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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 814077" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Each teat individually is finished milking when you can no longer pull a strong squirt of milk - little dribbles don't count, leave 'em in for next time.</p><p>You're trying for too long... get used to what milk letdown feels like as you're milking her, it's the natural hormonal action and may take a couple of minutes to kick-in after you start handling her udder. While the hormone is in effect the teat should fill and draw easily; it doesn't last much more than twenty minutes and to save yourself and her stress you probably shouldn't be sitting with her for longer than ten minutes at a time.</p><p></p><p>Oddly enough, I disagree with the suggestion that dairy cows need grain to milk... (mine are grassfed and don't see any apart from a little starter when they're baby calves up to about 4 - 5 months old) but the comments about her being in late lactation are right; her milk is on the way down and if you're not successful at this stage at encouraging and harvesting production there won't be anything worth having shortly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 814077, member: 9267"] Each teat individually is finished milking when you can no longer pull a strong squirt of milk - little dribbles don't count, leave 'em in for next time. You're trying for too long... get used to what milk letdown feels like as you're milking her, it's the natural hormonal action and may take a couple of minutes to kick-in after you start handling her udder. While the hormone is in effect the teat should fill and draw easily; it doesn't last much more than twenty minutes and to save yourself and her stress you probably shouldn't be sitting with her for longer than ten minutes at a time. Oddly enough, I disagree with the suggestion that dairy cows need grain to milk... (mine are grassfed and don't see any apart from a little starter when they're baby calves up to about 4 - 5 months old) but the comments about her being in late lactation are right; her milk is on the way down and if you're not successful at this stage at encouraging and harvesting production there won't be anything worth having shortly. [/QUOTE]
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