Precocious Udder? - Homesteading Forum I do not reccomend milking precocious animals If someone DOES milk them, I suggest managing them as a real dairy animal - milking 2+ times per day, teat wash, teat dip, nutritional support all is necessary for a lactating animal Preventing mastitis includes clean dry bedding, adequate post milking dip, and regular milkout
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does anyone milk a precocious goat? - Homesteading Forum I have a goat who bags up with milk in half of her udder hormonally (no breeding), and I just read something about a woman who milked a precocious goat for seven years Does anyone here do that? Is the milk any good? I thought the milk would get too strong or something if you didn't freshen
Earliest age to sell kids? - Homesteading Forum My 2 week old buckling is already jumping up on the does---and ONLY the does, he is really "checking them out" like the bucks do, and even chasing adult does around the pen---apparently, he is VERY precocious!
Will cows eat. . . . . . . | Homesteading Forum tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes are most likely poisonous plants (the plant material is probably poisonous - the ripened fruit should not be) to cows - they are part of the nightshade family and certainly toxic to smaller mammals, like rabbits A cow is big enough that the toxicity might be much less but still - might want to double check before letting the cow eat the leaves stems
Crusty Udder - Homesteading Forum Solid, classic Nubian, incredible topline, gorgeous color, wonderful personality, precocious udder Were you able to find more than the abstracts? Going to go do some digging THANK YOU, Alice, for sharing I truly appreciate your mad research skills! I refuse to be a pawn in someone else’s game I aim to misbehave 2+2=4 Reply Like
Nigerian Pygmy cross? - Homesteading Forum Any pros or cons to mixing the two? I know a Pygmy is a meat breed and Nigerians are a dairy breed, so I wonder how they would work together
Overdue goat; How long is too long? - Homesteading Forum Though precocious lactations happen (not nearly as common as a true pregnancy), it is a better indicator than belly size As for kids moving - The rumen makes massive contractions 2-3x per minute In pregnant animals this is best seen on the LEFT side, but in non-pregnant animals you can usually easily see these shifts on both sides to some degree
My Pumpkins look yellow? - Homesteading Forum Jonnys Selected Seeds had has a breeding program for "precocious" (sp) yellow gene in pumpkins What this means is that the immature fruit start out yellow rather than green