Christina finally figured out how to milk the goats last night. She was getting so frustrated. Last night she was on the verge of tears of joy, when those streams of milk rhythmically hit the bucket.
We've been keeping them on their once a day morning schedule. You get less milk than twice a day....but it's perfectly acceptable to do. We don't know what to do with a gallon of milk a day as it is. Only reason we milked last night was because with our two small teat girls we struggled to milk them out yesterday morning. Spice on the other hand...nice big teats. I can milk her completely out in about 5 minutes. Plus it really helps that compared to Rose and Cheerio she's a real lady on the stand. Those two are less patient and more difficult to milk. ..probably because we are doing something wrong.
This morning for the first time our daily milking went really well. Christina struggled a little, but she was where I was two days ago. We milked them all out and they were all perfect ladies behavior-wise. Well...almost...Cheerio kicked over the bucket right as we were finishing her up. Our fault for not moving the bucket when we were done. Lost almost a 1/2 gallon of milk.
Since they've been so good, we let them out on pasture all day long today, while we are at work (gray hell).
I'm going to build another milk stand. With both of us milking we should be able to get our milking done in about 15 minutes every morning. On the weekends (eventually) we will switch off the milking so one can sleep in all the way to 7:00-7:30. ;)
Looks like it's time to make some cheese.
Anthony and Trevor came out last night. We all enjoyed an icy cold glass of goat's milk to celebrate Christina's new found ability to milk...well...three of us did. Anthony can't get past the thought of it. Trevor and I even took a drink of warm, raw milk right out of the bucket after we milked. Christina's not there yet either.
Christina saw a 4 point buck at the edge of our property. The way she described the size and curve of the rack, I suspect it was really a 6 point. Probably the same one I saw, that crashed into my fence, a couple weeks ago.
Dave
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