Post by sunshine on Oct 27, 2010 19:21:25 GMT -5
I know CrossCreek has dairy goats. Does anyone else?
I've had Nubians for a little over 12 years now. Back when I first started with goats, I had six small children, and was bringing home about 5 or 6 gallons of milk from the store every week. (I once had a clerk ask me if I ran a daycare because I was buying so much at once!) I bought the goats primarily to get out of having to run to the grocery store every few days for more milk.
Now that the kids are older we are not drinking so much, but it's still nice to have fresh milk on hand.
I've just now cut the goats back to once-a-day milking. I always hesitate on doing that, because I know they'll dry up pretty soon that way, but it is fall. And, after so many months, it's nice to take a break from milking in the evenings.
Right now I'm still getting more than we're using, and am squirelling milk away in the freezer for when they dry up. It won't be enough, because I don't have that much room, but it'll be nice to have some.
Some of the does are "maybe" bred. I turned a young buck in with them when a couple of them came into heat. I'll just have to wait to see if the job got done. Probably sometime in the next month or so, I'll turn him in with them all again for awhile to be sure. All but maybe little Tilda, who is just not growing like I'd like her to.
I've had Nubians for a little over 12 years now. Back when I first started with goats, I had six small children, and was bringing home about 5 or 6 gallons of milk from the store every week. (I once had a clerk ask me if I ran a daycare because I was buying so much at once!) I bought the goats primarily to get out of having to run to the grocery store every few days for more milk.
Now that the kids are older we are not drinking so much, but it's still nice to have fresh milk on hand.
I've just now cut the goats back to once-a-day milking. I always hesitate on doing that, because I know they'll dry up pretty soon that way, but it is fall. And, after so many months, it's nice to take a break from milking in the evenings.
Right now I'm still getting more than we're using, and am squirelling milk away in the freezer for when they dry up. It won't be enough, because I don't have that much room, but it'll be nice to have some.
Some of the does are "maybe" bred. I turned a young buck in with them when a couple of them came into heat. I'll just have to wait to see if the job got done. Probably sometime in the next month or so, I'll turn him in with them all again for awhile to be sure. All but maybe little Tilda, who is just not growing like I'd like her to.
) and I love the fact that you never know what colors you will get when they kid. 
