Milking the cows

Hello cows!

8 friendly looking cows are grazing the area and provide the hospital with fresh milk every day. As I wrote earlier, the milk is served along with the breakfast, and you can thus enjoy a warm chai latte with milk almost straight from the cow. The cows are milked 2-3 times a day, and when it’s time, the cows go by themselves to the small shed, where the milking takes place.

One of the cows.

Milking by me.

I was curious about the milking, which is done manually, so yesterday I went to have a look at the procedure. I also got the chance to try milking a cow myself.

All the cows have names, which they respond to, and John, who looks after the cows, told me that they also have a certain sequence for the milking. If any of the cows breaks the sequence, the other cows will object.

Milking done by a pro.

John.

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7 Comments

globalunison

Posted July 20, 2012 at 9:00 am | Permalink | Reply

This seems like too much fun! I am sure, ya must have enjoyed too much regardless of the smell!!
-Naima.
- Mitzie Mee
  
  Posted July 20, 2012 at 12:53 pm | Permalink | Reply
  
  It sure was a lot of fun. The smell wasn’t even that bad because we were outside.
  - globalunison
    
    Posted July 20, 2012 at 12:59 pm | Permalink
    
    Oh, cool!!
    -Naima.
Victoria

Posted July 22, 2012 at 6:00 am | Permalink | Reply

I love this post! So real and pure!
- Mitzie Mee
  
  Posted July 23, 2012 at 5:51 am | Permalink | Reply
  
  Thanks. The cows were really friendly and patient.
Oster's Mom

Posted July 27, 2012 at 2:35 pm | Permalink | Reply

So cool!
Rhey

Posted August 4, 2012 at 9:35 pm | Permalink | Reply

that is so cool!