SkyWarrior
Loving the herd life
Those of you who are milking your goats, do you have a way you separate your cream from the milk? I'd like to use the cream for various recipes such as sour cream, cream cheese, and butter.
Goat Milk Cream
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cjhubbs
Chillin' with the herd
The only way we have been able to separate the cream from the milk is by letting the milk sit in the refrigerator for a day or two and then we skim the cream off of the top of the jar. This does mean skimming gallons and gallons of milk, to get enough cream to make something out off it but you do get cream. The only other option that we have thought of is getting a cream separator.
OneFineAcre
Herd Master
Goats milk is naturally homogenized. Hard to get much cream without getting a separator
michickenwrangler
Loving the herd life
I have made *small* amounts of butter using goat cream skimmed off. It collects better if you leave it undisturbed for 5+ days. A cream separator works A LOT better. I don't have my own, but my neighbor has one and I pay her a few bucks for her to run it through. Since a new electric one is around $500, it's easier for us to do it that way. I don't have to buy one, and hers gets to "earn" its keep.
OneFineAcre
Herd Master
We've gotten some cream without a separator, and made some butter. It's very good.michickenwrangler said:
Unfortunately only a very small amount.
cjhubbs
Chillin' with the herd
I have been looking on ebay and found some cream separators for around $100+. Who knows how high quality they are though yet maybe one of these days I will succumb and order one.
Jewls819
Exploring the pasture
http://slavicbeauty.ecrater.com/p/12126552/centrifugal-milk-cream-separator-manual. These are made in the Ukraine. This one is manual but I watched a video reveiw and it works rather easy.$79 + $34 shipping.
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SkyWarrior
Loving the herd life
I've seen those and seen reviews on Amazon for the same. They're okay according to reviews.cjhubbs said:
Jewls819
Exploring the pasture
RIght now I only have enough milk to make soap. But when I start getting more from my other two I will be getting one of those. I am too impatient to skim fat...lol. I have been making soap full time for over a year now and I still get impatient with it.
slavicbeauty
Exploring the pasture
I'm the seller of the cream separators from Ukraine, my company based in the USA but the units are currently being shipped from Ukraine
Please watch the videos about the use of a cream separator on my youtube channel: usewsmile
Some of the reviews show goat milk being separated.
All the models we have work great with goat's milk. It is very important to note that the milk should be warm (straight from an animal or warmed to 100F) for proper separation.
cold milk does not separate.
Let me know if I may assist you in the future.
i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have
all the units are available at my site slavicbeauty.net
Please watch the videos about the use of a cream separator on my youtube channel: usewsmile
Some of the reviews show goat milk being separated.
All the models we have work great with goat's milk. It is very important to note that the milk should be warm (straight from an animal or warmed to 100F) for proper separation.
cold milk does not separate.
Let me know if I may assist you in the future.
i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have
all the units are available at my site slavicbeauty.net
