Milking Our Family Cows Part 3

Two days before our move we shot some video of how we milked the cows at our old homestead.There are 4 parts of our milking routine in our straw-bale buildings and the various aspects of their up kept. There is a short video at the end of the last video our arrival at our new farm

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[dionysusstar]

Can you cook with the milk? Or do you just make it into other products (cheese,etc.) and drink it directly? On average how much milk is produced per cow per milking? I'd love to see how to make the cheese, etc.

[pocketsofthefuture]

We are going to make videos about processing milk as well as my wife baking bread, using her grain grinder, etc. We try not to cook the milk if possible as raw milk is much more alive with enzymes and healthy flora. We cook milk to make mozzarella and other cheeses, yogurt, cottage cheese, but we make kefir, butter, whipped cream with raw milk. How to's are on our web site. Milk volume fluctuates. They give the most right after calving and it decreases each month thereafter.

[pocketsofthefuture]

Providing our family with unprocessed milk full of vitality, enzymes and other nutrients is why we have gone so far as to keep our own cows and goats and hand milk them. So, no, we do not pasteurize any of our milk. Aside from preserving nutrients, minimal handling of the delicate milk (i.e. only filtering it and then quickly chilling it) leaves it very sweet tasting.

[rickydink63]

Kindred spirits. Great video and I liked the way you quick cool the milk. Raw milk is the best!!!

[lizzykat2]

Milking cows are sooo much fun

[dionysusstar]

What do you do with the milk you do not drink? or do you usually drink all of it? There are non electric pressure pump machinery for pumping the milk from the cows. Why do you choose to hand milk? Is it harmful for the cows to have machinery of any kind? How long will the milk keep once in the fridge? How do you filter the milk once it's in the pail to put it in the jars?

[OldtimeFiddler]

Just out of curiosity do you pasteurize your milk? I want to try and milk goats in the future and not pasteurize but I was curious if you do or not?