I am not quite sure how to handle this situation. Any advice would be most appreciated. We have 3 does: 2 adults Honey and Clover, and Honey's doeling who is now 13 weeks old. And we have 2 fenced areas. The primary area that the goats love is partia
Read more…I must brag about my Capri! This is the first time I have let milk be here as long as a week. When I started to give some of this to my kitty, I took a second look - methinks her butterfat is just fine!!!
This is as good as our milk cow we had when
Read more…Hey guys,
My doe Crescent has been giving me about 2 cups of milk a day. 1 cup morning and night. Lately she is only giving me 1/2 cup at each milking now.
Is she trying to dry herself off? Can they do that?
She kidded in March and I have only been m
Read more…I am planning to have four to five does kid at the same time some day in the future, but I don't want to be milking more than two or three. I'd like to choose the best two or three milkers and keep milking them. If I dry off the others early will t
Read more…I am wondering how much grain people are giving their does when they put them on the stanchion to milk. Hubby tends to give just 1 cup, but when she is out of grain she starts dancing and gets restless and occasionally kicks the milk pail over. I g
Read more…I'm only milking one goat presently, my sweet 9 year old goat Bella. She's a good milker and is gentle, but not wanting to leave well enough alone......I was wondering if I could try using an old human electric brest pump on her. She seems a good g
Read more…Friends have full-size goats with the dad wanting to make and sell cheese. Right now they have two adult does, one that just had a false pregnancy and the other they are starting to dry up. They have either two or three kids (does) coming up as we
Read more…We used Ricki Carroll's book, Home Cheese Making, to make ricotta from whole goats milk using a 1/4 cup vinegar and it did not make much cheese. It is supposed to make 2 pounds from a gallon. What did we do wrong? We heated the milk to 195 and then
Read more…I had my first goat cheese curds my mom got at a farmers market. It was good! I was the only one who liked it though!
Read more…Aloha
I was just wondering if anyone is making lotion with their goat's milk...and how that was working out...
Mahalo Deb
Read more…Could on of those fat separators work to get the cream off the top???? When our milk stays in the fridge there is at least 1/2 to an inch of cream at the top and thought about making some butter... Thoughts???
Read more…Hey guys, this is my first year for milking. I am working on a doe right now who's kid was sold last week.
My first question is how do I go about teaching her to lead? I have to walk her about 100ft. to the milking stand and so far walking her on a l
Read more…I have been milking my 2 FF 2x a day since Dec or so.They freshened in Sept.They are both bred again for another Sept freshening.I will be drying them off in the end of June.Right now they are producing as well as they have been all along.Maybe even
Read more…Has anyone had experience with brewer's mash?
This evening, I picked up some brewer's mash from a friend which she got from a local organic micro-brewery for her hens. I'm hoping Capri likes the mash.
A man we knew years ago made a very nice living
Read more…When I first got my chickens, and later my milking goats, I realized just HOW MUCH our society is disconnected with their food...
Yet even with only chickens, I failed to TRULY understand the balance between myself and my food. It wasn't until I was
Read more…The doe I almost got rid of because she was giving so little milk last year, compared to my other one has become a keeper. I am weighing all the milk that comes into the house and she has managed to outshine the other two this morning! I am impressed
Read more…How long after a does freshens do you NOT drink the milk? I have 6 does that range from 12 to 5 days fresh. My milk seems to get a funny taste after 2 days in the fridge... I worked on a cow dairy for 8 years and after 3-5 days we taked the milk.. gr
Read more…Since Truffle's baby died, if I dont' milk her she'll dry right off. I have been milking her, partly just because it might be my only chance to find out if my experimental training worked. (which it seems to have worked, yay!)
Anyway if I keep he
Read more…Do you shave the udders of your milking does?
A friend who I visited last week and observed her milking said to be sure to shave the udder. I understand why she shaves hers as she has full-size goats. With the much smaller udder, it seems like it w
Read more…The twins are just over two weeks old. I held them off of Ginger overnight last night, and milked her this morning. The milk tastes "off" to me. Not goaty, but tangier than it did when I bought her in milk. Do you think this might be partly to do wit
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