Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Maybe all gathered milk is collected is a container that is not agitated, thus cream separation, and some jugs get more cream, some get less? -----Original Message-----From: Tricia Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:15 AMTo: RawDairy Subject: Soooo Much CreamMy last two pick ups of milk have been nearly half cream. Why would that be? It's great, but I was just wondering. My farmer didn't get new Guernseys or anything.TriciaPLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING!Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information!http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 It would seem common sense that in the winter milk would contain more fat for calves in the cold. Our milk has been creamier too. -----Original Message----- From: Tricia My last two pick ups of milk have been nearly half cream. Why would that be? It's great, but I was just wondering. My farmer didn't get new Guernseys or anything. Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Well I have gone into the milk house and the spicket the milk comes out of is at the base of the big stainless drums. So wouldn't it be less cream...plus it makes a ton of noise so I imagine something (other then my ears) is being agitated. Tricia > Maybe all gathered milk is collected is a container that is not agitated, > thus cream separation, and some jugs get more cream, some get less? > Soooo Much Cream > > > > My last two pick ups of milk have been nearly half cream. Why > would that be? It's great, but I was just wondering. My farmer > didn't get new Guernseys or anything. > Tricia > > > > > > PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING! > Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information! > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/ > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Huh. Good to know. I hadn't thought that the cow body would make more fat for it's calves...duh! I just thought about the winter diet. Thanks, Tricia In RawDairy , " dandelion " < dandelion@m...> wrote: > It would seem common sense that in the winter milk would contain more > fat for calves in the cold. Our milk has been creamier too. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tricia [mailto:wrappedriddle@y...] > > > My last two pick ups of milk have been nearly half cream. Why > would that be? It's great, but I was just wondering. My farmer > didn't get new Guernseys or anything. > Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 In the wild, don't most aminals have young in the spring time? at the time of the best food supply, fresh young grass? I would have guessed that % fat would be regulated by diet? -----Original Message-----From: Tricia Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:14 PMTo: RawDairy Subject: Re: Soooo Much CreamHuh. Good to know. I hadn't thought that the cow body would make more fat for it's calves...duh! I just thought about the winter diet. Thanks,TriciaIn RawDairy , "dandelion" <dandelion@m...> wrote:> It would seem common sense that in the winter milk would contain more> fat for calves in the cold. Our milk has been creamier too.> > > > -----Original Message-----> From: Tricia [mailto:wrappedriddle@y...] > > > My last two pick ups of milk have been nearly half cream. Why > would that be? It's great, but I was just wondering. My farmer > didn't get new Guernseys or anything.> TriciaPLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING!Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information!http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 That is what I orginally thought, also. Tricia > > It would seem common sense that in the winter milk would > contain more > > fat for calves in the cold. Our milk has been creamier too. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tricia [mailto:wrappedriddle@y...] > > > > > > My last two pick ups of milk have been nearly half cream. Why > > would that be? It's great, but I was just wondering. My farmer > > didn't get new Guernseys or anything. > > Tricia > > > > > > PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING! > Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information! > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/ > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 One of my jerseys gave more than 1/2 cream at the end of her last lactation. I read that cream content increases at this point. Interesting, though, this year we're on an extra-long lactation since they calved last winter and I wanted to change them over to summer calving and so far her cream hasn't gone up that much. I'm thinking it could have to do with BOTH point of lactation and point of pregnancy. Anyway, consider yourself blessed! Make some extra butter for the freezer! Speaking of cream, I had a " duh " moment recently when I found myself putting both buttermilk and melted butter in my pancake mix... why not just put cream, or slightly soured cream in place of both and save the work of making the butter.. so now I use cream or sour cream for soaking flour whenever I would normally be adding oil or melted butter to the final batter. Meg > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 I'm also getting this much cream from my house-cow at the moment. I put it down to her diet as she's only two months into this lactation. I've been feeding her 2 cups of molasses daily (initially started this to treat mild ketosis) along with 1 biscuit of lucerne and she's 24/7 on good pasture. The calves she's feeding and I love it;-) Cheers Midge Towards the end of lactation cows do produce more cream for sure. > > My last two pick ups of milk have been nearly half cream. Why > > would that be? It's great, but I was just wondering. My farmer > > didn't get new Guernseys or anything. > > Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 I know I'm way behind on my emails here. ;-) Cows/goats will have an increase in butterfat near the end of their lactation and as the milk quanity decreases. So, if most of his cows have been milking a while that would explain the increased cream. I have milking does that early in their lactation when they are milking a lot will only be in the high 3% to a 4% butterfat. Then when their production goes down after they have been fresh a while their butterfat goes up into the 7-8% range!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :-) Shelton, WA (NW of Olympia) @ Jekuthiel.com Jekuthiel means: God will support -- Luke 12:29-31 <>< http://Jekuthiel.com/ --come visit!!! (Last Updated 2/16) Registered Nubian Dairy Goats (Buck Service Available) 2005 Kids have started arriving!! Check out my " For Sale " page & home to a bred Jersey Cow to freshen Mar/Apr!! -------------------------------------------------- **Jekuthiel's Handmade Gifts!** Silhouette Potholders'n Wall-hangings, Shawls & Appliquéd Goat Shirts!!! Breeding & Records Calendars! *NEW* Regular Calendars Cross-Stitch Patterns! *NEW* Fur Scarf/Boas!! *NEW* Magic Fur Scarf/Shrug!! http://jekuthiel.com/gifts.html (Last Updated 2/10) **Online Shopping Cart!** -------------------------------------------------- Proud Sister of TWO US Marines (Sgt & LCpl)!!! http://Jekuthiel.com/MarineEGA.html http://stores.ebay.com/jekuthielshandmadegifts Re: Soooo Much Cream > Huh. Good to know. I hadn't thought that the cow body would > make more fat for it's calves...duh! I just thought about the winter > diet. > Thanks, > Tricia > > In RawDairy , " dandelion " < > dandelion@m...> wrote: > > It would seem common sense that in the winter milk would > contain more > > fat for calves in the cold. Our milk has been creamier too. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tricia [mailto:wrappedriddle@y...] > > > > My last two pick ups of milk have been nearly half cream. Why > > would that be? It's great, but I was just wondering. My farmer > > didn't get new Guernseys or anything. > > Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 [Tricia] Well I have gone into the milk house and the spicket the milk comes out of is at the base of the big stainless drums. So wouldn't it be less cream...plus it makes a ton of noise so I imagine something (other then my ears) is being agitated. [MAP] It's very likely that the milk was simply scooped from the top of the tank instead of let through the spigot. I've found a good deal of alternation between these methods depending on trivial circumstantial factors, and even when an agitator is run the top-scooped stuff has always had half-jar cream lines in my experience. If in fact the unusually creamy batches you got were from the spigot, then it's probably just the late-stage-lactation effect, which can be pretty dramatic, and it's surely common for farmers selling milk to eke out every last day of milk production beyond normal weening timing. I'm very skeptical of the winter theory someone suggested, but I'm no expert and I'd love to see more evidence bearing on that idea. I seriously doubt the season/temperature has anything to do with it. Mike SE Pennsylvania The best way to predict the future is to invent it. --Alan Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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