My adventures in milking.......and being silly!!!

Okay I did not actually milk these cows, LOL, but I did milk a cow Thursday. I had milked some goats by hand ummmmm around 19 years ago, well that dates me now doesn't it, okay actually I was ummm 1 yeah that's it, LOL 1 year old when I milk a goat while in 4-H, LOL. Okay seriously now, that was a long long time ago. And that was by hand!!!

Last Thursday I was invited to help milk cows by Christina, aka the Kansas Milkmaid, when I went and picked up milk and eggs. I helped wash udders and dip them and then did manage to get the ummm geesh I don't know what it's called, the claw I guess, well I got it attached and it worked!!!! Yeah, I also got to spend time scratching darling Missy's head. She is a sweetie, and feed some more grain to another cow, sorry cow I can not remember your name or the name of the ones I helped wash and milk, thank goodness cows can't read or else I might be in trouble!! You know if they could read they would be waiting next time to bat me in the head with a tail for forgetting their names. After all your getting kinda personal washing and dipping an udder and attaching the claw and all, LOL, they would probably be offended.

I felt kinda bad while attaching the claw especially as once it slipped a bit and as a mom who nursed 6 children for a grand total of 8 years, and had a child who bit, I felt soooooo bad. Anyway the claw for those of you who have not milked a cow, uses suction to stay on, okay any other ladies wincing at this thought, remember no hands to hold it just suction. So you can see who I felt a bit bad about the whole thing. I think they forgave me when I poured them a bit of extra grain. Still....................going on now........

I then helped fill milk jugs and wash and clean up. Hmmmmm maybe it will be like an apprenticeship, she can teach me how to do it and then when I am finally able to move back to the country I will be able to milk cows and take care of the equipment, of course then I would really have to remember the names of my cows you never know how the might react to being called another ladies name during milking, LOL.

Have an awesome Sunday

Amy