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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Dairy goat lactation period
  • Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:34:45 -0800 (PST)

Thank you Jeanne. That was very helpful. ..........bobford

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--- On Mon, 11/17/08, Jeanne Driese <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Jeanne Driese <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Dairy goat lactation period
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 10:31 AM
> Bob,
> A friend of mine has three goats. She is VERY independent,
> but still likes to go away for a time. What she does is
> freeze her goats milk in one gallon plastic bags. Then she
> has a supply on hand. She does this for several months,
> (she stopped milking in late October) her new kids will be
> born in the spring. This woman makes all her own cheeses
> from goats milk, as well as uses it for baking, and
> drinking. She gave me a couple of gallons when I went to
> visit. It was dated June 2008 and I used it this month to
> make some kefir. It was delicious!
> That system gives her several months when milking is not
> done.
> Jeanne
> tnhillwoman
> North East TN zone 6
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gene GeRue
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 11:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Dairy goat lactation period
>
>
>
> On Nov 17, 2008, at 8:42 AM, Warren wrote:
>
> >> 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
> >
> > I have the same questions.
> >
> > Warren
>
> Find someone near you who will sell you milk as you want
> it. The work
> of animal husbandry is simply too great to justify
> minimal usage of
> milk or meat.
>
> Think beyond independence to community.
>
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