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Showing posts with label milk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label milk. Show all posts

Thursday, November 29, 2012

A Sad Day

This is the milk I was able to get from Becca Boo yesterday, looks like she is done for the year.  Addison and Gidget dried up quite a while ago so it looks like the milk supply has come to an end.  The Commander is heart broken as he can barely stand the taste of store milk anymore.

A few years ago we all would have had a good laugh at the thought of "running out of goats milk", who does that?  That would have been analogous to running out of moon spice!

That all change one fateful day when I read this blog post by OFG.  She followed it up with this one and the rest was history.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Milking


I have been milking three goats twice a day for a few weeks now and the novelty of milking has worn off.  I enjoy spending time with the goats but I'm not sure my poor cramping hands can take it.


The Commander wanted me to get a milking machine so I did some research on the web and found that the Henry Milker was getting great reviews.  I decided to give it a try and I even splurged and got the advanced version, it milks two teats simultaneously.


It really is a simple design and is quite easy to use - it came with a three page instruction manual.  The milker caps fit my mason jars so I was set to give it a try.


Addison, my best milker, was easily hooked up and milked in no time flat!  Her teat orifices were such that the suction filled the feed line and the teat cup almost immediately.  She was totally dry in less than two minutes.


One of the reasons I got the milker was because Gidget had smaller teats and orifices so she was difficult to milk.  She now gives almost as much milk as Addison and she enjoys the suction cups much more than hand milking. 

I highly recommend the Henry Milker.  It is easy to use and works like a champ.  The time savings is incredible and I am once again enjoying spending time with my girls during the milking process.