teat dip recipe please

[ohiogoatgirl]

hello! i had a recipe for teat dip written down but i lost it... i know it used a squirt of regular blue dawn dish soap but i don't know the rest. anyone have a recipe?
thanks!

 

[freemotion]

I use the one on www.fiascofarm.com but I reduce it and make it up fresh each milking. I use one drop of soap, 1/2 Tblsp Clorox, and 1 cup water.

 

[ohiogoatgirl]

thanks alot!
i dont know why i couldnt find it...

 

[jodief100]

I use the one on www.fiascofarm.com but I reduce it and make it up fresh each milking. I use one drop of soap, 1/2 Tblsp Clorox, and 1 cup water.

Same here but since I have 1 milk goat I use 1/4 c water, 1 t Clorax and a little tiny drop of Dawn.

 

[Hobby Farm]

I use the one on www.fiascofarm.com but I reduce it and make it up fresh each milking. I use one drop of soap, 1/2 Tblsp Clorox, and 1 cup water.

Exactly the same here.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

I use the one on www.fiascofarm.com but I reduce it and make it up fresh each milking. I use one drop of soap, 1/2 Tblsp Clorox, and 1 cup water.

I was looking at that this morning! glad to know you all use it!

 

[AlaskanShepherdess]

I use warm soapy water with GSE in it. No harsh chemicals for me. My hand washing soap is Bio-Kleen's hand and dish soap. Because I keep a clean pen and yard I feel this is fine. If I had a dirty nasty yard then I would be more concerned about bacteria.

After milking I use an iodine solution, but thinking about changing that around. I have some friends who used an disinfecting essential oil solution that was very gentle yet cleansing. My girls really don't like the iodine, I think it stings them.

 

[kid'n'kaboodle]

I know this post is not terribly recent, but I went through this quandry last year. I felt dish soap and bleach were not only irritating to the skin, but many dish soaps, including Dawn, contain formaldehyde. Chlorine is just plain toxic even at dilute concentrations, especially when combined with other substances like dish soap.

I have used peroxide and water with a small amount of bentonite clay and a few drops of lavendar essential oil as an udder wash. For a teat dip I use peroxide and water so the solution is .5% peroxide.

 

[Kala]

I use warm soapy water with GSE in it. No harsh chemicals for me. My hand washing soap is Bio-Kleen's hand and dish soap. Because I keep a clean pen and yard I feel this is fine. If I had a dirty nasty yard then I would be more concerned about bacteria.

After milking I use an iodine solution, but thinking about changing that around. I have some friends who used an disinfecting essential oil solution that was very gentle yet cleansing. My girls really don't like the iodine, I think it stings them.

What's GSE exactly?

 

[chandasue]

grapefruit seed extract? I wondered the same thing...