Willow had twins and Willow has one udder and two teats. Each kid favoured one teat and all was well until kid Harry was rehomed last week. When I opened up the goat shed this morning I noticed that Willow’s udder was lopsided. I had been watching kid Meghan and saw that she only fed from the left side and now the right side looked bigger and felt warm to the touch.

I called Jeremy and we tied Willow up in the goat shed, gave her some food treats and I cuddled and stroked her while Jeremy milked the distended side into a stainless steel pan

She was as good as gold and gave about a pint of milk

We won’t start using the milk until our techniques are as sterile as we can achieve. I am going for a milking lesson, on Thursday, with a new friend in a neighbouring village who has a herd of goats. We are starting yet another project. Gables cheese anyone?