Why do I need One?

It is impossible to tell just by looking, how good the colostrums is. High quality colostrums is critical. In the past we have used a Colostrometer to measure quality. Recently a thing called a BRIX REFRACTOMETER has been found to be even better.

A refractometer, uses light to measure the quality of the colostrums (and sugar content of grapes, grasses etc in other fields)
Advantages of a Brix Refractometer over colostrometer

Much more accurate
Not affected by temperature
Optical ones more robust and compact

Using an Optical Refractometer

It takes a few attempts, but once you have worked it out, they are easy to use.

You put 2 drops of the colostrums onto the glass plate, close the cover, point at the light then look through the eyepiece.
You will see a blue line and you look at what number the line is on.
The higher the number, the better the colostrums.

High readings (>25% Brix) can be a bit blurry to read i.e. the blue-white line is a bit fuzzy. This doesn’t really matter because the low readings are very clear and as long as it’s above 22%Brix, then that is all we are interested in.