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milking (8)

Hi everyone!

I am Sandra, I live in Arvada, Colorado and am excited to be here! I have worked with dairy goats for over 15 years, used to have standard sized.
I know have two mini Mancha mamas, Chip and Zip, three and four years old. I also have Chip's daughter

Started by Sandra Vincent in Introductions and Home Dairy

2 Replies · Reply by Thrifty Homesteader Team Jun 16

Just a funny milking question

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

Started by Naomi D'Andrea in Home Dairy

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Once-a-Day Milker Grain Ration

Hi all,

My daughter's doe is due to kid in a couple of weeks, and we'll start giving her some Chaffhaye along with her seeds and things in the morning.

I've been reading old threads, and see a lot of good suggestions regarding the amount of grains, e

Started by Naomi D'Andrea in Health

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Cut on teat

At first milking today, Ginger's left teat had a cut on it. I have no idea how she got it unless it was from blackberry vines that had been cut and put in their pen. She freshed on March 8th (babies delivered dead) and I started milking her late on

Started by Glenna Rose in Home Dairy

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Milking after pre-term stillborn?

Hi there,

looking for some advice, sadly one of our goats delivered an early kid this week. It was not fully formed so I presume it was early (we bought them when they were pregnant and the seller didn't know when they were due). She usually deliv

Started by Katharine Norton in Kidding

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Tips for milking doe who does NOT want to be milked?

Hi. My doe who is 11 weeks fresh now has had her kids removed to a separate pen but where she can see and hear them (bucklings). She has been milked every morning for almost 2 months and has been a willing milker-- until NOW. Now she yells for her ki

Started by Julia @Woody Glen Farm in Goats 101

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Roller coaster milk production

I'm new to this and have only the one milking doe I have been milking for a couple of months. She consistently gives me 1 and a half pints (or pounds) at each milking (1 and a half quarts per day). Yesterday I picked up my new 1 yr old buck and my mi

Started by Julia @Woody Glen Farm in Goats 101

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Herd testing

Hello. I am new to NDDG and only 1 year into owning my little guys. We started out with 2 wethers to keep our horse company and then added 2 does a few months later with the intension to breed them. When we bought our wethers we bought them from a N

Started by Shannon in Health

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