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Old 04/05/08, 04:09 PM
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One sided? UPDATE with milk picture!!!

Wondering if my girl Spring is one sided? Her udder is hard and full in the morning, on the left side... the right side is soft and near empty, hard to get anything at all out of it

Im starting to wonder if maybe we wont ever get that much from her or at least not for this freshening.

Going to try milking her more on the 'dry' side and see if I can get it going again...
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Old 04/05/08, 10:49 PM
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Perhaps a calf is emptying the right side??
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Old 04/06/08, 08:17 AM
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Well, we have been separating them at night, unless mama has found a way to position herself so that the calf can reach her through the 2x4's??

This morning when I went out, I milked her for quite a while... I did manage to get a little from the front right quarter, but nothing at all, not even a drop from the rear quarter on the right side.

I milked the left side as much as I could.... and we filled the entire jar in ONE day today

I used up what we'd accumulated up til yesterday and washed the jar.. .and this is all from one day!

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