Margali's Griffin Wood Ranch

[Margali]

Mama is neutral to Coconut now. Coconut won't try and nurse so I have a friend. *Sigh* Good thing she's a cute stinker, I thought I was done with diapers.

 

[Baymule]

Yup, you have a friend. The formula I gave you gets expensive, but then I have 3 little stinkers. LOL They are 3 weeks old now, so I bought lamb milk replacement and now I’m mixing half formula to half milk replacement. I’ll wind up with more $$$$ in milk than they are worth, good thing 2 of them are registered.

My refrigerator

 

[Mini Horses]

Well, I milk someone to feed others if needed. Ladies, learn to milk...its paid for.

 

[Margali]

@Mini Horses Painted Peggy was off cycle vs everyone else. Other ewes have already weaned their babies.

Coconut is up to 8.02lbs from 5.28lbs Tuesday a few hours after birth. She's almost caught up to twin's birth weight of 8.82lbs. Her brother now weighs 10.46lbs. So Peggy at least has enough milk for one lamb.

 

[Ridgetop]

Just remembered another thing I have to pack! 6 gallons of goat milk in pint containers in the freezer along with several pints of colostrum. The powdered replacer is already in Texas.

 

[Baymule]

At this point, I’d probably accept a milk goat if someone brought it to me. Maybe.

 

[Mini Horses]

Bay, you have some sheep with great udders! Of course, many already have 3 to feed .

Even "saying" you might milk is for you.

 

[SageHill]

Well, I milk someone to feed others if needed. Ladies, learn to milk...its paid for.

I did that this year - milking wasn’t that bad.

 

[Ridgetop]

Miking is easy. Unless you have an uncooperative animal. Most dairy animals like to be milked since they come to realize it relieves the pressure of a full udder. It is training them to be milked that can be difficult. Also sheep udders usually have tiny teats which can be harder to milk. I have milked colostrum from sheep and frozen it.

 

[Margali]

@Baymule knows most of this already but I've been too upset to post here. Friday evening I came home from work to discover Aria's big twin injured and Panda dead in the night pens. Panda was also partially eaten. Between weeping I took care of things. I arranged for a coyote hunter to come out multiple evenings and worked on resetting up my cameras.

Saturday as I was working on camera's I caught attacker in the act. He sperated Misty from the flock and had her down by hind leg. I narrowly avoided being bitten as I took shovel to attacker.