Devonviolet's - Kidding 2017

[Devonviolet]

The reason I do 145°F is that it doesn't destroy the enzymes that help my body assimilate the proteins, that I am sensitive to, especially in goat's milk.

Either way, 162°F, for 15 seconds, or 145°F, for 30 minutes, the bad bacteria are destroyed, the milk is safe to drink, and it lasts for longer, in the fridge.

 

[Bruce]

DH tells me this is a NiCad battery (I think), which has a type of "charge memory". So, each time you use less than a full charge, it "remembers" that and only charges it that amount the next time.

What type (size) of batteries? Can you replace those with Alkaline or even better, Lithium? NiCads are pretty old technology. Oh, and what voltage does the motor need? Might be worth getting a transformer and use a nice deep cycle marine battery. You could probably run for a couple of weeks with that!

 

[BlessedBGoats]

I was going to drink the milk "raw", but after speaking with a dairy goat person, avout some of the unhealthy bacteria, that can find their way into the milk, and if a small child drank it, it could make them very sick, I decided to low temp (165°) pasteurize)..

We pasteurize, but I learned that low temp pasteurization is 145* to 150*. We pasteurize at that temp for 30 minutes.

Here's a really good article and a diagram that shows the Temps of pasteurization

https://www.google.com/amp/s/draxe.com/pasteurization-homogenization-raw-milk/amp/

It takes longer at the lower temp, but I prefer that to killing all the good stuff at high temps. I'm not going to spend all my time milking my own sweet goat milk to kill all the good with the bad! I might as well buy from the store again!!!

Just my humble opinion!

 

[Devonviolet]

We pasteurize, but I learned that low temp pasteurization is 145* to 150*. We pasteurize at that temp for 30 minutes.

Here's a really good article and a diagram that shows the Temps of pasteurization

https://www.google.com/amp/s/draxe.com/pasteurization-homogenization-raw-milk/amp/

It takes longer at the lower temp, but I prefer that to killing all the good stuff at high temps. I'm not going to spend all my time milking my own sweet goat milk to kill all the good with the bad! I might as well buy from the store again!!!

Just my humble opinion!

First of all @BlessBGoats, I would like to welcome you to Backyard Herds!

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I'm late getting out to take care of my goats, but wanted to welcome you to BYH and thank you for that link to Dr Axe's article about pasteurization. I will definitely be taking a closer look at his site.

I would like to know more about you and your animals. If you edit your profile, you can post a general location, so we all know what part of the country you live in. That is helpful, when you have questions about issues you might be having with your animals. We have members who live all over the country, and globe, for that matter.

And, by all means, POST LOTS OF PICTURES!!! We LOVE pictures!

Again,

 

[BlessedBGoats]

First of all @BlessBGoats, I would like to welcome you to Backyard Herds!

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I'm late getting out to take care of my goats, but wanted to welcome you to BYH and thank you for that link to Dr Axe's article about pasteurization. I will definitely be taking a closer look at his site.

I would like to know more about you and your animals. If you edit your profile, you can post a general location, so we all know what part of the country you live in. That is helpful, when you have questions about issues you might be having with your animals. We have members who live all over the country, and globe, for that matter.

And, by all means, POST LOTS OF PICTURES!!! We LOVE pictures!

Again,

Thank you for the warm welcome!
I have been adding things to my profile, so I hope it's coming along!!!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

I will admit that I haven't read through the whole article- but briefly skimming through you can clearly tell this is a raw milk advocate. Not saying it's a bad thing, but look at other sources as well, not just someone pushing raw milk or making it one sided/biased.

In the link-
"I personally don’t drink pasteurized milk and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone."

 

[Devonviolet]

The kids are growing up! Especially Woody.

Isn't he a good looking boy???

This morning, after we milked the girls, we put them outside the fence, to browse on the weeds & Bermuda grass/Coastal hay. While they were browsing, we put leashes on the 3 kids & let them out, to romp in the fenced side yard.

We left the 6 foot leashes dragging behind them, so if/when we needed to catch them, it was just a matter of stepping on the leash.

The kids had a blast running & jumping. Woody took to it right away. It took the twins a while to catch on.

Here Angelica was checking out the dogs. Violet was facinated! Tomorrow, we are going to let the dogs in with the kids, one at a time, so they can get used to behaving with the little ones.

Here Woody is sipping fresh water.

It didn't take the kids long to figure out how much fun it was to chace each other around the hoop house. Here Linden is chasing Woody, as the dogs & Zig & Zan look on.

While the kids were frolicking in the side yard, the 2 moms were in heaven, browsing outside the fence. We hooked a tiedown chain to the bottom of a T-post, so they had a nice area to browse. It didnt take them long to knock down the grass & weeds.

If you look closely, Falina is close to the camera & Ruby is in the background, almost hidden by the high grass.

You can see where Falina has cut the grass down quite a bit.

This shot is looking toward the road. The other day, DH used the riding mower to cut from the road to the wood fence post on theright of the photo. You can see how Falina has browsed it down quite a bit.

The grass, to the left of side of the photo, is the dairy farmer's field next to our land. He grows Bermuda from Fall to June, & Sorghum from June to November.

 

[Baymule]

What beautiful pasture and how wonderful that you can use the edges of it! Your goats are looking healthy and beautiful!

 

[Southern by choice]

I got such a kick out of the duckling pics!
Reminded me of our little cochin bantam that has raised ducks, turkeys, and chicks.
It gets really funny when the ducks grow so fast that a little bantam cannot cover them.
The funniest think is when it was raining and the ducks were so happy and trying to drill and just be out in the rain and their "momma" was having a fit because she wants them all dry and under her so she was screaming at them and they just didn't care. I have a video where she is trying to teach them how to scratch for food. LOL ducks don't scratch.
When they were so big and she finally had to start ditching them... they were a mess!

 

[Devonviolet]

That's hilarious! I would love to see that video.