Comments on: And Then She Kicked Me

By: Rebecca V.

Rebecca V. — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:17:07 +0000

just found your blog earlier this week. I love reading it! Congrats on the milking! :thumbsup:

By: Mikey

Mikey — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:41:59 +0000

My mom told me you were doing this, lol. She said as I walked in her house “did you know Suzanne McMinn is milking goats?”
Did you ever wonder how many people say that each day now? Mind boggling…
Props to your dad, who is obviously a rockin milker You too, you too!!! But seriously, he knows what he’s doing. Gets right down to business.
You bring back such memories. I spent my childhood milking LOTS of goats (thanks mom) and I don’t miss it one bit. Me, I’ll stick to falling off my horse and hitting my head on a rock (yesterday) rather than milk another goat, lol.
But you keep on keeping on girl, you give us a lot of laughs over here in Arizona. We love ya!

By: Margie

Margie — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:55:00 +0000

Been there, done that. Just be patient and you will get the hang of milking, and so will Clover. Talk to her and rub her udder before trying to milk her. Hope by now you are getting more than two tablespoons. The milk makes good butter, but you have to have a cream separator (sp). Keep up the good work. Margie

By: maude

maude — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:14:46 +0000

wow, the olympics are on, and here i am cheering over a tablespoonful of milk…really, i am!
home-made feta cheese, roasted and sliced chicken plus crispy bacon, garden fresh tomatoes, lettuce and “bought” olives…all drizzled with olive oil/vinegar… between 2 slices of grandmother bread…yum!

By: Jodie

Jodie — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:13:29 +0000

Milk! Glorious milk! I’m so thrilled for you. But I think you do need Georgia. Maybe she has some sage milking advise or experience. Doesn’t your cousin have cows?

By: Suzanne, the Farmer's Wife

Suzanne, the Farmer's Wife — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:59:30 +0000

WOO HOO….a tablespoon! It takes awhile for the goats to settle down and let you milk them.

The goat cheese is gonna be great. I swear.

- Suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife

By: Susan K from Ohio

Susan K from Ohio — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:21:24 +0000

Wow, Suzanne! You have 80 comments right now – way to go! There’s nothing better than free publicity. Of course, you, your blog and your farm are great so one should expect nothing less. *grin* Conga-rats on the milk. This was such a fun post!

By: KathyB.

KathyB. — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:53:33 +0000

Hooray ! You got some milk on your first milking ! When I had dairy goats the first milking of a doe was usually the most difficult milking . One particular doe did NOT want to be milked. Period. I used every trick in the book, and I have many, many expert friends….but this doe would not go peacefully to her milking, nor allow herself to be milked. Many a freezing morning I was covered in hot milk quickly freezing on me. One day, as I had her front AND back legs tied to the milking stand, her head enclosed in the standard milk stand which allowed her to eat her morning ration of grain…gosh darn it, she wobbled her whole dang body and leaned and swayed. THAT DID IT!!!! I yelled, “If you kick that bucket you are goin’ to the auction”, and for the very first time I realized where the term “kick the bucket ” came from. In the dairy business, if you have a wild , uncontrollable animal you cannot milk, they go to the auction, a place where animals bought usually end up in the stew pot.

Anyway, miraculously, that milking was the last difficult milking from her. We made our peace…I made a lot of goat milk soap, and we were happy.KathyB.

By: Egghead

Egghead — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:22:29 +0000

This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. And those photos are so darned cute of Clover looking up at you. I you!

By: Kalin

Kalin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:04:39 +0000

Congrats on the milking success!

I’ve got one of those horse toys for my boy. He mostly just licks it and occasionally chews on it.