Poka_Doodle's journal

[farmerjan]

Is the farm you are working at on DHIA testing?

 

[Baymule]

Wood slats for a floor? It sure looks clean.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Not sure about the testing. But it is incredibly heavily regulated. It gets heavily cleaned daily, the wood slats allow the poop to go through to the concrete and not be visible to visitors, we clean under that every couple days.

 

[SageHill]

Thanks guys!!!
Been here almost a week and absolutely love it. I never wasn't a goat person, but I am definitely becoming a goat person more and more each day.
Couple pictures just for the fun of it. Learning a ton but got so much to still learn.
Also, I don't know what else to share, but I guess if anyone has questions about how the goat dairy works, feel free to ask.
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Milking set up
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Breakfast time!
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Cuddle puddle
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*I know I shouldn't be eating my neighbor's hay, but it tastes so much better*- Chardonnay probably
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The big boy getting his bottle
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The little baby

WOW!!! That's quite a set up!!

 

[Mini Horses]

This dairy -- do they sell the milk to a co-op, sell off farm, to a cheese maker, etc? How many goats are milked each day?

I'm getting ready to make some cheese with my goat milk. Need frig room no big set up here. I'd love to work at something like that. . I enjoy having my private dairy in my backyard.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

This dairy -- do they sell the milk to a co-op, sell off farm, to a cheese maker, etc? How many goats are milked each day?

I'm getting ready to make some cheese with my goat milk. Need frig room no big set up here. I'd love to work at something like that. . I enjoy having my private dairy in my backyard.

Most of our milk here is used in cheese making, and sold storefront, or used in restaurants and fine dining owned by the same company that owns the dairy. We do use a fair amount of milk for our bottle babies too. Currently we are milking 21-22 goats twice a day. And as you may have seen in the pictures, we can milk six goats at a time. We have one goat left to kid too.
It is definitely quite the set up, and quite a fancy place. A great place to learn from for the summer, because aside from what I have learned here on BYH, I didn't know a ton about dairy goats.

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Hey all, not much of an update, but just worth a brief entry.
I got an alert that I have been on this site for eight years. It feels wild to know I have been here this long. Young me was definitely an interesting kid when she created this account. But I'd like to think that she would be amazed at the woman I have become.
It has been so wonderful chatting with y'all over the years and getting to learn so much here. Thank you everyone for always being so kind and so lovely to learn from.

 

[Baymule]

Yes, you have become an amazing young lady. It’s been wonderful chatting with you as you negotiated the growing up process. You are off to a great start in life.

 

[Bruce]

Happy anniversary

ETA Just saw in another thread you aren't at the goat farm any more. I hope nothing bad happened!!

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Hey all, not much to report in on. Like Bruce said, I did come home about a month and a half ago now. Though I didn't plan on spending the summer at home, I am so grateful I have gotten the opportunity. Still Marathon training, and truly loving running.