I would do the 5 pm milking. Your boys are big enough, they should be eating hay and grain now, and if you plan on milking her for a while, you need to stimulate her production and milk her yourself. If you keep letting the boys nurse all the time, as they grow, she will stop making as much milk for them which means less milk for you.
Urgent Question about Milking Schedule
I was wondering if when the boys turn three weeks old on Tuesday, if I could seperate them during the day, instead of the night. And milk Holly when I come to take care of them every evening at 5.
So they're schedule would look like this:
8 AM: Holly, Thomas, Indy go out in the pasture, Babies stay in
5 PM: Holly gets milked and everyone goes in.
OR
8 AM: Holly Thomas Indy go out in the pasture, Babies stay in
3 PM: Holly gets milked and everyone goes in.
Which one would work better? And is this okay, will the babies get enough to eat?
So they're schedule would look like this:
8 AM: Holly, Thomas, Indy go out in the pasture, Babies stay in
5 PM: Holly gets milked and everyone goes in.
OR
8 AM: Holly Thomas Indy go out in the pasture, Babies stay in
3 PM: Holly gets milked and everyone goes in.
Which one would work better? And is this okay, will the babies get enough to eat?
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