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Questions about Milking..

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questions about milking routine

I have 2 FF that are nursing their kids.The kids are 7 and 8 weeks old and most definitely eating regular food.lots of it.It has been a little over 3 weeks now that I close the kids in overnight and milk in the morning.One questions is : does anybody

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Seasoning the cheese....

What can you put in cheese? Dried or fresh herbs or spices???? Going to try my hand at it...

 

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Udder pictures and milking!

Okay, I am happy :-)  We have been short on milk as I waited for does to freshen and reach the point I could milk, and this morning was the 2 week mark and slightly less for my just freshened girls :-) I am loving it! So, I put some pictures up on Fa

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Quart a day?

Is this a lot for a Nigerian? Or Pygmy for that matter since that's what I am milking. I have one doe that just freshened and is giving me at least a quart a day just by herself. What is the most your best doe has given in a day.

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Depressed Doe = Less Milk?

Our doe's two kids went to a new home this past Sunday. We had been milking her for a month, mornings only, by separating the kids at night and then milking 12 hours later. She kidded at the beginning of July, but we waited four weeks to start separa

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Cost of keeping dairy goats

At the moment I am thing of 2 or 3 does and stager the breeding so that I have milk year round. My biggest concern is the cost of maintaining the goats. With enough land and browse does one come out at least even with the milk,cheese, butter produced

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Henry Milker

Okay, calling Rachel to the milker discussion please :)

 

I want to use the henry milker on my doe but she is still skittish with it. I tried last night but couldn't really get any milk out of her with it. What am I doing wrong, cause this morning I

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Supplies

I'm thinking of purchasing an Udderly EZ Milker.  My dwarf has tiny teats, and I have weakness in my hands, so it is a real struggle for both of us at milking time.  Do any of you have experience with this equipment?  It is not cheap, and you can't r

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Day 1 with new doe

Hey guys,

 

Here is the story with my new doe, Willow.  Or Moo Moo.  Or Milky Way.  Well anyway, I'll just call her "the doe" :)  

 

She had a kid at her side in the herd where we got her from who still nursed some, but she's had milk for maybe 8 mon

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No Milk

I just came in from milking my" 2 quart a day"milker. She gave the usual this morning. This afternoon she looked full. Tonight it looked like someone milked her before I got there! I got a scant cup out of her.  Her two doelings looked overly full to

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Milking only one side-- strange situation

Hi guys...as some of you know my doe was nursing a single kid for nearly a year and was nursed on only one side.  the first time I milked her I was able to empty out her "off" side of some rather watery looking milk, only a very small amount, and it

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Stantion

Does anyone know where I could get specific dimentions for a goat stantion for Nigerian's??

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drying off your doe

Could all you veterans explain to me how you decide when to dry off your does and how to do it so you avoid problems with mastitis or infections?

 

I know it is early for this but I just wanted to be prepared before time snuck up on me.

 

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Milking help!

I am having problems with 2 different does. I could do different post but I will try to put them together.

1st - my milking doe, that has been milking for 5 months is now going nuts when I try to milk her. She still lets her kid eat (which is 5 months

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milking - separate kid or not?

I have a FF, kid is 9 weeks old.  She had twins, but I sold the wether yesterday.  He was getting the lions share of milk also even though I was separating them from Mom at night.  Since I sold him yesterday, and have no other kid to put with her rem

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We did it!!!!

LOL guess who got the milk to come out finally?  The hubby was home from work at last, he gives her one little squeeze and "pshiiish" she's squirting milk, after two days of my failed attempts.  Doesn't that figure? 

 

I was able to successfully fini

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They're finally here....

What the heck have I gotten myself into??? LOL

 

Last nights milking was an adventure to say the least. Bered, a usually calm and easy milker, freaked out and refused to get up on the milk stand. After a 2 hour struggle my husband got home from his s

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Pygmy vs Nigerian Dwarf

Hej from Sweden,

I need help from anyone who has any experience with Pygmy goats.  We have a small herd of 6 Nigerian Dwarf goats and have just added 2 little Pygmy goats, one buckling and one doeling. They were advertised as Nigerian but when I saw

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Using rinse aid on milking equipment.

I am super excited because today I get to use a dishwasher for the first time in two years!! I bought the thing about a month ago but my uncle finally came and installed it!  This dishwasher has a top rack only and a sanitizing feature which I really

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