Buttercup's milk bit odd

We have left milking to Bif up until now. We milked her yesterday because we wanted to check how it was - and perhaps have white russians. Worryingly it had a bit of a funny taste and a watery consistency which didn't separate in to milk and cream. There are no lumps in it which is good as that would mean mastitis - but it could be the start of it.

We think it is because Bif is not managing to drink all she produces. So we have milked her out (ie all of it) twice today (on to the ground and given a bit to the dog who still seems to enjoy it) and it is tasting a bit more normal. We probably got a couple of litres each time although it was hard to say as we didn't keep it all.

We plan on doing that twice a day for a few days and if it has returned to normal then continuing to do it once a day for a while until Bif is a bit bigger and can manage it all.