What age do milk goats produce milk?

Answer 1

Goats will produce milk as long as they are milked regularly and are fed well after they have had their first kid. However, if you are raising goats, and you re-breed your doe, you will want to stop milking a few months before your doe kids. This is so her body can prepare for the birth of her new kid(s).

Answer 2

It normally differs between meat breeds and dairy breeds. Meat breeds are normally around 5 months (just long enough to wean off a kid). Most dairy breeders milk for 10 months. Giving the doe a two month rest before she kids. Some dairy does are known for milking year round without having to be rebred.

Answer 3

A nanny goat has to freshen before she can give milk. Freshening is giving birth. Then their is a technigue to keep the nanny fresh for most of the year till you give her a short dry time before her next kids.

Answer 4

After a cow calves she produces colostrum for around two or three days, then progressively begins to produce more "normal" milk (or milk with no antibodies or immunoglobins which is typical of the production of colostrum.) She can continue to produce milk up to 12 months or more, although she should be dried up approximately two to three months before she calves again, making her, instead, produce milk for 9 to 10 months out of the year instead of over 12.

Answer 5

When the goat is bred the milk ducts will begin to form colostrum, this can happen any where from 2-4 months of pregnancy. Most mature goats (goats that have had 2 or more births) will probably start for form about a month or two prior to parturition.

Answer 6

2-3 years old or it could be younger or older when your goat gets milk but they need to have kidded first

Answer 7

A female goat has to breed to produce milk. So in order to make milk it has to be old enough to breed, usually about a year old.

Answer 8

For up to 14 weeks or until the kid is weaned