After my son milks the cow, we bring in the milk to filter it. Then the milk will either be drunk, turned into yogurt, or the cream turned into butter.
The milker by itself weighs quite a bit. It's no simple task for him to carry a full milk jug into the house, along with the tubes so that it doesn't spill everywhere while he carries it in! I'm glad to have a strong boy!
We got this fancy filter bowl that we use to filter the milk with. Since we have a machine, it sucks any small gnats or bugs into the milk and this little filter catches all of them.
We love our milk because it doesn't smell cow-y. It has a good amount of cream on the top after it sits in the fridge for a while. We try to filter and put it in the fridge as soon as possible.
Every few days I take the cream I've pulled off the top of the milk and turn it into butter. I use my food processor to do it and it takes about 20 minutes. This butter was pretty yellow - it must have been right after she gave birth (it was in the freezer). The color can also depend on what she's eaten that day - the quality of the grass.
We're always happy to have fresh milk, butter, and yogurt from the milk!