miss_thenorth
Frugal Homesteader
and it didn't go too bad. We separated her babes from her probably at about 11 am, and around 4 pm, we went out with teat wash, sterilized bucket et al in hand.
The timing wasn't ideal, becasue hubby had to go to work tonight, and we needed him to hold on, since I don't have hobbles. It actuallly went very smooth. We gave her some hay to munch on, hubby held onto her legs, and dd and I tag teamed the milking. I honestly thought dd would do better than me, but I had the rhythm. I only got about a cup and a half from her, and I'm not sure whether that is great or not, but considering thaat she had only been separated from her lambs for about 5 hours, I am thinking it's not bad.
I have some concerns and questions now. My concern is---she had a sore on her right teat, actually it was on the udder near the teat. One of the reasons I stopped milking is becasue it was raw. any idea what that might have been and how to treat it? Honestly, if i hadn't milked her, I wouldn't have known about it.
Ok, sohow do you know when the udder is empty. the milk was slowing down, but her bag was still round. does it ever completely empty out between milking? (ok, so I know it will empty out, buthow does the udder look /feel when done?
I have more stories about this exciting week we have had here, and I know I promised pictures--they will come. Just to make a long story short, dooly had her babes, we almost lost one twice, she turned into a bottle baby, and a few more facts that I will fill you in on, but now I don't have the time.
Oh, and PS, I have NEVER tasted sweeter milk. Seriously. I'm sure you could make ice cream with it without the sugar--that sweet. !!!
The timing wasn't ideal, becasue hubby had to go to work tonight, and we needed him to hold on, since I don't have hobbles. It actuallly went very smooth. We gave her some hay to munch on, hubby held onto her legs, and dd and I tag teamed the milking. I honestly thought dd would do better than me, but I had the rhythm. I only got about a cup and a half from her, and I'm not sure whether that is great or not, but considering thaat she had only been separated from her lambs for about 5 hours, I am thinking it's not bad.
I have some concerns and questions now. My concern is---she had a sore on her right teat, actually it was on the udder near the teat. One of the reasons I stopped milking is becasue it was raw. any idea what that might have been and how to treat it? Honestly, if i hadn't milked her, I wouldn't have known about it.
Ok, sohow do you know when the udder is empty. the milk was slowing down, but her bag was still round. does it ever completely empty out between milking? (ok, so I know it will empty out, buthow does the udder look /feel when done?
I have more stories about this exciting week we have had here, and I know I promised pictures--they will come. Just to make a long story short, dooly had her babes, we almost lost one twice, she turned into a bottle baby, and a few more facts that I will fill you in on, but now I don't have the time.
Oh, and PS, I have NEVER tasted sweeter milk. Seriously. I'm sure you could make ice cream with it without the sugar--that sweet. !!!