Happy New Year to all and welcome to our new members! Things have been quiet on the list lately, but definitely not quite around here. We have had 5 of our...
Emily, looks like you and yours are very busy. Mine should start kidding in Feb. Its been bitterly cold and power went out last night for several hours. I ...
Happy New Year to everyone as well! I'm waiting for the first 2011 babies to arrive any day now. Pretty soon I've got to start milking my doe that kidded...
Angie, Happy New Year too. Speaking of freezer milk, how does that taste? Is it different than straight from the goat? I'd assume so. In March, I could be...
Kristi, that is great to hear. I don't actually believe in pasteurizing anyway. Of course I buy extra store milk when I run short, but I don't like to do...
Hi, I'm looking for recipes for bar and soft goat soap that are easy and don't require glicerine. Just something simple. Does anything exist like that? ...
Does anyone have a quick recipe for various goat cheeses, cottage cheese and yogurt? I've only made cottage cheese and butter years and years ago from cow's...
I know it's probably a matter of degree on safety, but I freeze in glass. You don't ever want to put goat milk anywhere near plastic... that's bad voodoo ...
Sorry, that is, the narrow necked ones are much harder to get the milk out of... my mind was somewhere else. "When in danger or in doubt, Run in circles, ...
Kristi, thanks for the info. I actually raise Nigerians too. We drink it all the time. I try to send milk to the DHI lab each month, although I miss once in...
Kristi, that's fine. I usually use the quart jars too and sometimes use the regular mouth, but prefer the wide mouth. Likely in spring when I'm milking more...
We originally got the goats to clear brush and provide us with a little milk and fodder for cheese, etc, so I never have bothered to milk test them. We're up...
Our special needs son needs the goat milk, so he's the only one who drinks the milk we freeze (need a bigger freezer...). He doesn't seem to note any...
... It is my understanding that food grade plastic is safe for milk handling. Plastic is commonly used with breast milk. I prefer glass too, but for freezing...
Oh, and don't bother trying canning milk - there's a recipe in Storey's Guide. The result is disgusting and when I tried to feed it to baby goats, they...
... Depends on what you've got and who you sell to. They have to be disbudded for showing and many folks prefer it. I wouldn't personally have horned goats,...
Angie, thanks so much for the recipe. I'll check it out. Also interesting on the plastic. I've heard that one shouldn't use plastic, but then again I know ...
Kristi, I do actually disbud. Mainly because of my goats are in a small place and I don't want to take the chance of them knocking each other around with ...
Maybe it's just something here, but the milk I did in plastic had a weird aftertaste. It was obscene. It was so bad that I didn't want to drink it, even ...
Kristi, I'm not any judge, cause I haven't drank frozen milk that I know of. I just read that re using plastic with milk is bad simply because the plastic ...
... You know, it's a funny thing - I am seeing that online people are saying no plastic because it can be sterilized, but food grade plastic is USDA approved...
Here a a couple of easy cheese recipes. I will try to post more latter. Soft Goat Cheese 2 gallons fresh goat milk ½ cup cultured buttermilk 3 drops rennet...
Just my thoughts on the plastic issue: When we were selling milk we wanted to do glass at first, but because of the high cost, breakage and failure to return...
Emily, thanks for your comments on the plastic/glass issue. A few years ago I took an emergency preparedness class and one of the things talked about was the...
I've been thinking about something. When I had my first human baby, the midwife told me NOT to do iodine on the cord. She claimed it preserves it, and it...
Not sure about that. I think the iodine is for preventing bacteria from entering the baby through the cord... but we have also forgotten it from time to time...
When we first got goats we also put iodine on every kid, but as time went on we did less and less and then stopped altogether for a while. Most of the time...
Still battling with worms here. Can you believe it - January - and I lost a near term doe to barber pole worm! (Severe anemia resulted in ketosis...) I...
I use a metal snow shovel to clean anything in the barn. We have a concrete floor, though, so your results may vary. Check your does regularly for anemia by...
