Goats kick. And if they get spooked for any reason, it can hurt! These are Saanen goats. Great milkers.
"Saanen goats are renowned for their high milk production, often being referred to as the "Holsteins of the dairy goat world". They can produce an average of 1.5 to 2 gallons of milk per day, with high-producing individuals potentially reaching 2-3 gallons daily. Saanen milk typically has a butterfat content of 3.7%."
Are they like cows, and need to be milked 2x a day? My uncle kept 20 dairy cows on the home farm in Iowa... but that was one chore I never had to do (thank goodness).
Normally they’re milked once a day. But this is the kidding season, so the new mothers are producing lots more milk, so they’re being milked twice a day. They produce less milk in the winter. We have 5 new kids: Prima, Poppy, Patrick, Peter, and Paul. I started volunteering when the farm was naming the new born kids with the letter “i”.
My parents owned a couple goats. Because my daughter was not tolerant of cows milk My parents gave us goat milk. And my father enjoyed the mowing they did for him as well.
The picture made my heart happy. If I'm drinking fresh milk I prefer goats milk. Mmmm... almost a meal in and of itself. And that is you? Well hello you. Sending thanks for your goat posts. If there are bees on the property I bet their honey is stellar what with all the blueberry bushes. Yes, necessary vicarious visit to the farm. I am grateful.
LOL The assumption that a city girl is unaware of farm life - ooo, let me catch my breath. I mean yeah, lots of folks are clueless about where their food comes from but I would never pair the term clueless with Shaw.
As another example, I'm totally aware of farm life even though I lived in cities all my life. Guess it's true that one should not judge because they don't have all the facts. Well they can judge but they look like an idiot in the process.
I began my life in the city of Boston, then my family moved to the suburbs and I once lived in an exurb of Boston surrounded by nature, great birding, and great for foraging and stalking the wild asparagus! I'm now back in the city, but need a dose of country every week, and that's why I've volunteered for these years at the goat farm, which also has 3 dogs, ducks (mmmm, duck eggs!), deer, owls, herons, chipmunks, and all other manner of woodland critters and wild flowers, which are diligently fertilized with excellent goat poop and goat milk whey.
Yes. That's me. I thought I'd show up on my blog after running it for almost 20 years. The goat on my left that I'm milking is Millie, a very good milker. Unfortunately, the owners of the farm do not have bees.
Sounds wonderful! I haven't been back to Iowa since my grandparent's 50th. Fortunately, there is a lot of farmland here in Harford County... and every once in a while I sneak over to the local dairy and get a pint of their ice cream... yummmm! :)
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How do you milk a blueberry. What will they think of next.
Not quite as scary as cows...
High bush blueberries grow all over the goat farm, and that's why the owners named it Blueberry Goat Farm. But we do not milk the blueberries. LOL!
Goats kick. And if they get spooked for any reason, it can hurt! These are Saanen goats. Great milkers.
"Saanen goats are renowned for their high milk production, often being referred to as the "Holsteins of the dairy goat world". They can produce an average of 1.5 to 2 gallons of milk per day, with high-producing individuals potentially reaching 2-3 gallons daily. Saanen milk typically has a butterfat content of 3.7%."
Are they like cows, and need to be milked 2x a day? My uncle kept 20 dairy cows on the home farm in Iowa... but that was one chore I never had to do (thank goodness).
Normally they’re milked once a day. But this is the kidding season, so the new mothers are producing lots more milk, so they’re being milked twice a day. They produce less milk in the winter. We have 5 new kids: Prima, Poppy, Patrick, Peter, and Paul. I started volunteering when the farm was naming the new born kids with the letter “i”.
My parents owned a couple goats. Because my daughter was not tolerant of cows milk My parents gave us goat milk. And my father enjoyed the mowing they did for him as well.
I'm not able to tolerate cow's milk, but goat milk and other goat products are ok.
8 years! Wow! I'm impressed. I always took you for a city girl!
The picture made my heart happy. If I'm drinking fresh milk I prefer goats milk. Mmmm... almost a meal in and of itself. And that is you? Well hello you. Sending thanks for your goat posts. If there are bees on the property I bet their honey is stellar what with all the blueberry bushes. Yes, necessary vicarious visit to the farm. I am grateful.
LOL The assumption that a city girl is unaware of farm life - ooo, let me catch my breath. I mean yeah, lots of folks are clueless about where their food comes from but I would never pair the term clueless with Shaw.
As another example, I'm totally aware of farm life even though I lived in cities all my life. Guess it's true that one should not judge because they don't have all the facts. Well they can judge but they look like an idiot in the process.
I began my life in the city of Boston, then my family moved to the suburbs and I once lived in an exurb of Boston surrounded by nature, great birding, and great for foraging and stalking the wild asparagus! I'm now back in the city, but need a dose of country every week, and that's why I've volunteered for these years at the goat farm, which also has 3 dogs, ducks (mmmm, duck eggs!), deer, owls, herons, chipmunks, and all other manner of woodland critters and wild flowers, which are diligently fertilized with excellent goat poop and goat milk whey.
Heavenly.
Yes. That's me. I thought I'd show up on my blog after running it for almost 20 years. The goat on my left that I'm milking is Millie, a very good milker. Unfortunately, the owners of the farm do not have bees.
Sounds wonderful! I haven't been back to Iowa since my grandparent's 50th. Fortunately, there is a lot of farmland here in Harford County... and every once in a while I sneak over to the local dairy and get a pint of their ice cream... yummmm! :)
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