How often do you need to milk a pygmy goat?
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Worried this goat might kick the milk pot at any moment while I yank on her boobies, while Peter watches over with advise. Everyone has to do this at least once in their life.
Question by i.<3.thinking.about.life.: How often do you need to milk a pygmy goat?
How often do you need to milk a pygmy goat? What will happen if you don’t? Do you know anything about pygmy goats. I know they aren’t the best milking goats, but they do produce milk.
If you can answer this question too…: Do you know of any machines I can use to milk one (a website for the machine would be great).
thanks a million!
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2 Responses to How often do you need to milk a pygmy goat?
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Do milk goats HAVE to be milked every day?
Is it possible to go away for the weekend leaving a goat or two unattended?
What happens if you don’t milk the goats every day?
If you don’t milk them regularly they can develop mastitis.
Do you have some young kids (goat) that can suckle them? See if they will let them suckle and if they will only milk them part way each day and let the kids finish each day. This way it won’t be a problem to leave them for a week end provided they have plenty of food and fresh water.
Milking usually is done twice daily, morning and night. You can’t let them go a weekend without milking, it is very painful for the goat and it isn’t healthy for their mammary system. I have owned and milked dairy goats for 11 years and it is a great way to have your own milk available, but it is a BIG responsiblity as it is with owning any farm animal. Also, unless a goat is feeding its own kids, it is very hard to get a goat to accept other kids and let them nurse. If you don’t milk a goat’s udder empty at each milking, the goat will begin to produce less and less and will eventually dry themselves off.
lyong222
April 20, 2012 at 4:57 pm
I am actually a pygmy goat breeder and seller.
A pygmy goat is definitely not a good milk goat, they are difficult to milk, and just are not made for it. If you were to milk them, which I dont advise, they would need to be milked two times a day. This would happen after they had a kid. If you dont, their udder willl swell to maximum size, and they will stop producing milk until they are pregnant/ready to kid again. email me if you have more questions.
Martha
April 20, 2012 at 5:10 pm