MiniMe is at day 150 today!! Her udder popped today, and her sides look like the babies have settled, so I'm checking on her every couple hours. No mucus yet, and she's still eating a bit, so I think it will be a while still... but things are coming
Read more…So I have been separating Butterscotch's twins (month old today) for the past week, and am currently only milking her in the morning and getting 1 1/2 - 2 cups per day, voluntarily stopping at this point to ensure I leave enough for babes in the morn
Read more…Our doe recently had three kids, and we are wanting to milk her. We've done some research and asked some questions, and based on our family, we feel it'd be best to milk once a day. Our plan is to separate the doe and kids during the day, let her udd
Read more…Butterscotch is currently giving me 3 cups - 1 quart every morning, and I am only milking her once a day, separating the twins at night. They are going to be 6 weeks old - ALREADY - this Thursday. I was wondering approximately when I should start m
Read more…So we became so desperate for some fresh goat milk that I took Fifi, my Pygmy/Fainting cross doe, and milked her. Her baby is 3 months old. Of course we didn't get very much milk, but enough to sip some with a cookie and make a batch of french toast.
Read more…Here is the info:
4yr old doe
3rd freshening in Sept.
Only 1 kid (Sept)
2 kids on the other 2 freshenings
This doe seems to be healthy.No signs of parasites or other sickness.I have bred in Sept for all the freshenings and hav
Read more…I'm a newbie so I'm sure that's the biggest issue but I thought I'd ask for some advice/experience from others. I have a doe who is experienced, and I'm sure she realizes that I'm not, and she is a good milker according to her previous owner. She's
Read more…Hey all,
My name is Dede and I just added 2 Mini Nubian Does to my herd last November. They just kidded this April and their udders are beautiful, the problem is they are very hard to handle in the milk stand. So hard I got kicked with a huge bruise
Read more…Is it ok to not milk 1 day every once in a while, or will it throw everything off? I don't want to upset the "flow", but if something comes up that you can't get to it will that affect their system too much? Twins are still with her feeding also.
Read more…We are bringing home our first goats in about 5 weeks, 2 kids and a doe that just kidded so she'll be in milk (the wait is KILLING me!!) I obviously want to have everything ready when they get here and the kids we are ready for but I need a little he
Read more…Has any one used the battery powered milk machine at Dansha Farms? What did you think about it? I have been trying to find a reasonable milking machine, that works but wont damage the udder or teats, any other suggestions?
http://www.danshafarms.com
Looking to get my girls on milk tests this year, but ADGA and NDGA both do it I think? We belong to both, any thoughts on which is better or are they equal?
Read more…I have heard you have to heat treat raw milk to make soap. Does anyone do that? Wondering if I really need to?
Read more…Definitely after freshening this year, I am going to start seriously trying hard cheeses, have to at least give it a serious try. My question is regarding the refrigerator. There are the little apartment types that are only refrigerator, then the n
Read more…One of my does is terrified of having the head gate closed. She will happily get on the stand and eat but any attempt to close the head gate panics her and she won't even try to eat and she' ll only put her head trough the open gate at that point wit
Read more…I am retired and getting my pasture fenced and building a goat shed. I plan on getting two nigerian dwarf does with the intention of milking them. From breeders this should give me about a quart per doe or 1/2 gal of milk per day.
Given that figure,
Read more…When making soap, I've seen many people cut off the ends with the rounded corners to make the bars uniform. What can you do with the scrap soap?
Read more…http://udderlyez.com/ultimate_ez_milker.php
I just saw an ad for the new Ultimate EZ milker in the Dairy Goat Journal. It looks very promising as far as price, ease of use and being easy to clean.
My concerns are if they will fit on teats that are ve
Read more…I am looking at getting some type of milking system. Does anyone have any recommendations? Do the milking systems damage the teats?
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