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TwinGates
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Good advice Cari.
p.s. you're right about the baby changing her mindset about being touched! 
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sherry
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Just a question.....I start "touching" my mares at day 320-some object at first, but eventually find that warm cloth comforting to swollen milk glands. I collect collostrum from every mare--I've never had any trouble checking milk. Wonder what I am doing right.......
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Joy
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Never question what you're doing right, just be thankful. 
I always start touching the udders several weeks in advance. Stroking inside of thigh, scratching and cleaning out guk, poking a tiny bit, massaging the udder. At first they object, but I think it's the scratching and cleaning between the teats that gets them. They always just let out a sigh, stretch their necks, and say thank you.
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HFSH
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I started collecting colostrum last year. I collected from my one mare last year. This year I collected from 2 mares. I dont know how much I exactly have, but it's better than nothing! I assume I have about 20-24 ounces at least.
It's really easy to do, albeit a slow tedious process. 
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Joy
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Re collecting colostrum. Be sure to let your vet know you have it. My vet was able to help a foal a few years back because I'd let her know I had the colostrum in the freezer.
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Leena
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Joy, when my canadian mare foaled early this week, she had so much colostrum that we collect 4 cups.
I gave it to the breeding farm and they froze it.
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Michele
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Just thought I would pass this on. I collect colostrum every year from my mares, and this year had to bottle feed a baby for 18 hours until she could get up. When I collect the milk, I use a 60cc syringe with the needle end cut off and the plunger fitted in this end, so the smooth part is fitted over the teat. Milking is done in less than 5 minutes, and I never had a mare object.
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