freemotion
Food Guru
H23, start getting Daisy on the stand and handle her udder daily, too. It will go a looooong way when you are ready to milk her. Ginger is a dream, and Peach and Plum will be (hopefully!), too.
Milk Goat - crash course needed!
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Henrietta23
Yard Farmer
She gets herself on the stand!! She taught Donki to jump up there.freemotion said:
She hops right up there because she's already figured out that's where the good food is. We're at the point where she'll let me stroke her back and sides. I'm working toward her udder. She's a smart girl! When she first came she wouldn't come near me. DS won her over first. Now she'll come to me because she's got to at least check to see if I have raisins.... I'm telling you, these twins are piggies!! They're FAT.
noobiechickenlady
Almost Self-Reliant
It does indeed get easier! There have been several mornings (and evenings!) where I have pitched (okay, really, I threw it a few times) a dirty, mostly empty milk pan into the sink after it got kicked over or stepped in. Either by Dixie kicking, or Lucky (wether) coming to see what the heck I was doing under there. Thankfully not too many. I've also spilled milk all over myself while snatching it away from Dixie's hooves to keep her from spilling it. That was torture at the time, but now it's just spilled milk. 
I hate the loss of the milk, but I dont take it personally anymore
Does she like petting & ear scratching? Try having your hubby rub & scratch the sides of her face & neck while you milk. DH will do that for me if Dixie seems a bit extra twitchy for some reason.
I hate the loss of the milk, but I dont take it personally anymore Does she like petting & ear scratching? Try having your hubby rub & scratch the sides of her face & neck while you milk. DH will do that for me if Dixie seems a bit extra twitchy for some reason.
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Wildsky
Femivore
OMG Molly loves my hubby, she'll kick once or twice, but he can get way more milk than I can. She even turns her head all the way round to see who's back therefreemotion said:
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Wildsky
Femivore
She seems to like it when the kids are messing around, yesterday they were out on the driveway - in front of Molly while I was milking, and they were blowing bubbles and jumping around like lunatics - I thought it would scare Molly, but every so often she'd stop eating to look up at them for a few minutes, the door at the back of the garage even blew shut and she didn't flinch - she's good about not getting flustered by activity around her and sometimes it takes her mind off whats going on.noobiechickenlady said:
She does love my hubby, very odd. She even walks slower with him, not all in a rush to take off and drag him behind her like she tries with me.
