Its my first time milking a goat, and its her first kid, but the milk is so minimal, we get about a tablespoon per go - I'd been hoping for a lot more. I picked up lots of tips reading Deborahs book and have been following it all. But my doe is so
Read more…This is posted for the info about the cheese yield and not necessarily an endorsement for any product. It has also been my experience when making cream cheese that my ND milk yields at least 20-25 percent more cream cheese than other goat milk.
Read more…Does anyone have a cream separator or centrifuge that they are using to make butter from their ND milk? If so, how well is it working for you? How does the butter taste? Any recommendations on any particular brand/model?
Read more…Yesterday I took a tour of a Grade A dairy goat operation called Round Mountain Creamery. It was fascinating, and the owner was full of knowledge, although she has full-size goats.
She told me about a new concept introduced by Australian goat keepe
Read more…I made some honey oatmeal soap today. I added the lye mixture to the oils when the lye mixture was 100 degrees and the oils 106 degrees. The milk was basically totally frozen when I added the lye, and the color was really quite white when I added i
Read more…Okay, folks, I have a question that I did not anticipate arising. This year, I have not milked Capri who has been feeding triplets. Since Summer's triplets left, I have been getting a quart a day from Summer and since Capri is so hard to milk, I di
Read more…After more than 12 years of faithful service, my trusty yogurt maker went to the big landfill down the road. It was a sad day, for sure, but after a great deal of research I finally bought a Euro Cuisine YM260 Yogurt Maker, 2-Quart
We are about to have our first experience separating a doe from her kids. Our 3 does kidded for the first time this spring and we sold one with her bucklings, are keeping the 2nd ones kids, and now at almost 4 months the 3rd does kids are about to go
Read more…I've been itching to try my hand a butter making with the milk I'm getting from Cayenne but I don't have a cream separator. Is it possible to make butter without separating the cream out? The cream doesn't separate on its own very much so I don't thi
Read more…As a newbie owner- I was wondering where you all place your containers to capture milk???
Read more…I had a misguided idea that my doe I never milked would be fine nursing 1 kid after sending her son home on Tuesday. Having 3 goats, I was milking 2 and didn't milk this one as she was more difficult and other two easy. I was wrong- doweling couldn'
Read more…I have 3 in milk and I really only want to milk 1 - how can I dry off the one I don't want now that her kid is gone. Judy
Read more…I am seeing a few tiny clear to whitish flecks on my strip cup screen and quite a bit on my milk filters. No signs of mastitis, and the cmt was tough for me to read. I ordered a portacheck test, and hope it will be here soon. What it really looks lik
Read more…I'm sure there are as many answers to this question as members here, but out of curiosity how many ND milkers (milking average amounts) would be good for a family of 5 who like to drink milk, eat yogurt cheese and make soap? We're starting with two (
Read more…Hey All, I feel like I've been blowing up the forum with posts the past few days... Thanks for all the help as I start this new endeavor! My latest question... Any good tips on slowing a doe down while she eats her grain on the stand? I have a doe
Read more…Im new to milking. I know that people drink their milk raw. Obviously this means it is stored raw. My boyfriend is not comfortable with the thoight of raw milk, that said, I guess I have a question or two about pasteurizing milk.... Question: How lon
Read more…Due to job loss we are selling our hobby farm in the city in Northern CA and moving to a community of homesteaders in the Berkshire mountains in Western Massachusetts which is beautiful and also affordable to us. We have 3 adorable Nigerian dwarfs (
Read more…Little off topic but.... Anybody know if left over whey is a good source of calcium? I am thinking it could be a foliar spray for dealing with blossom end rot if so.
Read more…So I have been putting up milk for future use ( canning in pressure canner of course ) and I was wondering if it would make decent cheese? I'm not sure if the canning process changes anything too much to get a good product out of it. Has anyone eve
Read more…I have some friends who are very interested in helping our little homestead grow and they want to 'sponsor' a goat. Which means they are willing to help with expenses of bringing on another goat in milk, pay for her upkeep of hay, grain, minerals, e
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