[Jacob-list] milking Jacob

[Lindsay Oaster]

Good point about the stress on the ewe.  I'd wondered about that myself.

I've expressed a bit of milk out of two of my ewes this year, and it was no
easy task -- I certainly wouldn't want to be doing that daily.  A friend
with dairy goats showed me how to milk them out, and the difference was
like night and day. If we go the milk route it'll probably be with a goat.

-Lindsay



On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Sue Roenke <oliveoyl_123 at hotmail.com>wrote:


>  Besides, it takes so much out of them to nurse their young, I couldn't

> imagine trying to milk more, unless a ewe lost a lamb.  Marie has expressed

> milk from them when necessary (too hard for lamb to nurse, etc.) but it is

> not an easy thing to do!

> Sue

> www.spothollowfarm.com

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> From: fourhornfarm at frontier.com

> To: hobbyknobfarm at gmail.com; c.elliemay at gmail.com

> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:25:43 -0400

> CC: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com

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> Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] milking Jacob

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> I agree. The Jacob breed is suppose to have small teats on the ewes and

> this would make it very difficult to milk them.

>

>  *From:* Elizabeth Strub <hobbyknobfarm at gmail.com>

> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 24, 2012 1:02 PM

> *To:* Arlene says hello <c.elliemay at gmail.com>

> *Cc:* jacob-list at jacobsheep.com

> *Subject:* Re: [Jacob-list] milking Jacob

>

> After milking dairy goats, I wouldn't even want to try and milk a Jacob.

> Teats are too small, the sheep are too jumpy. Just my opinion.

>

> Elizabeth B. Strub

> www.hobbyknobfarm.com

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> On Apr 24, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Arlene says hello <c.elliemay at gmail.com>

> wrote:

>

>  Can you use Jacob sheep for dairy also?

>

>

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