Have you ever milked a cow?
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No, but I have milked goats. Same thing only smaller.
I had neighbors that raised dairy goats and it was so fun to milk and help with bottle feeding babies. I have also cleaned a horses penis sheath…luckily he was a mellow horse, a lot of horses do not want anyone pulling back their foreskin to clean out the debris. lol
A lot of people don;t know that geldings as well as stallions need their sheaths periodically cleaned. They pick up all sorts of irritants and an irritated penis is, well…unhappy. haha
Yes. On the same school trip I learned how maple syrup was made.
Nope, just myself. When my son was an infant, I tried a few breast pumps but did not find one that worked well without being painful, so I expressed the milk manually.
Yes, I have. One of my grandfathers was a dairy farmer, and he taught all of his children and grandchildren to do it.
Yup, by hand also helped in miking barn with vacuum operated milking system. Brought up in suburban Los Angeles (visited a relative with a herd of cows where I learned to milk) and milking barn was much later in Vermont.
Yes, my Uncle had a rather simple farm ( he still farmed with horses ) in the 50’s. We went there for visits often and many of his cows were still milked by hand.
I was close enough to try it on my uncle’s modest Vermont dairy farm when I was about 8 or 9, and my cousin tried to get me to do it, but I was scared to touch the underside of the cow. I wasn’t a city girl, exactly, but definitely suburban.
Yes, unfortunately I pulled the udder one & the square arsed bastard shat on my foot.
Yes. And goats. And dogs (to treat mastitis). And a tiger once (anesthetized, for colostrum for the cub).
I don’t think I’ve ever touched a cow… let alone milked one.
Like @hearkat, I tried milking myself earlier this year when I was out of town visiting family for a few days. Unlike @hearkat, I couldn’t get the hang of it.
No. I’d like to… Is it as hard as they say?
It’s easy if you know the technique. You don’t pull. You wrap your hand around your lady and then you squeeze with the forefinger, then the second finger, then the third finger and then the pinky finger. It’s a top to bottom thing that gets the milk going. Just be careful. It stings a little for them at first and they are big and can hurt you with their bulk.
Hm…I would have done it all wrong. Now I will have to find a cow to try it out. Thanks :)
@Adirondackwannabe I sure do miss that farm fresh milk. We can keep chickens in suburbia now, but I’m not sure I’m up for that yet..lol
I miss fresh chicken and goose eggs. My old goose laid her one giant egg on my porch every morning. Some service. haha
No, but it’s on my bucket list. Ever since I was in Kindergarten, in 1969, and they brought a cow to our school and my teacher got the opportunity to milk the cow, I’ve wanted to do it. I think cows are lovely, sweet creatures. I’ve seen them milk cows at our county fair, but I haven’t had the opportunity to try it myself.
Be careful with cows. They have as varied personalities as people do. Some are sweet, some are miserable. And never trust the male cows. They can be vicious.
I know that silly. I was just leaving it simple. Leave it to you to twist my tail. Reminds me, where’s chocolate?
Yes, a few times by hand. I am glad that I don’t have to do it everyday.
@SweetMae Milking by hand sucks. It takes forever with Holsteins.
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