I THINK I SCREWED UP MY METABOLISM

[Bubblingbrooks]

I milk between 9 and 10 AM.

That is my plan as well, when we are getting milk.
Sides, that is when they are used to being fed anyways

 

[lwheelr]

You can milk just once a day. And that once a day can be at pretty much any time as long as it is reasonably consistent. We milk at 7:00 am and pm, because we need the milk from twice a day milking. But a lot of people milk just once a day - you get less milk, but should be enough to justify your time.

Hey, if you're gonna do it, then DO it. Goat milk has been the BEST thing for me.

When I got the chickens and the goats, pretty close together, and started using homegrown eggs and milk, it helped my Crohn's tremendously. I don't just save the cost of the eggs and milk they replace, I save way more than that, because I was able to stop taking a bunch of supplements - I simply absorb nutrients better from raw milk than from processed milk. Same with the eggs, I can break down Bantam eggs far better than full sized eggs, and get more from my homegrowns than from the commercial ones.

I get hungry less often too - my system balances out better and I end up eating less, since my body can get the same amount of quality nutrients from less food - so I don't have to eat extra just to get enough.

 

[navajo001]

I milk between 9 and 10 AM.

OK, NOW you're just bragging!

 

[navajo001]

I milk between 9 and 10 AM.

That is my plan as well, when we are getting milk.
Sides, that is when they are used to being fed anyways

Poor mistreated little things! having to wait till almost lunch time to get their breakfast. I just don't know how they deal with it! You meany!



Now ya'll got me to thinking...

Time for more research.

 

[navajo001]

You can milk just once a day. And that once a day can be at pretty much any time as long as it is reasonably consistent. We milk at 7:00 am and pm, because we need the milk from twice a day milking. But a lot of people milk just once a day - you get less milk, but should be enough to justify your time.

Hey, if you're gonna do it, then DO it. Goat milk has been the BEST thing for me.

When I got the chickens and the goats, pretty close together, and started using homegrown eggs and milk, it helped my Crohn's tremendously. I don't just save the cost of the eggs and milk they replace, I save way more than that, because I was able to stop taking a bunch of supplements - I simply absorb nutrients better from raw milk than from processed milk. Same with the eggs, I can break down Bantam eggs far better than full sized eggs, and get more from my homegrowns than from the commercial ones.

I get hungry less often too - my system balances out better and I end up eating less, since my body can get the same amount of quality nutrients from less food - so I don't have to eat extra just to get enough.

Well, that just goes to show you how far removed from my previous life I am these days. I thought for some reason they HAD to be milked in the morning.

I will be looking up more info on raising goats but if you don't mind a quick question? Approx how much milk does a small goat give at one sitting?

That is very interesting about your nutrient absorbtion. I never even really thought about it. Makes sense though.

Thanks for all the insight!

Tom

 

[lwheelr]

Production depends on the goat, and on the time of season. Their milk production is on a curve, so at peak, you can get 1-2 quarts a day from a dwarf goat, 2-4 quarts a day from a full sized goat, depending on the goat, and on your milking schedule, feed quality, etc.

They'll not milk for 2-4 months when pregnant (depending on the goat), and if you let the kids nurse while you milk them after kidding, you'll get 1-2 cups a day from a goat that is also nursing. We do it that way, because the kids end up so much healthier, and it is frankly less work!

If you have two goats, and breed them so they don't kid at the same time, you can keep a fairly steady supply.

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

Production depends on the goat, and on the time of season. Their milk production is on a curve, so at peak, you can get 1-2 quarts a day from a dwarf goat, 2-4 quarts a day from a full sized goat, depending on the goat, and on your milking schedule, feed quality, etc.

They'll not milk for 2-4 months when pregnant (depending on the goat), and if you let the kids nurse while you milk them after kidding, you'll get 1-2 cups a day from a goat that is also nursing. We do it that way, because the kids end up so much healthier, and it is frankly less work!

If you have two goats, and breed them so they don't kid at the same time, you can keep a fairly steady supply.

I would add also, that one should never keep just one goat.
Course, if you tried too keep one, you would be banging on some farmers door at 2 am, the day after you got one goat, begging on bended knee for a companion goat to stop the screaming

 

[lwheelr]

Either that, or your neighbor would be banging on YOUR door, asking you to come get your goat out of his goat pen...

 

[navajo001]

I would add also, that one should never keep just one goat.
Course, if you tried too keep one, you would be banging on some farmers door at 2 am, the day after you got one goat, begging on bended knee for a companion goat to stop the screaming

Either that, or your neighbor would be banging on YOUR door, asking you to come get your goat out of his goat pen...

OK, so maybe I can get a couple and let them sleep in my bedroom with the St. Bernard.

I will definitely be looking more into this.

Thank you both so much!

Tom

 

[Denim Deb]

If you weren't so far away, someone has 4 goats for free in NJ. But then again, they're either pygmies, or Boer, so unless you wanted a meat goat, or a really small goat, they may not be the best bet.