Farm Experiences
FARM EXPERIENCES includes lots of time with us where we can answer questions and explain in detail more about the farm. We involve you with informal experiences like milking a cow, feeding the calves, chickens, kangaroos etc. Whip cracking, lasso lessons and in general we include you where we can. We are doing people so chatting and sharing while we do our daily chores is the best way to have your farmstay.
Daily Cow Milking
How to Milk a cow:
1. Find a cow - only joking
2. Squeeze your hand as hard as you can
3. Close the finger at the top of the teat to trap the milk
4. Finish this process within 8 minutes
1. Find a cow - only joking
2. Squeeze your hand as hard as you can
3. Close the finger at the top of the teat to trap the milk
4. Finish this process within 8 minutes
Join the cow milking team and try to hand milk a cow. My family has always had we call a house cow, a milker to raises her own calf while she gives us enough milk for the household. In 2015 we purchased a electric milking machine as not all the team members were good milkers and I (Lyn) wanted a holiday and the cows were making a holiday possible. We milk in the afternoon and let her own calf get the mornings milk. Myella was once dairy farm for cream for butter for export to England! Although it is a beef cattle farm we continue to keep a few dairy cows for milk for the fridge.
How many places in the world do farmers allow you to milk their cows? Have you ever wondered why? The slower you are the less milk you get and the likely hood of the cow getting sick. We have a few systems in place to prevent problems and below are some tips to help.
WHY WE HAND MILK
In the 1930's and 1960's Myella was a dairy farm. Cows were milked by machine for the cream to be made into butter and exported to ENGLAND!! When England did not want Aussie butter any more the breed of cows were changed from Dairy to Beef. The farmers kept a few cows to milk for the family so they did not have to buy milk from a shop. These "house cows" were milked by hand as it was more economical on time. Olive's father had a dairy and later house cows, Olive always hand milked the cow for the family food supply, then Lyn did it and now the guests get involved! To help we have changed the breed of the milkers make it safer and easier for guests.
QUIZ QUESTION
Q. When does most of the cream come when milking the cow?
A. Most of the cream comes last.
How many places in the world do farmers allow you to milk their cows? Have you ever wondered why? The slower you are the less milk you get and the likely hood of the cow getting sick. We have a few systems in place to prevent problems and below are some tips to help.
WHY WE HAND MILK
In the 1930's and 1960's Myella was a dairy farm. Cows were milked by machine for the cream to be made into butter and exported to ENGLAND!! When England did not want Aussie butter any more the breed of cows were changed from Dairy to Beef. The farmers kept a few cows to milk for the family so they did not have to buy milk from a shop. These "house cows" were milked by hand as it was more economical on time. Olive's father had a dairy and later house cows, Olive always hand milked the cow for the family food supply, then Lyn did it and now the guests get involved! To help we have changed the breed of the milkers make it safer and easier for guests.
QUIZ QUESTION
Q. When does most of the cream come when milking the cow?
A. Most of the cream comes last.
