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Another newbie concern here,
as you all may know we happened upon a little doe in milk (since we werent prepared, thought to just dry her off, but who knew, the 10yr old has been getting up at 5:45-6am every day just to milk her before school!!!!)-- all we are doing so far is giving the milk to our Grt pyr/ anatolian puppy (he needs it) but... had a question, can we just milk indefinitely? she is doing about a half gallon a day, I know that isnt a whole lot but she was seriously underfed at her last home(bottom of the herd order and not getting to eat)... we are giving grain, free choice hay, and she gets out to browse at least 6- 8 hours a day....
Wasnt really sure about this whole milking thing....(child is not going to be keen on drying her off....).....
Info on doe-- she is an Oberhasli, born Feb 13, 2012 and freshened this past June with twins....
as you all may know we happened upon a little doe in milk (since we werent prepared, thought to just dry her off, but who knew, the 10yr old has been getting up at 5:45-6am every day just to milk her before school!!!!)-- all we are doing so far is giving the milk to our Grt pyr/ anatolian puppy (he needs it) but... had a question, can we just milk indefinitely? she is doing about a half gallon a day, I know that isnt a whole lot but she was seriously underfed at her last home(bottom of the herd order and not getting to eat)... we are giving grain, free choice hay, and she gets out to browse at least 6- 8 hours a day....
Wasnt really sure about this whole milking thing....(child is not going to be keen on drying her off....).....
Info on doe-- she is an Oberhasli, born Feb 13, 2012 and freshened this past June with twins....