I have a 2-year-old first freshener that I'm milking. She's at 156 days. Her normal morning milk weight has been between 1#4oz and 1#2oz for the last week. (Evening is always a little less; I'm a little too lazy to stick to a 12-hour schedule.) She w
Read more…Does anyone here think it's possible for a doe to give more to her favorite milker?
My Will and I share duties; I almost always milk in the mornings, Will in the evenings. The evening haul is always more than the morning, unless I substitute for Will
Read more…How do you chill your Goats milk quickly? I was having a major problem with off tasting milk until I started really focusing on the chilling. I've found that if I can get the milk down to 40' within 30-45 minutes that it doesn't have that goaty flavo
Read more…I've been reading a lot of conflicting information about what replacer is "best" when a doe can't or won't feed all the kids. I have one due in 2 weeks and expecting quads (probably). She was not a super mom last year with triplets (FF) so I want to
Read more…Hello, I'm very new when it comes to owning goats. I just got my two does in the summer and now I'm expecting my first batch of kids at the end of march!!! I can't wait till the little kiddys are here and I get to try my hand at milking and cheese ma
Read more…I know salty milk typically means mastitis, but I haven't seen a single sign of mastitis in either doe I'm milking. One kidded on Sept. 1 (4th freshening) and the other kidded on Sept 11 (1st freshening). The kids haven't let the dams' udders get ful
Read more…Born 11.21.12. Our bred dam, Irene, from Caprinos produced two beautiful and healthy males. The dam may be homozygous. The black and white one appears to have better conformity and is still available. We were going to retain the grey-white chamois
Read more…Just found this article and wanted to share it with everyone:
http://www.mtcapra.com/benefits-of-goat-milk-vs-cow-milk/
This is the best explanation I've seen of how goat milk is better for humans than cow milk!
Read more…We've had discussions on selling milk in the past, and I just found this great map that shows the status of raw milk sales in every state. If you mouse over your state, the status will pop up.
http://ftcldf.org/raw_milk_map.htm
Someone posted this question on my page:
I wonder how we'll learn to milk her if she's nursing her twins. How long do the twins stay with her and when would we start to milk her?
Since it is such a common question, I thought it would be great to po
Just discovered this excellent resource that explains where goaty flavor comes from and how to avoid it. I've heard all sorts of things over the years about this problem, and I could never figure out where the flavor comes from, because we only exper
Read more…Has anyone on here ever made goat milk paint? The recipes I'm finding call for skim milk, and you know that's not exactly possible with goat milk unless you have a cream separator, which I don't. I thought that maybe I could use whey from cheesemakin
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