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<blockquote data-quote="paintedwolfranch" data-source="post: 819399" data-attributes="member: 16381"><p>I guess I'm not understanding why you're wanting to wean the calf and keep her milking. Do you want the milk or are you wanting to keep the cow lactating so you can put another calf on her when you're ready? If you don't want the milk and you don't need to keep her lactating, I'd dry her up. The easiest way to do it is to go cold turkey, but put the cow on low-value type feed (like cane or grass hay) to cut her natural milk production as much as possible. If you need to keep her lactating but don't want the milk, I think I'd just keep the calf on her. That big calf'll pull down a lot of milk and keep your cow in full production until you've got another calf ready. If you are just wanting the milk, the machine may work but dairy cows need to be trained to let their milk down to the machine. They also need to be trained to let their milk down to the guy milking. If your cow's only had calves suck her, this could be the reason that you aren't getting much milk when you try to milk by hand. Have you tried milking her on one side when the calf's sucking the other? You might see different results with this approach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paintedwolfranch, post: 819399, member: 16381"] I guess I'm not understanding why you're wanting to wean the calf and keep her milking. Do you want the milk or are you wanting to keep the cow lactating so you can put another calf on her when you're ready? If you don't want the milk and you don't need to keep her lactating, I'd dry her up. The easiest way to do it is to go cold turkey, but put the cow on low-value type feed (like cane or grass hay) to cut her natural milk production as much as possible. If you need to keep her lactating but don't want the milk, I think I'd just keep the calf on her. That big calf'll pull down a lot of milk and keep your cow in full production until you've got another calf ready. If you are just wanting the milk, the machine may work but dairy cows need to be trained to let their milk down to the machine. They also need to be trained to let their milk down to the guy milking. If your cow's only had calves suck her, this could be the reason that you aren't getting much milk when you try to milk by hand. Have you tried milking her on one side when the calf's sucking the other? You might see different results with this approach. [/QUOTE]
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