Green Acres Farm
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Your goats looked amazing in your dairy hers pic. Sounds like there was a ton of competition.
Teat Talk
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OneFineAcre
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It was very competive
We were hoping for 3rd place Dairy Herd and will gladly accept the $300 premium
We were hoping for 3rd place Dairy Herd and will gladly accept the $300 premium
Green Acres Farm
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That's awesome!!!
babsbag
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I will take the bulbous teats over tiny ones any day.
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Bayleaf Meadows
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I have no reservations about Mulan's placement in the show ring. She is a deserving goat. The explanation of the scoring is very informative. I have just never had the experience of milking a nigie with bulbous teats and want to know if it is difficult, easy, or whatever. For example, if someone were to offer a gift of one of Mulan's doelings to me, as great as the genetics overall are for a superior show goat, I don't know if I would want that one trait in my herd if I would have a hard time milking or her kids can't suckle easily. Maybe she would be an easy hand milker, but not so easy milking with an Udderly Easy? It seems like no-one has the personal experience of milking this type but it also seems like it must not be a problem, either, or someone would have heard about the "milkability".
mysunwolf
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In the sheep world, we'd call those "sausage teats," and they are super desirable on animals that will be hand milked because it makes it much easier. But they also do fine being machine milked. Not sure about the udderly ez, but I know those teats are fine with professional systems. I've not had the privilege to milk any quite as dramatic as that goat (Mulan?), but with animals that without improvement have super tiny little two-finger squeeze teats and small orifices, sausage teats are a huge improvement in a breed. However, I'd be interested to hear about long-term udder health with teats like these.
ragdollcatlady
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So Georgia, one of our foundation girls that has since gone on to a retirement home, was incredibly productive, regularly kidding quads or feeding more than her own kids just because she liked them, and she had a super soft udder that just seemed to have alot of wear. Her teats were very large, similar to those, but even more so. It looked like her teats were almost an extension of her udder. I didn't care for the look, but for hand milking, she milked like a dream and gave alot. The softness made up for the size so it was easy to milk once you got your "feel" down. Each goat has a different "feel" and milks differently in my own opinion.
One of my other goats Reese,has a much prettier look to her udder, but has orifices that are tight enough that milking, even after several years, still is a wear on my hands. Every day. I don't fuss because tight orifices should hold up longer and hopefully prevent bacteria etc,... from getting in, I figure if milk has a hard time getting out, other stuff will have a hard time getting in.
StinkerBelle, goes back to both these girls and she has the softness from Georgia, most of the shape and attachments from Reese, but she milks really easily, more like Georgia. I expect with more kiddings, her udder and teats will get squishier, likely similar Georgias since I dam feed and it seems like the area of the teat just near the udder gets more wear from kids teeth, but thats OK. She is my girl and she earns her keep.
One of my other goats Reese,has a much prettier look to her udder, but has orifices that are tight enough that milking, even after several years, still is a wear on my hands. Every day. I don't fuss because tight orifices should hold up longer and hopefully prevent bacteria etc,... from getting in, I figure if milk has a hard time getting out, other stuff will have a hard time getting in.
StinkerBelle, goes back to both these girls and she has the softness from Georgia, most of the shape and attachments from Reese, but she milks really easily, more like Georgia. I expect with more kiddings, her udder and teats will get squishier, likely similar Georgias since I dam feed and it seems like the area of the teat just near the udder gets more wear from kids teeth, but thats OK. She is my girl and she earns her keep.
