Fullhousefarm
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So, our Nigerian kidded yesterday (yay!). It's her first and our first kidding here. We've been milking a first-freshener LaMancha for a few months, but she never had kids nursing.
I was VERY pleasantly surprised how calm and easy (other than the tiny FF teats, but they weren't TOO bad) she was to milk this morning. I was mostly milking just to get her used to it- not looking for any volume. She stood almost perfectly- even after her feed was gone! (The LaMancha um, revolts when the food is gone. We are working on that.) I got 1 cup without really trying and she's with her two buck kids 24/7. I'm sure I could have milked at least twice that much. She has an awesome udder.
So, is there a reason not to milk her more once or twice a day? We won't be separating the kids at night for at least 2 weeks, though I might for 1-3 hours slightly before that. Planning on milking every morning at that time- then twice a day once babies are weaned.
I can feed any extra milk to our almost weaned bottle baby LaMancha or to our dogs until the colostrum is gone. I saved this first milking for future emergency use.
I was VERY pleasantly surprised how calm and easy (other than the tiny FF teats, but they weren't TOO bad) she was to milk this morning. I was mostly milking just to get her used to it- not looking for any volume. She stood almost perfectly- even after her feed was gone! (The LaMancha um, revolts when the food is gone. We are working on that.) I got 1 cup without really trying and she's with her two buck kids 24/7. I'm sure I could have milked at least twice that much. She has an awesome udder.
So, is there a reason not to milk her more once or twice a day? We won't be separating the kids at night for at least 2 weeks, though I might for 1-3 hours slightly before that. Planning on milking every morning at that time- then twice a day once babies are weaned.
I can feed any extra milk to our almost weaned bottle baby LaMancha or to our dogs until the colostrum is gone. I saved this first milking for future emergency use.