Love for goats

• Sunday, September 10, 2006 - Today

My does miss their kiddies. I miss their kiddies tooooo! You can tell they are kinda looking around for the kids and feeling a little lonely. Their udders are huge. I'm only milking them once a day so they dry up. I milked at 8:00 this morning and now they are not entirely full yet. Yesterday I milked at 4:00 in the afternoon and by 8 this morning their udders were so full they were hard. I'm just afraid of mastitis, but I guess the pressure of the milk in her udder will stop her from making milk.

I'm in the process of making yogurt (it's sitting in it's hot water bath, it needs to for a few hours) and hopefully it won't turn out watery like last time. I know goat milk yogurt is supposed to be less hard than cows, but there was like, an inch of water on the top. It's because when I poured some water out of the cooler that the jars of yogurt sit it, the water went in the jars.

*sigh* Back to school tomorrow. I dislike fall.

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• Sunday, September 10, 2006 - Howdy neighbor

Posted by tioga12

Surprised to find you here XD
I wouldn't worry about mastits just because they are full-my first goat was really hard and tight after I had her a day. Just use your Fight Bac or whatever you use and they should be fine. (Even drying them off cold turkey is supposed to be OK).
My yogurt thickened in the fridge overnight-try that...and gelatin and some dry powdered milk really help. I used 1 c gelatin and 1/3 c. dry milk per gallon of milk-turned out like yoplait custard style. Let it set at 110-129 degrees for 6-8 hours.
Thanks for the opportunity to buy your kids-they look great and are so healthy. You should be proud-you did a great job with them. They are adjusting just fine and get along well with the does. Our children are loving them every minute. Stop in and see them anytime.
You find a nice buck yet? I hope you get yourself some nice nubie kids next time :)
Annette

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Posted by ohsodashing

I got bored :D

Yup, I just put it in the fridge. I put it in the fridge last time but there was still a bunch of water on the top. My mom suggested I add a little bit of vanilla so I added some before heating (along w/ powdered milk).

That's good that they're doing great! It's just so lonely, I'm used to looking outside and having six... now I only have two :D kind of more peaceful, but lonely. Those kids are goofy things, they put a smile on your face!!!!

No, we didn't find a buck yet. I haven't really looked that much. I guess I still have until January, but that\s only -ugh- three months away.

Edited by ohsodashing on Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 09:50

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