First Freshener Milk Supply

[OneFineAcre]

I would not be too concerned about the fact that her kid is keeping her dry. I've had plenty of first freshner's with a single as you said "huge" buckling that we could not get much milk from while he was with her, who turned out to be good producers.

I would wait until the kid is a month old, and then pull the kid for 12 hour intervals.

Good luck with the Obie's. They are still listed as "recovering" on the American Livestock Breed Conservancy list. They were really down in this country and there are some breeders out there who are doing a fantastic job in improving the stock.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

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[Sweetened]

Thanks. I got two weeks from Fiasco farms. I was only planning to milk once a day. I will hold off, especially with the dairy doe. I havent had a choice but to pull from my boer, as he doesnt keep up to her production. I think she could do trips without issue. They are nibbling on hay, surprisingly, approaching their second week. They dont eat it yet, mind you, but they pull it out just like Mom and hold it in their mouth. I've seen it 3 or 4 times now and it's quite hillarious to see.

 

[Sweetened]

I would not be too concerned about the fact that her kid is keeping her dry. I've had plenty of first freshner's with a single as you said "huge" buckling that we could not get much milk from while he was with her, who turned out to be good producers.

I would wait until the kid is a month old, and then pull the kid for 12 hour intervals.

Good luck with the Obie's. They are still listed as "recovering" on the American Livestock Breed Conservancy list. They were really down in this country and there are some breeders out there who are doing a fantastic job in improving the stock.

Thanks OneFineAcre;

There are less than 40 registered in Canada, and My ober is one of the unregistered ones. I've actually been really disheartened by the fluff of the registry and how I've been shrugged off. It's like my ober doesn't matter because there isn't a piece of paper behind her and I can't register her because I have no info to track back on to get some. But that's a controversial discussion that likely doesn't belong on this forum, just really saddened

 

[OneFineAcre]

If you aren't going to show your animals, registration isn't necessary although there are some other advantages. Just try to do what you can do to care for and improve your herd. Our first objective should always to be a good steward of the creatures in our charge.

Have you researched ADGA? They register animals as NOA (Native on Appearance) or Recorded Grades. Some of the best dairy animals I have seen are Recorded Grades. I wouldn't give up, particularly with an Obie.

 

[Sweetened]

Nah, no intention to give up. I don't put much value in registries, though itd be nice because other people do. I'm a bit of a tinfoil hat nut job, so I attribute a lot of it to tracking and so on. I dont know if, as a Canadian, I can do anything with ADGA? Might be worthwhile. I'm not good with people, so I dont think I'll show them. I should say, I'm not good with cliques, and the show circuit seems very cliquey..

 

[OneFineAcre]

There are advantages to registries that have nothing to do with showing, although tracking is part of it. Or rather data is part of it. Didn't someone say that those that don't understand history are destined to repeat it? Registries provide history good and bad. That's why people place value in them.
Wouldn't it be a shame to have a prodigious milk producer with no way to record it?

A Recorded Grade is basically a goat with unproven ancestry, but you can then document her history, and milk production.
And then, we can understand her history.

 

[Southern by choice]

Sweetened ... you a tin-foil hat nutjob? Oh say it ain't so.

You sound so normal to me.

 

[Sweetened]

In Canada, if there is no ancestry, you are S.O.L. Your only option is to buy a registered animal and breed up over 6 generations (so 6 different bucks...). Have fun! THEN you can register your animals as GRADE, and not otherwise. At least, that's how it has been explained to me.

This boer I have has been pounding out the milk at a dairy pace. I'm pretty certain when I start milking her daily with the buckling off her, she'll produce a few quarts a day. She has a nice globular udder, nice sized teats. Mind you, milking her is a chore and a half, but she'll learn, or I'll hobble her, whichever comes first!

@Southern by choice , you are either terrible at sarcasm or easily fooled I'm not afraid to say it. Best to warn people ahead of time, then they can't seem so shocked.

 

[Southern by choice]

Wonder what that makes me then.... hmmmm