Monday, March 23, 2009

Milk Test Results

Here are the results of milk test I did yesterday. I didn't get to posting them last night so I'll be posting my daily schedule tomorrow. :) You can see here how many goats were freshening every day. We haven't had any for a full week now....yeah! Shouldn't be too long though before we have a few more!

Name/Total Weight/Days Milking/ # of Frshenings
Missy .......9.1#.............44 days ....................3rd
Gypsy .... 2.84# ............44 days ....................4th
Hannah .11.08 # ..........40 days ....................4th
Mandie....8.22 # ...........22 days....................3rd
Zoe ..........4.72# ...........16 days ....................1st(2 yo)
Candie ....7.34# ............15 days ....................1st(2 yo)
Natalia ....6.3# ..............15 days ...................1st(2 yo)
Rosemerry .6.88# ..........14 days ....................2nd
Spot .........5.22# ............13 days ....................1st(2 yo)
Jessie .......7.04# ............11 days ....................1st
Lulu ..........4.68# ...........11 days ....................1st
Savannah...2.86# ............9 days ....................1st
Gatlin ........9.26# ............9 days ....................3rd
Sapphire ...4.02# ............7 days ....................1st(2 yo)
Maggie .......6.52# ............7 days ....................1st

Now you can see why we do this and why we are planning sell Gypsy. :) She has been used as a brood doe and her milk hasn't been needed....'till now. With her eating a lot (she is a big goat) and not producing squat she is out the door. lol! She has nice body capacity and a decent udder on her tho. We are planning to keep Sara who was her doe from last summer. She will be bred this fall. I have high hopes for her!

Oh....and for other news......I'm starting Driver's Training tonight.....watch out on the roads! :) Well, I won't be out on the roads tonight. lol!

Here are the udder pictures!

Mandie's udder
Sapphire's udder
Savannah's udder
Zoe's udder
Spot's udder (she is SOLD!)

In Christ,
~Bethany~

2 comments:

Josh said...

Hey Bethany,
Were the results of the test just one milking or a day's worth of milk? Mandie's got a really nice attachment. Are you going to keep her kids?
Josh

Bethany said...

These results where a total of two milkings (24 hours). I wish they were one....but unfortunately not. lol! We are still working on getting more protein into our feed which would increase production.

I love Mandie's attachment too! We are keeping Mandie's doe kid. Remember....the other one died. :( Movie looks AWESOME!

Zoe's attachment is nice too, but it's kinda hard to see in the picture because of the hair. I'm afraid they are up for another trim...:(

Thanks for the comment!
~Bethany~