Colostrum is anywhere from clear to a yellowish color, and it feels oily when you rub it between your fingers.
No. Colostrum will, particularly colostrum that is made for newborn animals like foals, calves, goat kids or lambs.
Colostrum is called "Imoba" in Luhya.
Women who just delivered a baby within 14 days produce colostrum. There is no "best" colostrum.
Sounds like either your milk came in, or your overproducing
It is called Colostrum, very nutrient rich for the baby. Let the babynurse and your milk will come in really well!
For the most part, horse colostrum is not commercially available. I would suggest checking with your equine veterinarian to see if there is a colostrum bank that you could purchase some from.
NOTHING can or should replace Colostrum when feeding a newborn calf. You MUST feed a new baby calf colostrum within 24 hours after it is born. There is nothing man-made or similar than can replace colostrum.
Yes, if you intend to store the milk as colostrum. For the next 24 to 36 hours she will be producing colostrum, and this is not really the kind of milk that you would like to drink. Colostrum is best for baby calves, and should be collected and stored (frozen in the deep freeze) for any orphaned calves that need it ASAP.
Colostrum "changes" into milk 24 to 72 hours after parturition.
Yes. The only reason your body is producing colostrum is because of the pregnancy hormone
Parturition (or birth) is called caving, however, the first milk is called colostrum. This is the same in all mammals including humans.