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First milking attempt

Posted by kristen leu on March 26, 2012 at 8:00am in Home Dairy

Today was my first attempt at milking after seperating momma and babies last night for about 9 hrs. The kids are 5 weeks today. I only got a couple tablespoons. Now I'm worried I will do more harm than good by not letting kids nurse all night and getting such a small amount. She was dont eating and ready to get off the stand! Can this hurt her from not relieving her of enough milk??? Or will the kids make up for not eating all night? 

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  • Jan April 17, 2012 at 10:35am

    You are doing well...It pays to hang in there!

  • kristen leu April 17, 2012 at 10:28am
    Now if I can get my hands to work in unison I could do it in half the time!
  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle April 17, 2012 at 10:19am

    Congratulations, Kristen! That's awesome!

  • Rachel Whetzel at MigMog Acres April 17, 2012 at 9:45am

    CONGRATULATIONS!! That's awesome!!

  • Patty Meyer April 17, 2012 at 9:05am

    Yay!  That's great news! :)

  • kristen leu April 17, 2012 at 7:04am

    Just wanted to post a quick update on how milking is going. The kids left for their new home this last weekend and we are now getting 2 qts per day. We are sooooo happy with this! It's still taking me 30 min. to milk each time but I NEVER would have imagined a few weeks ago I could get a qt in that time :)  YAY!!!!!!  My husband is still hand feeding her to keep her happy for so long but it's working until I get faster. I am so proud of Molly for how well she is doing for us! This is her ff and we are so happy with her!

  • kristen leu April 2, 2012 at 2:20pm

    I've been looking online at what an udder looks like milked out. Holy Moly! I better get ALOT faster to get to that point. She still looks full by the time she and I have had enough.

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle April 1, 2012 at 8:19pm

    Not necessarily. Most goats don't stand there very long after the first few days, so if there is a difference, I don't think it's much. I used to always worry that the mamas didn't let their babies nurse enough. But the do snack frequently through the day.

    kristen leu said:

    Do you think being bottle fed makes a difference with their patience? (making them worse) I haven't owned goats that weren't bottle fed except for the kids I have now. I've noticed if momma doesn't want to feed them when they want she simply walks away. And they have to wait. They get to eat more often on momma too. Just a thought.

  • kristen leu April 1, 2012 at 5:23pm

    Do you think being bottle fed makes a difference with their patience? (making them worse) I haven't owned goats that weren't bottle fed except for the kids I have now. I've noticed if momma doesn't want to feed them when they want she simply walks away. And they have to wait. They get to eat more often on momma too. Just a thought.

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle April 1, 2012 at 4:11pm

    Wasn't my blog. You read on someone's site that they don't feed their does on the milk stand? That's interesting.

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