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
Read more…Last year I purchased raw goat milk in half-gallon containers and have just started again this year as it became available. (My doe is still nursing and I am only milking a little each day for us to both get the hang of it and will start separating
Read more…No one ever talks about making goat butter! I want to make butter. Does it work? Why does No One ever talk about making this delicious, yummy stuff? I want butter with garlic and herbs in it spread on fresh hot toast! YUMMY!
Read more…Does anyone freeze milk to use for cheese making in the winter? Right now, it seems like we don't have time to make cheese and I wondered if I pasturize and then freeze it, if it would work.
Read more…I just made my first sour cream. I bought culture packets, poured one in with the cream and set it out in a warm place for approx 15 hours, per instructions. It thickened up nice and has the sour cream flavor, but it is much less tangy and flavorfu
Read more…Now don't laugh.
Does anyone have music playing before and during milking? I'm trying to think of ways for Capri to be more relaxed (or maybe me <g>). If anyone has tried it - does it work and what type of music do you use? I figured probably a ra
Read more…Hi folks,
I am wondering if Fight Bac is OK to use if kids are still with the doe nursing all day? Mine are separate each night and I want to use it after a.m. milking but not if the active ingredient is harmful to kids. I have not had much luck find
Read more…I am just wondering what exactly are the health risks of drinking the milk of a goat that has recently been wormed? I know there is a 2 week milk withdrawl, but why exactly?
Read more…Well, folks, my two youngest granddaughters were here this afternoon (4 and 11). I promised Victoria when she visited again she could milk Capri even though we wouldn't get much milk. That little stinker got 1/4 cup even though Ginger had been with
Read more…So, I have discovered that I dearly LOVE the taste of my ND's milk. It tastes just like cows milk one would never know they were drinking goat milk.
Because I loved the milk so much, but was not getting enough for myself and 2 bottle babies, I deci
Read more…Just wanted to say quickly, I was getting some wanky milk out of my doe & didn't know why. I searched it on the forum and found an article somebody (probably Deborah) linked. I followed every step it said to take and finally got a good flavor this
Read more…I bought this last year and have not been able to get it to work.
http://hambydairysupply.com/xcart/product.php?productid=383&page=1
I have seen it work at the dairy I bought our goats from up in Vermont. But I can't get mine to work.
Read more…My goat freshened last year for the first time. She had 2 kids - when I would milk her she was sensitive to my milking on one teat. I noticed the kids seemed to prefer one over the other.
Now she is bout 2 weeks away from kidding. That same teat she
Read more…Today was my first attempt at milking after seperating momma and babies last night for about 9 hrs. The kids are 5 weeks today. I only got a couple tablespoons. Now I'm worried I will do more harm than good by not letting kids nurse all night and get
Read more…Now that my first doe has kidded (with a single 4 lbd. buckling), I'm beginning to milk her. I'm not taking her baby away from her, just milking AM and PM, attempting to keep her udder even and help her produce more milk. The first attempt she was
Read more…Help! I can't seem to find basic information about HOW to find where you can get in on a one-day milk testing. I see lots of rules and regs on the ADG site, but I really just want to know WHERE to go or who I need to talk to. Does anyone out there
Read more…I have a Surge Belly milker with teat cups that was set up for cow. I need the inflators for ND do I need a different size teat cups or can I use the ones I have?
Read more…So I brought home my first goat this weekend. She is in milk... sort of. She has a pretty high production pedigree. Usually kids triplets or quads, but this time she she had a single doeling. The breeder I bought her from did not milk her. I was tol
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