Steps to safely handle and store raw milk.And just when your fingers are about to fall off after a 20 minute milking session, back to the grindstone ya go! Having a dairy animal is -yes- a lot of work to milk but rewarding if you can put the milk to full use (cheese, butter, yogurt). You can check out how we prep and hand milk our family milk cow here.Now, lets get this milk to the house!Place a milk filter into your strainer.Place the strainer on your jar and pour the milk into the basin of the … [Read more...] about Handling Raw Milk
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How to Milk a Cow
This is either going to make you quit drinking milk or buy a cow.This is Barley, our 2nd milk cow on the homestead. She is 5 years old- a 3rd time calving Jersey cow. After milking our first cow, Brie I'm growing to love the challenge of identifying what each cows quirks and preferences are for milking. Brie was very spoiled, demanded grain in her face thee entire time. If you took too long she would kick the bucket. Barley is a pain to move, it's all that hornage, horning up into my back. It'll … [Read more...] about How to Milk a Cow