Re: Anyone milk A cow
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I can't understand why one would fuss with a milking machine for one or two cows. My older brothers hand milked up to four with no problems. I had a goat that I milked. It went pretty fast. The goat and I had a deal: She would let her milk down as long as she had C.O.B. in the trough. She ate fast and I learned to milk fast. Between the two of us it only took a few minutes to get those 2-3 quarts of milk.
I used a stainless steel bucket and three legged milking stool.
And finally...don't do what my grandpa reportedly once did: He tied a brick to the old gal's tail to keep from getting his head swatted. Knocked him cold.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: Anyone milk A cow
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08/23/24 09:38 PM
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I can't understand why one would fuss with a milking machine for one or two cows. My older brothers hand milked up to four with no problems. I had a goat that I milked. It went pretty fast. The goat and I had a deal: She would let her milk down as long as she had C.O.B. in the trough. She ate fast and I learned to milk fast. Between the two of us it only took a few minutes to get those 2-3 quarts of milk.
I used a stainless steel bucket and three legged milking stool.
And finally...don't do what my grandpa reportedly once did: He tied a brick to the old gal's tail to keep from getting his head swatted. Knocked him cold. You win!
wanna be goat farmer.
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Re: Anyone milk A cow
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08/23/24 09:57 PM
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I can't understand why one would fuss with a milking machine for one or two cows. My older brothers hand milked up to four with no problems. I had a goat that I milked. It went pretty fast. The goat and I had a deal: She would let her milk down as long as she had C.O.B. in the trough. She ate fast and I learned to milk fast. Between the two of us it only took a few minutes to get those 2-3 quarts of milk.
I used a stainless steel bucket and three legged milking stool.
And finally...don't do what my grandpa reportedly once did: He tied a brick to the old gal's tail to keep from getting his head swatted. Knocked him cold. Save labor,use the kids.....,,,,, I remember,,,,, my Grandfather was smarter. he established a creme collection route.....
A Chicken in Black.......
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Re: Anyone milk A cow
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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08/23/24 10:12 PM
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Make a trip to a local pastry shop or WalMart get 2 or 3 of the empty frosting buckets (usually 2.5 to 3 gal in size with lids bring em home thoroughly clean an sanitize and milk by hand if just 1 cow
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Re: Anyone milk A cow
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08/23/24 10:18 PM
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Hold calf off for part of day and milk once a day by hand
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Re: Anyone milk A cow
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08/24/24 12:59 AM
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https://mittysupply.com/product/single-cow-milker-tjk1-ps/I bought this unit a couple years ago when I running a dairy. Not cheap, but worth every penny in my situation. Worked great for fresh cows and using in our sick pen when we didn’t want to walk certain cows through the parlor. I was very pleased with it, Easy to use and clean. We averaged 82 lbs/cow a day so hand milking was not an option. I’d definitely look into a machine if this will be a long term venture. Otherwise as mentioned above, hand milk once a day and let the calf do the rest
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Re: Anyone milk A cow
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08/24/24 08:10 AM
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https://mittysupply.com/product/single-cow-milker-tjk1-ps/I bought this unit a couple years ago when I running a dairy. Not cheap, but worth every penny in my situation. Worked great for fresh cows and using in our sick pen when we didn’t want to walk certain cows through the parlor. I was very pleased with it, Easy to use and clean. We averaged 82 lbs/cow a day so hand milking was not an option. I’d definitely look into a machine if this will be a long term venture. Otherwise as mentioned above, hand milk once a day and let the calf do the rest Thank you. That's one I've been eyeing up
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Re: Anyone milk A cow
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08/24/24 08:11 AM
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My grandpa would milk with one hand and hold a big tin cup ( I still have it ) with the other hand and dump in bucket until he got a days worth. Then turn the calve into her. Fresh milk every day was better than hanging it in the well and running the risk of milk getting it in the water.
My dad always had 4 or 5 cows he milked by hand. We had a big old cream separator with a crank on it and it was my job to crank it. He would save the cream and take it a couple of miles to the highway where a guy would come by on his route and pick it up on certain days. Later we took cream and eggs to the creamery.
My dad always fed the skim milk mixed with wheat shorts to the hogs. I remember when I started to the trough to empty a bucket I had to run for my life! Later we built a board fence that would hold the big hogs so I could dump it over without having to get in the pen.
Now we send the cream to the State and Washington to our pet pigs !
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Re: Anyone milk A cow
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08/27/24 09:25 PM
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My brother would give the extra milk to the little hogs he was raising up to eat. They got so fat that they looked like little basketballs. Slop fed hogs used to be done on a large scale for the time, they had feeders and everything, the reason was at that time everyone wanted cream or the butter fat and what was left was fed to the hogs.
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Re: Anyone milk A cow
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Anyone milk one or two cows for the family? Our cow is almost due and we want to milk her but cant decide what kind of bucket milker to get, hoping someone may have some insight, there's a lot of options with huge amounts of difference in price. Ultimate easy is what my wife uses. It's made in America. Buck Wheeler makes them. You can buy direct from Buck or from Shenandoah homestead supply. She replaced it with the next size up when we lost it in a fire. She milks every day. Not saying it's the best, but it works well and is economical. Customer service is as good as it gets. https://www.shenandoahhomesteadsupply.com/products/ultimate-ez-milker
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Re: Anyone milk A cow
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08/27/24 10:18 PM
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I can't understand why one would fuss with a milking machine for one or two cows. My older brothers hand milked up to four with no problems. I had a goat that I milked. It went pretty fast. The goat and I had a deal: She would let her milk down as long as she had C.O.B. in the trough. She ate fast and I learned to milk fast. Between the two of us it only took a few minutes to get those 2-3 quarts of milk.
I used a stainless steel bucket and three legged milking stool.
And finally...don't do what my grandpa reportedly once did: He tied a brick to the old gal's tail to keep from getting his head swatted. Knocked him cold. Some cows have been conditioned. When my wife bought her cow, it wouldn't let down. The cow had been conditioned to a machine. A milker also helps keep the milk clean, which is very important.
Last edited by 2bit; 08/27/24 10:18 PM.
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