tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post1728225146065069187..comments2023-05-12T10:23:10.960-05:00Comments on Patch O' Dirt Farm: Ugly weatherNadjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092566609789390592noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-17939391808102801922008-12-11T09:39:00.000-06:002008-12-11T09:39:00.000-06:00WOW!! I can't wait!! We get a little more than 2 ...WOW!! I can't wait!! We get a little more than 2 gal a day- but we leave the calf on and just seperate them at night for a morning milking--by hand (my 2 girls-one per side Amish-style :D) each of my 1/2 gal jars has maybe 2 in of cream on top-but it is the skinny top part of the jar :DDandelionmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03954663129061767055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-63769615273986926762008-12-10T15:40:00.000-06:002008-12-10T15:40:00.000-06:00Whoa, yeah they hold back the cream! they can do ...Whoa, yeah they hold back the cream! they can do it because it is in the hind milk. First comes the thin, thirst-quenching stuff, then the high-calorie stuff (same is true of just about every mammal, by the way). Until we keep the calf away from the cow completely, we never see more than an inch of cream. Now I am able to skim nearly a quart of cream off and still leave some behind.<BR/><BR/>Nadjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11092566609789390592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-84822418993270866652008-12-10T09:09:00.000-06:002008-12-10T09:09:00.000-06:00whoa!!! they hold back the cream???!? how do they ...whoa!!! they hold back the cream???!? how do they do THAT?? Is MY cow doing that?? I will have more cream later??? Not THAT much I know--you have the cream-of-the-crop cow for cream-mine is a skim-milk cow but I will be happy with more!!Dandelionmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03954663129061767055noreply@blogger.com