Comments on: How the Milking is Going http://suchtreasures.com/2009/05/17/how-the-milking-is-going/ Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ~Matthew 6:21~ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:32:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Wardeh http://suchtreasures.com/2009/05/17/how-the-milking-is-going/comment-page-1/#comment-5734 Wardeh Mon, 18 May 2009 14:40:21 +0000 http://suchtreasures.com/?p=3253#comment-5734 Naomi - my hands are more tired from milking! ;) Sara Kay - Thanks for the link. I read through her dairy entries and learned alot! SueEllen - It is going well. All in all, we're encouraged and have hope. I am so glad you shared about your goats' diet. That gives me hope! This morning, our Belle rejected her alfalfa pellets and was happy with hay. Tomorrow I want to find out how she feels about the grain mix. She may save us the trouble of weaning off grain if she doesn't like our mix! A couple days, Jeff has been holding the goats' legs, but this morning, we were able to milk her without any restraint. She kicked a few times; we were quick with the bucket! I ordered that herbal wormer, too. Funny your doe was named Blue Belle with all that dark coloring-our doe's full name is Silver Belle, but we call her Belle. How did you settle on Neufchatel? Regina - Hi! We love the goat milk - I have never milked goats before in my life. Counting today, I've done it 4 times now. Today felt pretty good. We got a generous 1-1/2 cups so at least I know our yields are going up. :D Tiffany - thank you! I am so excited for you and your family to do this. Things are getting easier. Today we may bring home another doe! This one without any babies, so we won't be sharing her milk. (But oh, we love those babies, and we know this new doe is going to miss hers' though the owner won't sell the baby.) Thanks, all! Love, Wardeh Naomi – my hands are more tired from milking! ;)

Sara Kay – Thanks for the link. I read through her dairy entries and learned alot!

SueEllen – It is going well. All in all, we’re encouraged and have hope. I am so glad you shared about your goats’ diet. That gives me hope! This morning, our Belle rejected her alfalfa pellets and was happy with hay. Tomorrow I want to find out how she feels about the grain mix. She may save us the trouble of weaning off grain if she doesn’t like our mix! A couple days, Jeff has been holding the goats’ legs, but this morning, we were able to milk her without any restraint. She kicked a few times; we were quick with the bucket! I ordered that herbal wormer, too. Funny your doe was named Blue Belle with all that dark coloring-our doe’s full name is Silver Belle, but we call her Belle. How did you settle on Neufchatel?

Regina – Hi! We love the goat milk – I have never milked goats before in my life. Counting today, I’ve done it 4 times now. Today felt pretty good. We got a generous 1-1/2 cups so at least I know our yields are going up. :D

Tiffany – thank you! I am so excited for you and your family to do this. Things are getting easier. Today we may bring home another doe! This one without any babies, so we won’t be sharing her milk. (But oh, we love those babies, and we know this new doe is going to miss hers’ though the owner won’t sell the baby.)

Thanks, all! Love, Wardeh

]]> By: Tiffany http://suchtreasures.com/2009/05/17/how-the-milking-is-going/comment-page-1/#comment-5733 Tiffany Mon, 18 May 2009 13:11:38 +0000 http://suchtreasures.com/?p=3253#comment-5733 This is fascinating to me, especially since I know we are right around the corner from experiencing this for ourselves. I pray things will get easier, as I am sure they will. Good luck today. love, Tiffany This is fascinating to me, especially since I know we are right around the corner from experiencing this for ourselves. I pray things will get easier, as I am sure they will.
Good luck today.
love,
Tiffany

]]> By: Regina http://suchtreasures.com/2009/05/17/how-the-milking-is-going/comment-page-1/#comment-5732 Regina Mon, 18 May 2009 00:40:18 +0000 http://suchtreasures.com/?p=3253#comment-5732 I really like the milking stand! Clyde was in the process of building a milking shed for our cow but.........we don't know when that will be finished. So do you like the goat milk or was this the first time you tried to milk her? Be patient, you will all get to know each other and things will go better! Love, Regina I really like the milking stand! Clyde was in the process of building a milking shed for our cow but………we don’t know when that will be finished. So do you like the goat milk or was this the first time you tried to milk her? Be patient, you will all get to know each other and things will go better!
Love, Regina

]]> By: SueEllen http://suchtreasures.com/2009/05/17/how-the-milking-is-going/comment-page-1/#comment-5731 SueEllen Sun, 17 May 2009 19:23:15 +0000 http://suchtreasures.com/?p=3253#comment-5731 Congratulations on the new milk goat Wardeh! Sorry it is not going well for you but I am confident it will get better! We have not give our goats any grain whatsoever in about 4 years. They get alfalfa pellets, sunflower seeds, hay and browse. When my goats went to a friends house when my son died and she gave them grain all of their milk amounts increased and they dropped it back down when they came home. The most we have ever gotten feeding them no grain is 1 gallon and we are content with that. I so wish we could do organic feed but have no options for that without paying heavily for shipping so for now the feed is not organic. I do use an herbal wormer from fiasco farm. Until your hobble arrives you could try using a belt in a figure eight fashion or could one person hold the back legs firmly while another person milks? I know when we got our first goat it took 3 of us 30 minutes to milk one goat! Now I can do a goat by myself in just a couple of minutes. It will get better! My doe Neufchatel is similar coloring to your new doe.....and the name she came with was Blue Belle. Congratulations on the new milk goat Wardeh!
Sorry it is not going well for you but I am confident it will get better!

We have not give our goats any grain whatsoever in about 4 years. They get alfalfa pellets, sunflower seeds, hay and browse. When my goats went to a friends house when my son died and she gave them grain all of their milk amounts increased and they dropped it back down when they came home. The most we have ever gotten feeding them no grain is 1 gallon and we are content with that. I so wish we could do organic feed but have no options for that without paying heavily for shipping so for now the feed is not organic. I do use an herbal wormer from fiasco farm.

Until your hobble arrives you could try using a belt in a figure eight fashion or could one person hold the back legs firmly while another person milks?

I know when we got our first goat it took 3 of us 30 minutes to milk one goat! Now I can do a goat by myself in just a couple of minutes. It will get better!

My doe Neufchatel is similar coloring to your new doe…..and the name she came with was Blue Belle.

]]> By: sara kay http://suchtreasures.com/2009/05/17/how-the-milking-is-going/comment-page-1/#comment-5730 sara kay Sun, 17 May 2009 18:25:12 +0000 http://suchtreasures.com/?p=3253#comment-5730 My friend Kim at http://starryskyranch.typepad.com/ has milk goats, and has for several years. I bet you could learn lots from her! :) My friend Kim at http://starryskyranch.typepad.com/ has milk goats, and has for several years. I bet you could learn lots from her! :)

]]> By: Naomi Marie http://suchtreasures.com/2009/05/17/how-the-milking-is-going/comment-page-1/#comment-5728 Naomi Marie Sun, 17 May 2009 16:52:57 +0000 http://suchtreasures.com/?p=3253#comment-5728 Wow, long post! Your hand must be tired. Naomi Wow, long post! Your hand must be tired.

Naomi

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