milking - after visiting a buck

[mtnmenagerie]

i know that i've read, many times, that milk will taste bad after the doe has been with a buck.... but how long after?? i've just been milking her out, then feeding it to the cats for the past 3 days since she's been bred. she definately still stinks do i just wait for it to wear off before i can keep the milk??

[Vicki McGaugh TX Nubians]

The smell is on her skin and hair, it does not permeate into the milk! Wash her up, wash your hands and don't get hair into the milk Vicki

[mtnmenagerie]

lol... well, that's good to know! thanks vicki.
so milk tasting "bucky" is a myth?

[HilltopDaisy]

My milkers are with my buck 24/7 and the milk never tastes bad. As long as it's filtered and chilled immediately there is no "yuck" factor.

[Sherrynboo]

My does also run with their buck and no bucky tasting milk at all! I had always heard that keeping a buck with them would ruin the milk but that just is not the case. Taste the milk.

Sherry in GA

[hoofinitnorth]

My does have never given me off milk from being with their buck, and the breeder reports the same, even after 4.5 months with a buck. I had one day of milkings where my milk *smelled* off but did not taste off after my first buck arrived on the scene. The girls were not with him but could smell & see him. Hormones raged! After that, nothing at all off about the milk (and I am *very* sensitive to off smells and tastes).

[mtnmenagerie]

awesome!
i should have just asked ya'll BEFORE dumping gallons of milk to the animals!
well, at least the cat's are fat and happy

thanks for all the input