Post by donnaclyde47 on Jul 30, 2023 18:29:25 GMT -5
I have an eight year-old Jersey that I got on June 3rd, after finding out my three girls were open and not going to calve this summer. She was 30 minutes away, a good deal, and tested clean, so I bought her with the intention of keeping her for milk until my other cows calved. The people I got her from bought her from a vet that I’m familiar with, and they just wanted the heifer out of her for their granddaughter to show. So once the heifer hit three months, they sold her to me. They had only milked her for ten days in the beginning, and then put another calf on her. They said she’s never had mastitis. I tested her for Staph A and she was negative. Her back left quarter is slightly bigger than the back right, so it milks out slightly more.
Last night at my 5:00 p.m. milking she came in and the back left quarter was very firm. Not hot, but seemed firmer. I strained the milk when I got in and there were two clumps in it. I went back out around 8:30 and gave her Pulsatilla, rubbed Dynamint on her bag and worked more milk out as my daughter hand-milked that quarter.
Then at this morning’s milking, there were two very, very tiny “clumps” in the filter. I gave her Pulsitilla again and also Byronia. Then my daughter hand-milked her in the field around 1:30 p.m., gave more Pulsatilla, and said she didn’t see any clumps. Then at tonight’s milking, Pulsatilla and Dynamint and massaging the udder. When I filtered the milk, nothing.
So could the clumps be just an injury, or me not milking her all the way out the previous night? Usually we have to pull down slightly on the claw on that quarter to make the milk flow better, and I might not have done that the night before. Could leftover milk be the cause?
Also, I usually don’t filter my milk, but now friends have wanted milk and so I’ll filter it if I’m giving it to them. It takes sooooo long to filter! When I turn over the round filter, there’s just a layer of yellow cream. Her cream is like soft-serve ice cream once separated and in the fridge. Does anyone else have a problem filtering their milk?
Last night at my 5:00 p.m. milking she came in and the back left quarter was very firm. Not hot, but seemed firmer. I strained the milk when I got in and there were two clumps in it. I went back out around 8:30 and gave her Pulsatilla, rubbed Dynamint on her bag and worked more milk out as my daughter hand-milked that quarter.
Then at this morning’s milking, there were two very, very tiny “clumps” in the filter. I gave her Pulsitilla again and also Byronia. Then my daughter hand-milked her in the field around 1:30 p.m., gave more Pulsatilla, and said she didn’t see any clumps. Then at tonight’s milking, Pulsatilla and Dynamint and massaging the udder. When I filtered the milk, nothing.
So could the clumps be just an injury, or me not milking her all the way out the previous night? Usually we have to pull down slightly on the claw on that quarter to make the milk flow better, and I might not have done that the night before. Could leftover milk be the cause?
Also, I usually don’t filter my milk, but now friends have wanted milk and so I’ll filter it if I’m giving it to them. It takes sooooo long to filter! When I turn over the round filter, there’s just a layer of yellow cream. Her cream is like soft-serve ice cream once separated and in the fridge. Does anyone else have a problem filtering their milk?