Ms Ruby’s daughter, Miss Beryl is still nursing 1 side, so I get my milk from the other side.
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25 Responses to Milking Ms Ruby – the best milk goat ever !
I can try to get video of the goats. The goat in question is only half nubian. She’s a 5th generation cross between nigerian dwarf goats and nubians. And at her young age, she’s not much of a producer. At her peak she made just a pint a day but her dam earlier this year was making three quarts a day. She just needs to grow. She’ll be dried off in December along with her dam and a full nubian we have in preparation for their February kids. We are going to have a lot of baby goats next year.
youshouldallexpire
February 1, 2013 at 7:52 am Reply
Well fortunately they have lengthened with time. I milk her with my thumb and first two fingers. I hope they will improve with the next kidding. She’s due in February.
youshouldallexpire
February 1, 2013 at 9:16 am Reply
Most people milk dwarf goats using just the thumb and first finger.
Hi Gillian, they stand at the gate and wait to be let in. They love grain, and come willingly in and jump up on the milkstand, and are happy to be relieved of that heavy weight in their udders. thanks for askin !
Hi Janet! I wondered how you get your goats up on the milking stand; do you have to catch them and force them? Or are they like cows who go straight to the milking station?
I like goat milk, as long as it doesn’t have the strong “goaty” flavor that it tends to have when the goats are not thoroughly cleaned before milking. I wish I knew a place around here that sells goat milk.
Ms Ruby was a full blood, Apine. She was bitten in the back of her udder last year by a snake, and she was dead in 24 hours. I had her for several years and loved her, and miss her.
The babies decide which teat they will nurse the first time they nurse and stick with the same one from then on.
You have a nice set up for milking there. On our channel, we just put up a video on how to milk a goat and starting a share program.
ByTheTreeFarmGoods
February 1, 2013 at 1:31 pm Reply
I just had a 14 month old mini nubian kid this morning. Her teats are about the size of the end joint of my pinkie. I’m thinking when I start milking her I might have to get a vacuum type milker to use on her. Fortunately her dam’s are comfortably large, so hers should get bigger.
youshouldallexpire
February 1, 2013 at 2:02 pm Reply
There is cream. You can separate goats milk using a centrifuge. Unfortunately those are expensive.
youshouldallexpire
February 1, 2013 at 2:34 pm Reply
No their not
MyBabyBudgies152
February 1, 2013 at 2:43 pm Reply
Them babies are saying, “milk, I see milk. gimmee gimmee gimmeeee”!
I guess we like goats.
Skyrilla
February 1, 2013 at 4:06 am
Me tooooo lol !!!
TECpeds94
February 1, 2013 at 4:26 am
u sound hott lol
Zuber Malek
February 1, 2013 at 5:22 am
I don’t even know why I decided to look for this…
Skyrilla
February 1, 2013 at 6:17 am
Amazing work!
Hasham Zia
February 1, 2013 at 6:36 am
Loving your own tits,,, maybe need some milking?
jcyoshi
February 1, 2013 at 7:00 am
I can try to get video of the goats. The goat in question is only half nubian. She’s a 5th generation cross between nigerian dwarf goats and nubians. And at her young age, she’s not much of a producer. At her peak she made just a pint a day but her dam earlier this year was making three quarts a day. She just needs to grow. She’ll be dried off in December along with her dam and a full nubian we have in preparation for their February kids. We are going to have a lot of baby goats next year.
youshouldallexpire
February 1, 2013 at 7:52 am
Excellent. Do you hvae video? I love nubians.
Beatnikzombie
February 1, 2013 at 8:35 am
Well fortunately they have lengthened with time. I milk her with my thumb and first two fingers. I hope they will improve with the next kidding. She’s due in February.
youshouldallexpire
February 1, 2013 at 9:16 am
Most people milk dwarf goats using just the thumb and first finger.
Beatnikzombie
February 1, 2013 at 10:14 am
Hi Gillian, they stand at the gate and wait to be let in. They love grain, and come willingly in and jump up on the milkstand, and are happy to be relieved of that heavy weight in their udders. thanks for askin !
JanetinTenn
February 1, 2013 at 10:32 am
Hi Janet! I wondered how you get your goats up on the milking stand; do you have to catch them and force them? Or are they like cows who go straight to the milking station?
Gillian Spence
February 1, 2013 at 11:05 am
Lovely setup. Looks like she produces lots.
svennbreng
February 1, 2013 at 11:10 am
I like goat milk, as long as it doesn’t have the strong “goaty” flavor that it tends to have when the goats are not thoroughly cleaned before milking. I wish I knew a place around here that sells goat milk.
fubukifangirl
February 1, 2013 at 11:42 am
Had Miss Ruby died??????! 🙁
In this video she arcs her body while milked hehe, why doe she arc?
beautywolfy
February 1, 2013 at 12:09 pm
Ms Ruby was a full blood, Apine. She was bitten in the back of her udder last year by a snake, and she was dead in 24 hours. I had her for several years and loved her, and miss her.
The babies decide which teat they will nurse the first time they nurse and stick with the same one from then on.
JanetinTenn
February 1, 2013 at 12:43 pm
I had never thought of that. So smart! What breed is Ruby?
I don’t have goats yet but want to get a couple this summer. Did you train the babies to only nurse one side or did they do that on their own?
squeakymcmurdo
February 1, 2013 at 12:46 pm
You have a nice set up for milking there. On our channel, we just put up a video on how to milk a goat and starting a share program.
ByTheTreeFarmGoods
February 1, 2013 at 1:31 pm
I just had a 14 month old mini nubian kid this morning. Her teats are about the size of the end joint of my pinkie. I’m thinking when I start milking her I might have to get a vacuum type milker to use on her. Fortunately her dam’s are comfortably large, so hers should get bigger.
youshouldallexpire
February 1, 2013 at 2:02 pm
There is cream. You can separate goats milk using a centrifuge. Unfortunately those are expensive.
youshouldallexpire
February 1, 2013 at 2:34 pm
No their not
MyBabyBudgies152
February 1, 2013 at 2:43 pm
Them babies are saying, “milk, I see milk. gimmee gimmee gimmeeee”!
snaps81625
February 1, 2013 at 3:02 pm
Love it! What kind of goats are they?
julieighomestead
February 1, 2013 at 3:24 pm
– Fanged death = poisonous snake
JanetinTenn
February 1, 2013 at 4:16 pm
what is fanged death?
ScopedOUT2
February 1, 2013 at 4:48 pm