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Post by garnetmoth on Jan 27, 2011 10:35:03 GMT -5
Question for dairy goat folks: Not trying to hijack Lmonty, just figured you could give some insight:
I know organic or naturally raised foods just taste better, how different does home-raised goat milk taste? I have tried it from the store, and found it unpleasantly tart/cheesy/funky.
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Post by lmonty on Jan 27, 2011 11:43:56 GMT -5
i'm definitely going to plant BOSS this year! did it the year before and it grew well. but it takes lots of room! thats why i want to trial it as an alternative 3 sisters, to get multicrops out of that space and have a rotation that gives me decent production. anybody know how any of the polyheaded types produce seed volume wise compared to the singles humungous headed ones? i really dont care if they are specifically oil seed, just how much i can get per plant. i havent bought seed for that yet so am willing to try a couple of different types. oh and the little ones are doing good, bouncing around in a big plastic storage container in the living room. they just had their first lesson on the milk bucket  they survived, although they made it well known that they preferred a nice comfy lap to sit in instead of actually having to stand to eat! life is tough when youre a goat |
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Post by mjc on Jan 27, 2011 11:45:46 GMT -5
I have tried it from the store, and found it unpleasantly tart/cheesy/funky. Well...I had to ask my wife, as her family milked goats when she was growing up. She basically said that it should be rich, smooth and creamy, but 'different' (she couldn't quite say 'how') than cow's milk. It needs immediate chilling or it will taste 'goaty'. It should not be 'tart/cheesy/funky'. It keeps about 3 days, for fresh use, if kept cold. After that, a couple more days and it is fine for cooking, but 5 days max...after that feed to chickens, pigs, etc. |
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Post by lmonty on Jan 27, 2011 11:47:11 GMT -5
garnet- the stuff from the store should have a biohazard warning label on it! i dont know how anyone could drink that stuff...mine tastes like good fresh creamy milk- a little richer than whole cows milk, since the nubians i breed average about 5% butterfat.
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Post by johno on Jan 27, 2011 12:52:24 GMT -5
That's very sad about the babies.  How is the doe doing? John, that sound good in theory. But it actually would make alot more work for me. I'd be shoveling even more snow than I do now. My goats would definitely destroy the tarp too. lol I was sleepy when I wrote that. I forgot the goats would eat what's left of the tarp after they trampled it... |
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Post by grunt on Jan 27, 2011 14:54:11 GMT -5
Goat's milk taste depends a lot on the particular goat. I had one that was so similar to cow's milk it was hard to tell them apart = the sister to that goat had milk you just could not drink. Both had exactly the same diet.
Choose your milker carefully.
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Post by seedywen on Jan 27, 2011 17:30:33 GMT -5
It's interesting how much variability there is in the taste of individual goat's milk. I've raised PB Saaens, then Nubian/Saaen crosses, over to PR Alpines and now Alpine/Nubian crosses.
Used to think that the taste had to do with differences in butter-fat content of the various goats. These days, think there might be other factors as well.
Monty, I laughed when I read about the goats in the blue tote...in the kitchen.
That's so what happens around here, if the kidding's been difficult and the babies are brought into the house, for careful monitering until they can be with their mom. Last spring, my prize Alpine delivered three, all twisted around each other in utero. Or shall I say, more that I had to assist all three, with only the first surviving. And the last kids, twice as big as both the other two. Thought I might lose the mother too but she pulled through although it took several weeks for her to recover.
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Post by garnetmoth on Jan 27, 2011 20:25:34 GMT -5
Thanks for the answers! Ive been curious for a while but never thought to ask.
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Post by flowerpower on Jan 28, 2011 7:30:06 GMT -5
I feed them hay inside the barn, then any wasted hay becomes their bedding. The bedding later on becomes my compost pile makings! I actually don't bother composting it. I use the spoiled hay as mulch. Or just add it to the pumpkin patch. And I do make manure tea from the fresh pellets. |
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Post by wildseed57 on Mar 7, 2011 19:22:14 GMT -5
I don't know how I missed this post, but growing Quinoa and Amaranth is tops for calcium and very high in Iron and Protein. You could also try growing flowering Okra and or Rosella along with Kanef (Hibiscus cannabinus) all of the plants can be cut with a Hay cutter, then left to dry and round bailed or run through a sialage machine, you can also inter plant with sorghum and field peas. Kanef is very high in fiber and is used mainly for making paper with, but in the mid east where both Rossela and Kanef is grown, they use them as animal forage also. Just something to think about .
George W.
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they survived, although they made it well known that they preferred a nice comfy lap to sit in instead of actually having to stand to eat! life is tough when youre a goat 
How is the doe doing? 
