Help with milking issue..

[Dee]

So I have been separating Butterscotch's twins (month old today) for the past week, and am currently only milking her in the morning and getting 1 1/2 - 2 cups per day, voluntarily stopping at this point to ensure I leave enough for babes in the morning.  Her teats are large and easy for me to handle, and every morning I find her on the milkstand ready to go.  Things are going great, I think, with her and I am happy at this point and believe this is a good amount with her supporting twins?  They are fat and happy BTW.

My question is regarding Cocoa, whose triplets are 3 weeks old as of yesterday.  I am not trying to milk her yet, based on all the advice I have read here, but am practicing getting her on the milkstand for grain and touching her bag/teats.  Her teats are about a 3rd the size of Butterscotch's, and I was wondering if this is ever going to change at this point?  It is going to be really hard for me to milk her by hand as far as I can tell, but I do have a vacuum milking "machine" coming from a goat farm in Florida.  Can I expect anything different to happen?  Both of my girls are first fresheners, and Cocoa is younger than Butterscotch.

[Rachel Whetzel at MigMog Acres]

One of my does has really tiny teats, and they are not hard to milk. She is one of my best milkers. I just adjust, and don't use as many fingers to squeeze with! :) 

[Deborah Niemann-Boehle]

First freshener teats do not change much after the first couple of weeks or so. Believe it or not, you can milk just about any goat by hand. I complained endlessly the first 2-3 years I had goats, but it has been years now since I have had a goat that I could not milk by hand, and I really do not mind short teats much anymore. I would suggest practicing milking Cocoa when you put her on the milk stand. You probably will not get more than a few squirts, but it will be good practice for both of you.

[Dee]

Sorry didn't mean to post it in introductions, thought I hit the right button!!