This is the one I'm thinking isn't: (sorry the picture quality isn't great but you can still see the white ends...she is VERY VERY HAIRY which makes it hard to see!)

 

[_sonshine_]

Have they ever kidded before? On my unbred does all I could feel was teats only....then 2 or 3 months bred their udder begins to feel puffy or fat lol. On a FF it is easier to tell GL!

 

[Araylee]

Have they ever kidded before? On my unbred does all I could feel was teats only....then 2 or 3 months bred their udder begins to feel puffy or fat lol. On a FF it is easier to tell GL!

Nope they would be first fresheners-clearly the one with the developing udder is preggers, but the other one doesn't look like it. But there is still a teeny part of me that wonders if she is hiding a small kid underneath her belly-it seems like she's gotten kind of round and full toward the back. Sigh. I guess we are going with not pregnant and we'll hope for twin does from the one that is! I was just curious if even the open, never-bred does had the plug at the end, or if it was only on the does that had been bred/kidded before.