Comments on: Milking Party

By: Christy O

Christy O — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:27:51 +0000

My goat will stand and let me milk her even if I forget to close the head thing. Of course, she has a large bowl of grain to eat while being milked. Unfortunately, she doesn’t give us much milk. Just a little more than a cup at each milking.

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:39:44 +0000

You need a roflmao smiley….lol

By: Shelly

Shelly — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:55:29 +0000

Wow, I learned a few new things…

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:25:37 +0000

Some friends of mine have chickens and they placed extra wire a smaller size, around the base of their coop about 3 feet high so that the racoons wouldn’t get their ‘girls’.

By: KentuckyFarmGirl

KentuckyFarmGirl — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:02:50 +0000

We have 2 female pygmy goats and last year was Nanny’s first baby and she didn’t make a “bag” until 2 days before she delivered. This year she is due September 10th and already has a nice bag (udder) developing. Could this be the case if this is Clover’s first baby?

Baby goats are so precious. I can’t wait until ours get here. We bred them to a Nubian this year so I’m hoping to get some floppy eared babies.

By: okbarb

okbarb — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:26:44 +0000

I don’t believe I have ever read the words pink lotus of love before but it sure made me spew the wine I was drinking at the time! You totally crack me up!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:49:30 +0000

There is a certain slackness that comes to a goat’s girly parts when they are close to kidding. I noticed on my girls starting a couple weeks prior to kidding and could compare with the doe who wasn’t preggers. I’ve heard that some goats don’t bag up until right before kidding or even directly after kidding. Maybe she’ll surprise you with a singleton. I also read that the baby hormones stimulate the udders to produce milk and more babies produce more hormones so can result in larger udders beforehand. I love milking, too. It may be a chore, but at least it’s a fun one! I made cottage cheese yesterday for the first time from our goats’ milk.
~Jenny~

By: catslady

catslady — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:39:35 +0000

Hilarious but I’m sorry Clover isn’t preggers after all that time away.

By: cgReno

cgReno — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:10:37 +0000

OMG This is one of your most fun posts…..Where else could I possibly read about “bulging udders” and “pink lotus of love” i am cheating here and reading from work and my coworkers think I have totally lost it……this was an udder treat (sorry)……..

By: B. Ruth

B. Ruth — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:33:30 +0000

Udder disbelief….Oh,Cookie Doe honey….
I remember those days…..bulging like a blimp ready to explode! That sheepish goat grin in photo seven shows your chagrin, but darlin’ it won’t be long until you’re a proud Mama…there’s no doubt you’ve got ‘buns in the oven’! I know….you can’t sleep…I stood up to sleep too the last few days…!
Do you have trouble getting up?…More than once I thought about calling the lift truck!…

PS…I remember my udders nearly dragging the ground…now they are dragging for older reasons…ahhmm!
PS….this story was an udder…errr…(utter) treat Suz’ !