Well, I'm still sore but not too bad...or else I'm getting used to it, ha ha! One thing that really has me puzzled is I have to practically drag Abbey up to the barn for milking. Have I traumatized her?? I thought jersey cows were supposed to want to be milked. She seems to hate it! Maybe it's because she is sore..I feel real bad...like I am making her do something she hates. I hope this changes. I am going to try the Udderly EZ milker. I am hoping that will be easier on her teats than my hands. I don't know, we will see. Actually Al has said I can go ahead and order a surge milker but..I just don't feel like I have earned it. I will wait a while longer. I am getting about a half gallon of milk in the morning and close to a gallon at night. Which is a LOT to me! I really don't have enough room for all the milk right now. We have another refrigerator that we have to bring here to our house, so..that will help a lot. I also need to order a bunch of jars today. I only have 3 gallon ones and 2 half gallon ones right now and it's just not enough! The animals have been getting plenty of milk and they love it, though.
I am making cottage cheese so that will put to use about a gallon of it.
I got my trusty little cow stool glued back together again so it was nice to have that today. I am also thinking about trying to tie Abbey's legs, she does so much prancing it is hard to milk. I guess we will both get better in time. Overall, I think that things are going real well...better than I thought it would be going at this point. It seems like her back teats are extremely sore though and they are dark blue..it looks bad and makes me feel bad. The milker thing I am getting is supposed to be more of an even suction type thing. I hope she feels better soon.
Well, I have to go clean the milking area and get ready for another round tonight! God Bless.
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