cheap effective milker.

[o&itw]

Found this.... maybe it would be a help to someone here. Maybe on those small teats I hear everyone complaining about.

http://www.bendingtreeranch.com/images/handmilk.pdf

[1sttimemom]

We made one last yr for out of a canning jar, some tubing, and a hand held vacume sealing machine. I can still hand milk pretty good for not having done it for over 20 yrs. Hubby needed some help so we made this for the times when I was working and unable to milk. Not something we would use much but it did work pretty well and goat didn't seem to mind at all.

[ani's ark]

Thats clever, and doesnt have lots of fiddly parts to clean either. I am hand milking just one doe, but want to increase that to 3 each day. I may need to go back to this article to give my hands a rest, small orifices or teats, or like you said, when hubby needs to milk in my place. Thanks.

[Alice In TX/MO]

[iloveafarmer]

I bought a 60cc syringe today for less than $3, going to pull the plunger all the way out, cut off the tapered end so I just have a tube. Put the plunger back in, inserting it from the newly cut-off end and use it the same way as the trigger+tubing idea, but the suction will be from pulling gently down on the plunger. I'm not planning on doing lots of milking that way but it's there in a pinch if necessary.