Dairy Goats: These babies are about 5 weeks old and are being bottle fed with fresh goat milk, supplemented with goat milk replacer as needed. They are totally tame and very friendly. They are brother and sister, out of a pure LaMancha doe and a pure Nubian buck. Both parents are good milking stock. Doe: [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2009’
Milk – a visual journey from udder to fridge
I am not a full-time milkmaid, but I have the responsibility for three milkings a week for a small herd of three dairy goats. One evening I captured the experience to share with the curious. Here is Daisy, goat extraordinaire. She looks rather unremarkable, but she milks like a cow (well, not quite, but almost)! [...]