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September 11, 2008

Milking Time

On and off over the years we have milked cows to have milk for our family.
Right now we are milking 'Sally', a jersey cow.
We get around 2 gallons per milking and milk twice a day.
That's a lot of milk, even we can't drink all that :)
Here's a peak into our milking chores.
Sally like to smell "everything"
If there is anything different in the milking barn she has to smell it.
Here she is sniffing out Zachary.
I milk in the morning, Jen milks in the evening.
Someone loaned us a milking machine so we cheat.
It is a lot faster to do the actual milking, but it still take a bit of time to clean out the machine.

The cats wait around patiently for fresh milk.

Got Milk?

And finally the cats get their fair share

4 comments:

Laura said...

How fun! My kids would think they were in heaven at your house!

EllaJac said...

We get milk ($4 gal!) from nearby, but someday I'd love to have our own cow.. Ideally, I'd also love to have a NEIGHBOR who would like to co-own the cow, so there could still be out-of-town trips and 'sick days'. :)

Andrea said...

How fun! I wish we lived in the country and could have animals/pets/cows...you know, all that kinda stuff. :) Maybe one day...

That milk looks really good by the way! Hmmm...I think it's time for me to have a cup of mik. ;)

Dianna said...

Enjoy those precious moments....