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Queen Mum
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Mama FINALLY had her kids two days ago. I missed the birth because her udder didn't fill up before the birth. So I went to walk the dogs thinking she would have the kids later that day. She had plenty of milk for the kids, but she just didn't really come "into full milk" for about 12 hours after the birth. I wish I had been there.
She had twins, but she had a HUGE buckling. It appears to have been a breech birth. I got there just as he was born. She didn't have much trouble having him, but he died. He weighed 15 pounds. I am sorry she lost him, but glad Mama is OK. If I'd only been there a tiny bit earlier.
I am milking her to keep her udder from overfilling because she is a very heavy milker. 3/4 of a gallon per milking in addition to what she feeds this big doeling. Her doeling is 12 pounds. And she is beautiful. I will post pictures later this afternoon.
BTW, I am milking Polka Dot and Reina and they are both producing well. I get about a gallon of milk per day from the two of them combined. When I add Mama's milk to that, after the colostrum is gone from her milk, I will be rolling in cheese!
She had twins, but she had a HUGE buckling. It appears to have been a breech birth. I got there just as he was born. She didn't have much trouble having him, but he died. He weighed 15 pounds. I am sorry she lost him, but glad Mama is OK. If I'd only been there a tiny bit earlier.
I am milking her to keep her udder from overfilling because she is a very heavy milker. 3/4 of a gallon per milking in addition to what she feeds this big doeling. Her doeling is 12 pounds. And she is beautiful. I will post pictures later this afternoon.
BTW, I am milking Polka Dot and Reina and they are both producing well. I get about a gallon of milk per day from the two of them combined. When I add Mama's milk to that, after the colostrum is gone from her milk, I will be rolling in cheese!
