Milking Woes and Triumphs

A little over a week ago, milk supply from Rachel had been on a steady decline.  I had been getting around 1.5 gallons per day with her calf still on her and that was pretty good I thought.  But then, Baby Calf began drinking MUCH more than she had been and for 2 days there was NO milk for me!  Well, I was concerned.  I read some on this, I had a LONG talk with Rachel about it and FINALLY I decided it was time to take the Calf off of Momma.  Well, of course, momma didnt like that so much.  I opted to put the calf in a large dog pen and move it close to her momma. They can touch noses and talk to each other, she just can't drink. Now, milk production has never been better. I am getting a little over 2 gallons a day- one gallon goes to the calf and one for me. So, crisis averted!

Here she is drinking up that good milk!

And here is the good stuff on display!