Milking camels

[TexasJerseyMilker]

Its a long way to the bucket. https://www.agproud.com/articles/60880-camel-dairies-offer-intriguing-alternative-to-cattle-dairies

 

[Travlr]

Its a long way to the bucket. https://www.agproud.com/articles/60880-camel-dairies-offer-intriguing-alternative-to-cattle-dairies

If anyone should be interested it should be the Aussies. They've got lots of camels down in there neck of the woods.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

They also sell kangaroo tails for meat at gas stations.

 

[wbvs58]

They also sell kangaroo tails for meat at gas stations.

Yum yum.
You don't have to buy them just pick up a few fresh beside the highway of a morning.
Ken

 

[Ouachita]

Yum yum.
You don't have to buy them just pick up a few fresh beside the highway of a morning.
Ken

Sounds like armadillo road kill, if you're lucky enough to fetch one that hadn't been binge drinking.

 

[greybeard]

Dead Possums outnumber dillos along the highways 'round here at least 3:1.

 

[Rafter S]

Possums outnumber dillos along the highways 'round here at least 3:1.

What's the ratio for wild hogs?

 

[Travlr]

What's the ratio for wild hogs?

Can't beat skunks...

 

[greybeard]

What's the ratio for wild hogs?

Not many around here.

(I drove out here for a visit back in 2020 and I swear there was a dead skunk every 1 mile between Gatesville and Brady)

 

[Redgully]

If anyone should be interested it should be the Aussies. They've got lots of camels down in there neck of the woods.

We have a camel farm up the road that sells milk. They bang on about all the health benefits. Cant remember prices but very expensive. They must have strong demand as dont advertise anymore.

 

[Travlr]

We have a camel farm up the road that sells milk. They bang on about all the health benefits. Cant remember prices but very expensive. They must have strong demand as dont advertise anymore.

Well I learned something today. I had to ask Google because I was wondering if camels gave a lot of milk. It appears that the dromedaries like you have only give 5/6 liters per day. The Bactrian camels (two humped) give almost three times as much. Maybe those people selling camel milk need some Bactrian camels, eh?

 

[MurraysMutts]

Well I learned something today. I had to ask Google because I was wondering if camels gave a lot of milk. It appears that the dromedaries like you have only give 5/6 liters per day. The Bactrian camels (two humped) give almost three times as much. Maybe those people selling camel milk need some Bactrian camels, eh?

They store the extra milk in the second hump??

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

According to the camel dairy article at the beginning of this thread Bactrian camels (the 2 hump) are unmilkable and aggressive. The humps are made of stored fat and that flop around when they walk. They are also much hair ier.

 

[Redgully]

Well I learned something today. I had to ask Google because I was wondering if camels gave a lot of milk. It appears that the dromedaries like you have only give 5/6 liters per day. The Bactrian camels (two humped) give almost three times as much. Maybe those people selling camel milk need some Bactrian camels, eh?

Pretty sure we have both types here, running amok in central Australia

 

[Travlr]

Pretty sure we have both types here, running amok in central Australia

Well that's interesting. Since the Bactrian are endangered in their native lands maybe they should take some of yours and transplant them.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

Bactrian camels carried freight on the Silk Road in ancient times. https://factsanddetails.com/china/cat2/sub90/item1104.html

 

[Logan52]

Something about camels, and their llama and alpaca cousins, just does not appeal to my eye.
It may be genetic.

 

[Ky hills]

Something about camels, and their llama and alpaca cousins, just does not appeal to my eye.
It may be genetic.

I had a llama for a while when I had sheep. I reckon it was because I wasn't familiar with them, I was always a little leery of that rascal. We had him gelded but had to get him away from the sheep as they needed protecting from him.
Pretty animal though.
I see where they have sold a few camels during the stockyard horse sales at Lee City KY.
I heard one brought $9500.
It was said that when he got a little excited and jumped around a little the the sale ring cleared.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

I agree the entire camelid family is weird and goofy looking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelidae

"Camelids are even-toed ungulates classified in the order Artiodactyla, along with species including whales, pigs, deer, cattle, and antelopes. " But whales don't have any toes . . . .

 

[Redgully]

Something about camels, and their llama and alpaca cousins, just does not appeal to my eye.
It may be genetic.

Im right there with you. My kids do alpaca handling at the local shows and i always get asked if im getting some, i just tell everyone alpacas are just a stepping stone to cattle. My older two only handle cattle now. They are off on a handling camp right now.