terrible milk can feed help?

[Valley Ranch]

We rescued a Tog a while back. She was emaciated. She was not getting enough food and what she was getting was terrible quality. Since we got her we have of course fixed all that. We took her to the vet for her tests. Did the full parasite treatments along with probiotics and copper and boosters. (all over a period of time, not at once) She now got the thumbs up from the vet at her last check. She eats like a horse. We are feeding her 3 cups crimped oats morning and night and hay. The hay ranges from 20-40% alfalfa. Grass hay but with weeds too. (none toxic already checked that).
But her milk is awful. She gives almost a gallon a day but it is almost not drinkable. The flavour is VERY strong and beyond that normal "goat" flavour. The fat content of the milk is very low too. WE cannot make any decent cheese with it and we have been making cheese with our pygmy milk for years.
I am wondering if there is something else we can feed her to help her milk?
Oh she does not have mastitis and we had her milk tested too and it is clear of any bacteria or virus.

 

[ksalvagno]

It is my understanding that Toggs can have the stronger tasting milk. Unless the weeds in your hay are making her milk taste bad. You may have to just make soap with her milk. Sometimes there are goats of any breed that just don't have nice tasting milk no matter what is done.

 

[currycomb]

try alfalfa cubes and beet pulp soaked in water, and sweet feed instead of oats for her grain. if she is browsing on anything, stop that. yes whatever she eats comes thru in the milk. may take a couple weeks to notice a difference in the taste

 

[Pearce Pastures]

It is my understanding that Toggs can have the stronger tasting milk. Unless the weeds in your hay are making her milk taste bad. You may have to just make soap with her milk. Sometimes there are goats of any breed that just don't have nice tasting milk no matter what is done.

x2 I have a friend with Toggs and Pygmies and she actually much prefers the Pygmy milk despite their being so small.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

How did you have the milk tested? Did you have it sent away and cultered at a lab, or did someone do a CMT test?

 

[Valley Ranch]

We has a sample sent off to the lab to be cultured.

 

[SkyWarrior]

It is my understanding that Toggs can have the stronger tasting milk. Unless the weeds in your hay are making her milk taste bad. You may have to just make soap with her milk. Sometimes there are goats of any breed that just don't have nice tasting milk no matter what is done.

x2 I have a friend with Toggs and Pygmies and she actually much prefers the Pygmy milk despite their being so small.

x3 I hear that Toggs can have undrinkable milk. You have any pets who will drink it?

 

[Valley Ranch]

wow I never heard that!! I guess I've been talking to the wrong people!!
The dog loves it. We've use it to bulster 2 kids that were weened too early and that is it. Well maybe soap is the way to go!!

 

[ksalvagno]

One other thing you can try is to take her off all alfalfa. I faintly remember someone having the same problem and ended up taking her goat off all alfalfa and ended up with good tasting milk.

 

[Catahoula]

One other thing you can try is to take her off all alfalfa. I faintly remember someone having the same problem and ended up taking her goat off all alfalfa and ended up with good tasting milk.

Wasn't it SkyWarrior who had a goat with milk that turns in a day or so and she ended up getting a new goat??