Monday, February 18, 2013

First official milking this morning.


This is Penelope this morning. I put all 4 kids up in a stall last night so I could milk in the morning. Abby too. This is what Penelope looked like. I milked out almost a half gallon! And left some for the kids too. Very impressive for such a small doe and a first freshener too. Her teats go forward a bit but I don't mind at all. She is very easy to milk and pretty fast too.




And this is after milking. You can see her teats now.

6 comments:

  1. Wow, you left a lot of milk for the kids. That's fantastic from a first freshener!

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  2. I know, she's still huge after. But her kids took care of that right away. They were happy to see her! I hope Penelope will keep this up.

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  3. Well, not quite there just yet. It usually takes my goats at least 3 weeks to have good milk. But I can tell it's going to be sweet and creamy.

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  4. Holy moly that's a big udder! Good for her!

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  5. I know. And she's not that big of a goat either. Her milk is still not quite the way I like it, but it's getting there.

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