Milking Goats by Hand – How-To at Blue Rock Station Green Living Center
Just how do you milk a goat (properly) in a family homestead environment? A quick “how to” from the folks at Blue Rock Station – a sustainable homestead where Annie & Jay Warmke live in the Earthship they built, trying to demonstrate how to live lightly on the earth.
25 Responses to Milking Goats by Hand – How-To at Blue Rock Station Green Living Center
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what do you feed them im getting goats and cant find any thing that will simply say what to feed dairy goats
HorseyHow2Channel
January 3, 2012 at 9:41 pm
thanks to God that I have found your video. It’s very helpful!
margowolfenbarger
January 3, 2012 at 10:04 pm
A quick question if you would be so kind. In general how long does it take to milk a goat (approximately)? Love the vid, am thinking of getting some goats.
eggthenoodle
January 3, 2012 at 10:23 pm
@grace774177 Hello. Glad to hear about another soap maker. 🙂 I don’t have have a goats milk recipe, but you can find a whole bunch on the internet. I have never made any because I have never had fresh. You can get books from the library that can help. “The everything soapmaking” book is good. It also depends on what kind of soap making you want to do. You can email me & I can give more details if you want. Same as above with at hotmail. State soapmaking in sub or I could delete. Good luck.
onetweetygirl71
January 3, 2012 at 10:56 pm
@onetweetygirl71 Hello! I am getting goats in about a week or so and I saw your comment and wanted to help you out! YES! Your kids should be able to drink goats milk because it has smaller fat globules and is much easier to digest than cows milk. Most people are alergic to cows milk because they can not digest it:)
I really want to make goats milk soap because I have heard a lot of good things about it…could you give me one of your recipies to start me off? or a few tips? Thanks!
grace774177
January 3, 2012 at 11:04 pm
Beautiful..if the whole world lived like this I swear there would never be wars.
wogpom
January 3, 2012 at 11:18 pm
soon the gov will close all those family farms. fuck, i cant have my small farm because my farm is considered low standard or not that “modern” like big farm corporation. but belive me that animals in my farm are more happy than those who are in their animal factories. fuck global crisis, i dont care i dont have money, but i have my smal farm and animals who provide my food. but they want to take me that too.
catalinux007leiro
January 4, 2012 at 12:16 am
hi im just wondering how much milk a goat would milk a day
ballinamoredude
January 4, 2012 at 1:15 am
Hi to all you homesteaders, or back-to-the-landers out there. If you need a great book that is really helpful to all of us who can use some good info for farm living, get hold of a copy of a book titled: “Practical Homesteading” by John Vivian. I’ve had mine for about 30 years and still read through it often. You might find it on ebay. As for buying goat milk, if you can’t find anywhere, but need some, a lot of large grocery chains carry it.Usually in qts. Might help you out temporarily.
sergeantsailorman
January 4, 2012 at 1:34 am
Would be able to post some measurements for your goat milkin stand? we are getting ready for our first goat and would like to build a stand. Thank you.
sbhministry
January 4, 2012 at 2:09 am
awesum thnks for th vid, u and ur goats have a lovely relationship 🙂
beautifulgirl022
January 4, 2012 at 2:50 am
Thanks for your nice video. Like your milking pails. Who sells them ? Thanks
93loghead
January 4, 2012 at 2:59 am
@onetweetygirl71 Look into goat shares. It may work for you.
michigankids
January 4, 2012 at 3:01 am
Thanks for sharing this video with us. Does teat size make a difference to you? I am wondering if it’s a lot harder if the girl has smaller teats to milk? The second goat, was that Eleanor? Anyway her teats looked smaller than the white goat. Does it make a difference to you? Is it more difficult to milk?
michigankids
January 4, 2012 at 3:51 am
wow, never would have thought that. i wonder why? well, i guess i will have to figure out something else. do you know if Michigan can sell it? i am right on the border and it wouldnt take much to zoom over there. thank you very much for the info.
onetweetygirl71
January 4, 2012 at 4:42 am
@onetweetygirl71 Thanks for your comments. It is illegal to sell goat milk in Ohio so you’ll have to find another source of protein for your family. Annie
bluerockstation
January 4, 2012 at 4:52 am
thank you so much for this video. My hubby & i have been wanting goats for a very long time. once we get a nice place with some land we want a few goats. do you know anywhere in the Toledo and serounding areas were i can buy goats milk. i make soap & want to use it in all my soaps as well as want to give it to my girls. they also have a problem with cows milk & i have been told goats milk is as close to human milk as you can get. dont know for sure, but that is what i have heard. thanks.
onetweetygirl71
January 4, 2012 at 4:56 am
thank you!! Your’s is the best by far on milking…very informative…I will be getting a few does in the near future…neather of my grandchildren digest cow’s milk..they lack the protien, my grandson actually breaks out in rashes–from cow’s milk BUT he can drink goats milk, and loves it. Goats milk is VERY expensive down here…5-8.00 a gallon…and we go thru it pretty fast in our house…Good video!!
yankeegurl62
January 4, 2012 at 5:04 am
Thank you very much for sharing this. I’m new to the whole thing (still after a year) but finally I have two girls ready to pop any day now! Am really excited and quite anxious. 🙂
wasankari
January 4, 2012 at 5:40 am
ty! :)
JaalaJ
January 4, 2012 at 6:11 am
thanks for this video .i have never milked a goat before but we just got a prego mini and she just had a baby
ymaify
January 4, 2012 at 6:24 am
Like your video, thanks for sharing!
zwielback
January 4, 2012 at 7:01 am
No, the goat looks fine. Dairy cows look heavy, dairy goats should not.
zwielback
January 4, 2012 at 7:53 am
That is a nice milking stand - I like the keyhole design for the goats head. Is the stand home made – some dimensions would be great.
Hamish121212
January 4, 2012 at 8:05 am
We’re located in southeast Ohio USA.
bluerockstation
January 4, 2012 at 8:32 am