What a beautiful start to the Lord's day ~
I can feel it's going to be a good day.
I noticed yesterday Miss Kiddies udder looked odd. One side was much more full than the other side. I searched for hours last night as to the potential cause for this and came up with people saying take her immediately to the vet, and others saying, milk her and she should be good.
So this morning when I get to church I ask a friend who lives on a farm if she or her hubby knows anything about goats. She begins to tell me a horror story about getting 2 two-month old babies that got stomped to death by her donkey. Sigh ... Sniff ... NOT HELPING ~ but then she remembered a lady who's husband does have goats so she walked me down to her Sunday School class.
Most people would feel strange about walking up to a perfect stranger and asking them about udders and teats. Not me ... It needed to be ask, inquiring minds needed to know.
She says, I don't know a thing about them, let me call my husband. So she calls her husband and puts him on the phone with me. I began to give him my most knowledgeable voice, saying I think she may be having some suspensory ligament issues ( I read that last night ) and he busts in on my biology dissertation with "just milk that tit a couple times and it should be fine. If you milk her and it looks like cottage cheese, you need to give her a shot for mastitis. OK..." I said " ummm...OK ~ well, to be honest with you, I've never actually milked my goat." There was a brief moment of silence and then he said " Well it ain't hard just grab the tit, squeeze, don't strip and you'll be fine. Call me if you need anything else, I'd be might happy to help ya." "OK, thank you"
After the phone call I wish I had that conversation outside of church. I get that most of the country folk call a TEAT the other word, but my delicate senses were assaulted.
As would be Miss Kiddies teat later I feared.
Poor Miss Kiddy had no idea by days end I would go where no one had gone before.
So Dan and I arm ourselves with the needed supplies and went after the unsuspecting little caprine. Dan caught her and put her on the table and I began to do what I had watched on YouTube at least 4 times.
NOTHIN ~ Not a drop ...
I kept telling Dan I just had to find my rhythm. He would say "let me try" ~ NO~ I'm goat girl ... I will do it... Have you watched the YouTube video's on the proper milking procedure of a Nigerian Dwarf Goat?
No, I didn't think so ... but after 5 minutes I was ready to let him try.
We switched positions and I began to oversee his work "Don't strip it, you will mess up the teat" Don't...
"Is that Milk" ?? " Yes honey " WHAT ??
"Oh...ummm, it must have been clogged and I got it unclogged for you.
Humph... Great Job Honey"
Whateverrrr...
So after he got her warmed up, I jumped in and we milked away ~ just gotta find that rhythm.
Milk looked great, "udder" went down, all is well !!
So for you my caprine lovin sista ~ I found the BEST pictures that show proper confirmation for Nigerians. I know you don't have any now, but if you know anyone this is a great link.
http://www.kidnacres.com/id16.html
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