Joy in the journey - The morning milk report

Monday, April 7, 2008

The morning milk report

Just checking in real quick to post the morning milk report for Monday, April 7th.

Yesterdays milk poured in to the gallon jar, and todays milk filling the smaller jar....bottom picture is two days worth of milk. Hoping to continue to up production as I milk her out more often :D

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Monday, April 7, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Fiona

Congratulations! We've been milking our neighbor's Dexter for the past week while they went away and it was a first time experience for us! I was so excited as the milk kept coming in more and more for us as well! I'm looking forward now to getting our own Dexter in the near future!

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Monday, April 7, 2008 - Milking

Posted by cradtke

Congrats!! I milked a goat for the first time a few weeks ago. Being a city raised girl and milking a goat for the first time ever was quite the experience! I got 2 ounces on my first try.
Once we have our highlanders, I'll get the chance to milk a cow :)
Carol

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - cow

Posted by Handmaiden

Thank you for stopping by my place. I came over here for a visit and enjoyed reading about your experiences. I know that I loved my cows. I don't know if you do this, but I know that as long as my cow was busy eating I had no kicking or moving around( usually LOL). I put a leaf of alfalfa and a large can of grain with molassas in the feeder and locked her head in. but I had one cow that I just put the feed and grain on the ground and she just ate and let me milk. She freshened out at 8 gallons a day!!!! And you might try having someone milk with you one on each side. I milked a friends cow for her but she had to hobble the back feet and with one milking I knew why!! I wish you all the best, and wish I were back with all my babies growing up around me. Treasure every moment it goes by way too fast. I'll be back often. Blessings Handmaiden

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