plantoneonme
10-22-2008, 06:56 PM
Patti, I know you use your goats for fiber but have you considered female goats for milk also? I remember growing up I used to live on the farm with my grandparents during the summer and milking the goat. Goats milk is delicious and much easier for the average person to digest, especially those who are lactose intolerant. For anyone who has children I would think having a milking goat would be a great investmet in USL. My grandfather would seperate the mom and baby at night and milk her in the morning. He saved enough milk for the day and I would bottle feed the rest to the baby in the morning. They were then allowed to be together the rest of the day and the kid would feed as he or she needed. I also remember that since I was a young child of 8-12 years old it seemed pretty heartless that my grandfather would cull the male goats at just a couple months of age...by cull I mean butcher for the meat. The females once weaned were either raised for future milk production or sold off to other farmers.
Kim
Kim