Thanks for sharing what you feed your cow. It’s so nice that you still get 1.5 gallons calf sharing without separating the calf at all. I get 3/4 gallon from two teats after separating the calf at night. Per day I feed 10lb of custom dairy grain mix, 2lb alfalfa pellets, kelp and free choice minerals and salt plus unlimited pasture. I feel like I should be getting more milk. Maybe it’s our pasture… and I need to start feeding hay.
Sitting your jars of milk in a sink filled with cold water will bring the temperature down faster than putting them in the freezer. The mass of cold water can absorb more heat than the cold air in your freezer. Smaller jars will transfer heat out faster than large jars as they have a larger surface area. This also uses much less electricity, and you don't run the risk of raising the temperature of your frozen food, which can be a problem. This is how commercial dairies pre-cool their milk. It is run through a water cooler heat exchanger, then into a refrigerating vat which brings it down to 4°C.
Thanks for sharing!
I am also in Va! Would love to meet you. I am a grandmother now but have embraced this lifestyle my entire adult life.
Thank you for sharing!
I keep a spray bottle with a bleach/water solution in it for cleaning surfaces after the milk bucket. Just an easy way to do it.
😁 Same we have a spray bottle of bleach/water under pur sink for that reason.
Thanks for sharing what you feed your cow. It’s so nice that you still get 1.5 gallons calf sharing without separating the calf at all. I get 3/4 gallon from two teats after separating the calf at night. Per day I feed 10lb of custom dairy grain mix, 2lb alfalfa pellets, kelp and free choice minerals and salt plus unlimited pasture. I feel like I should be getting more milk. Maybe it’s our pasture… and I need to start feeding hay.
I mix alfalfa with her grain as soon as her production starts to go down. I don't want to make her produce more right now 🤣
Sitting your jars of milk in a sink filled with cold water will bring the temperature down faster than putting them in the freezer. The mass of cold water can absorb more heat than the cold air in your freezer. Smaller jars will transfer heat out faster than large jars as they have a larger surface area.
This also uses much less electricity, and you don't run the risk of raising the temperature of your frozen food, which can be a problem.
This is how commercial dairies pre-cool their milk. It is run through a water cooler heat exchanger, then into a refrigerating vat which brings it down to 4°C.
Thanks for the information 👍