Blackbird
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We have three lactating now! Next year we'll have 7.. lol.
Have you decided on a buck yet?
Have you decided on a buck yet?
Goat milking question
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Blackbird said:
Can I come?freemotion said:That would be a blast! I have a bunch of cultures and mold powders and other supplies that just arrived in the mail, and not enough milk to play with all the recipes I want to try. I only make four gallon batches now, otherwise, it is not worth all the time it takes. I need another goat!
Well, I don't need another goat....I need to get another one lactating!
Blackbird
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Absolutely Sally!
I should have some goats for sale next year that you can buy from me =]
Your daughter can show them at 4-H too. Buwaha.
Monique.. You know, if you ever get into AI I'd be willing to figure out how to collect semen and send you some from Heathcliff one day.
I might need to buy an AV first though.
I should have some goats for sale next year that you can buy from me =]
Your daughter can show them at 4-H too. Buwaha.
Monique.. You know, if you ever get into AI I'd be willing to figure out how to collect semen and send you some from Heathcliff one day.
I might need to buy an AV first though.
freemotion
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Too costly for me, BB, since I just have mutts! I have decided to aquire a buck, but not which one. The people who have nice ones in my town have three for sale, two LaMancha's and one Oberhasli. The son owns the Oberhasli's, and hasn't decided which one will be sold and for how much. He is just starting his first year at university so they are very busy right now. I am happy they are not in a hurry, because I have some fencing to re-do. I want to put him in the area where my brooder pen is, so those chicks need to grow a bit more (hawk-snacks!) and get put in with the main flock, then I have to start dismantling their pen and build his pen. He can have their portable coop, it will be perfect and cozy for him. I may put the turkeys in with him, since the fence will be much higher....I am thinking 6-7' total.....and they won't be able to hop over it....I hope! And will be good company for him. I hope.
Hey, we had an ss convention planned at my house, now a goat conventions! If we time it right, I won't need a buck, right?
Hey, we had an ss convention planned at my house, now a goat conventions! If we time it right, I won't need a buck, right?
Blackbird
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No, but if I get kicked out before I graduate I might be heading your way anyhow!
Mutts or not, just think of all the milk!
Mutts or not, just think of all the milk!
freemotion
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A new cheese recipe every day!!! Yippee!
melissa09
Exploring the pasture
I have a question, I have spent all weekend reading on goats and I have yet to find out how long raw goat milk lasts. Any ideas?
We don't have our goats yet..but when we do I plan on milking them and making cheese, soap, and whatever else I can with it. Plus drinking the goats milk too.
And where is the best place to milk the goat too. I saw where that the sun and fluorescent light is not suppose to hit, so how in the blue blazes am I suppose to milk her? Considering she will be in our back yard in a pasture and there is no milk house out there.
All help and comments and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
We don't have our goats yet..but when we do I plan on milking them and making cheese, soap, and whatever else I can with it. Plus drinking the goats milk too.
And where is the best place to milk the goat too. I saw where that the sun and fluorescent light is not suppose to hit, so how in the blue blazes am I suppose to milk her? Considering she will be in our back yard in a pasture and there is no milk house out there.
All help and comments and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
freemotion
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Don't believe everything you read! 
Have you read www.fiascofarm.com yet? Lots of info there that is geared towards the homesteader rather than the commercial dairy.
How long raw goat's milk lasts.....it depends on the cleanliness of your milking process and equipment. I don't sterilize everything anymore and have no problems, but I am very clean in my process. I milk into quart canning jars, which has pros and cons. A pro is that barely anything falls into the milk.
The milk easily lasts ten days, even longer if it is kept in the back of the fridge, undisturbed, and with all the cream left on it. I found a quart that was six weeks old, "hidden" amongst some jars of yogurt, and it was not sour. Only slightly "goaty," which was the first and only time I tasted "goaty" milk. Oh, and yes, I drank it. My doe was dry and I was thrilled to find it....made hot chocolate with it to hide the taste, though.
If someone in the house drinks it directly from the bottle, it will sour very quickly!
I milk under flourescent lights. I can't imagine why not....I milk, put the jars in my tote, finish up a few chores for ten minutes, then go in and filter and refrigerate it. All under CFL's. You'll be just fine. I put my milking stand in the hay storage area in the winter and once the mosquitoes come out, it goes into the garage until killing frosts in the fall. No "milking parlor" here!
Welcome to the dark side......
Have you read www.fiascofarm.com yet? Lots of info there that is geared towards the homesteader rather than the commercial dairy.How long raw goat's milk lasts.....it depends on the cleanliness of your milking process and equipment. I don't sterilize everything anymore and have no problems, but I am very clean in my process. I milk into quart canning jars, which has pros and cons. A pro is that barely anything falls into the milk.
The milk easily lasts ten days, even longer if it is kept in the back of the fridge, undisturbed, and with all the cream left on it. I found a quart that was six weeks old, "hidden" amongst some jars of yogurt, and it was not sour. Only slightly "goaty," which was the first and only time I tasted "goaty" milk. Oh, and yes, I drank it. My doe was dry and I was thrilled to find it....made hot chocolate with it to hide the taste, though.
If someone in the house drinks it directly from the bottle, it will sour very quickly!
I milk under flourescent lights. I can't imagine why not....I milk, put the jars in my tote, finish up a few chores for ten minutes, then go in and filter and refrigerate it. All under CFL's. You'll be just fine. I put my milking stand in the hay storage area in the winter and once the mosquitoes come out, it goes into the garage until killing frosts in the fall. No "milking parlor" here!
Welcome to the dark side......
melissa09
Exploring the pasture
Thank you. We are getting three pgmy boer does today. They are a little over a month old and I can not wait. Three hours and counting.. 
Henrietta23
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Have fun!!melissa09 said:Thank you. We are getting three pgmy boer does today. They are a little over a month old and I can not wait. Three hours and counting..
