It's not been a year but I figured ide update, we've been milking since September. One jersey had a bad bag, only one nipple working, we let her raise her calf to 7 weeks then weaned it and she went in the feedlot, as soon as the freezer runs low she will be gone.

The other jersey is a complete doll, my dad decided he wanted to milk her so I brought her over to his place, he likes that cow better than he's liked any dog he's owned. He babies the cow. He started milking two quarters once a day in the morning, calf ate the rest, he'd get around a gallon. Once he weaned the calf she started giving 3.5 or so gallons a day being milked twice. He uses some cheap battery powerd milker and it seems to work fine.

I have a constant supply of fresh milk, my dad has a new best friend, all in all its working out real well. My daughter loves to "help" milk.

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.