[Homestead] Dairy goat lactation period

bob ford bobford79 at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 17 10:31:30 EST 2008


Okay, you say that a goat will make milk longer after the kid is gone, but the goat should be milked once a day.  What if you had to leave , for say, a week?  Would the fact that she wasn't milked make her sick in any way?  what harm would be caused?  I'm not a big milk drinker, though I drink milk.  But, I do love cheese.  I don't want to never be able to go camping for a few days or traveling for a week or two,............bobford

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--- On Mon, 11/17/08, Marie McHarry <mmcharry at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Marie McHarry <mmcharry at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] Dairy goat lactation period
> To: homestead at lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 8:21 AM
> The standard for goats is 305 days with 2 months off beforet
> he next
> kidding. However, some goats -- especially high-producing
> Saanens can
> be milked straight through for two or even three years.
> 
> Note about cows: When I was a kid we had a brown swiss that
> we milked
> for more than 10 years with no calves.
> 
> Goats need to be milked at least one a day; some dairies
> milk 3X. The
> more you milk them, the more they produce (and the more
> they eat).
> 
> A dairy cow can easily raise a couple of calves, even if
> she is milked
> once a day. As Lynn says, you have the keep the calves away
> from her
> at least overnight.
> 
> Marie
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