I waited until Starlight's triplets were 5 weeks old before beginning to separate them at night and milk her in the morning. At 6 weeks fresh, she's SO VERY CLOSE to a quart per milking! I am really thrilled with her production. She's probably making more than half a gallon of milk per day at this point, considering I don't relieve her of every bit in the morning (after all, she has three hungry kids that are going to mob her when she gets off the milk stand). Those kids are very efficient at emptying an udder, and nurse all day, so I'm sure they get more than a quart of milk from her during the day. She is a great doe, and I'm so glad to have her!
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