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<blockquote data-quote="jonbri55" data-source="post: 545814" data-attributes="member: 8312"><p>I have a family of 6-REALLY big eaters! We had 2 dairy goats and that was plenty. I used Saanens and they gave about 12# each on average per day. We drank the milk and I made yogurt (lots) and ice cream. I never made cheese though. Butter is almost impossible to make from goat milk as the milk is sort of naturally homogenized and not much cream goes to the top. I also raised at least 1 calf every year on the goat milk and I agree that I never had a problem with scours or disease when they were drinking goat's milk. If you have 2, you can stagger their breeding so that you always have a supply of milk. </p><p></p><p>If you keep your barn, milking area, and equipment clean and NO BUCKS near the does, you shouldn't have a problem with the milk tasting goaty. It's much better than store cow's milk. </p><p></p><p>Freezing goat's milk makes it taste goaty. I would still freeze it though and feed it to the calves-they don't care. Or once you process it, like for cheese, the taste disappears.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jonbri55, post: 545814, member: 8312"] I have a family of 6-REALLY big eaters! We had 2 dairy goats and that was plenty. I used Saanens and they gave about 12# each on average per day. We drank the milk and I made yogurt (lots) and ice cream. I never made cheese though. Butter is almost impossible to make from goat milk as the milk is sort of naturally homogenized and not much cream goes to the top. I also raised at least 1 calf every year on the goat milk and I agree that I never had a problem with scours or disease when they were drinking goat's milk. If you have 2, you can stagger their breeding so that you always have a supply of milk. If you keep your barn, milking area, and equipment clean and NO BUCKS near the does, you shouldn't have a problem with the milk tasting goaty. It's much better than store cow's milk. Freezing goat's milk makes it taste goaty. I would still freeze it though and feed it to the calves-they don't care. Or once you process it, like for cheese, the taste disappears. [/QUOTE]
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