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Old 05/25/12, 05:19 PM
 
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Clipping/shaving udders

How many of you cut udder hair in some manner?
I have thought of using my old beard trimmer, but it seems to me that my doe would really loose it with something like a clipper put to her udder!

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Old 05/25/12, 05:54 PM
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That's what we use and ours don't care as long as they have food in front of them.
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Old 05/25/12, 06:17 PM
 
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Old 05/26/12, 09:04 AM
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SPIKE, I never have trimmed or shaved an udder. Sometimes I don't get any hair in the milk and when I bring it in the house, I strain it, so..... I don't see a need to trim the hairs.
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Old 05/26/12, 09:17 AM
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I use a mustache/beard trimmer on udders. Let her look at it and put her nose on it with it running so she knows what it is.

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Old 05/26/12, 10:26 AM
 
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You shave the udder for to reasons so you don't get hair in your mllk and o you don't pull the hairs when your milking. Mine really don't notice being shaved.
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