Goats

Having had goats as a young girl and all throughout my life I have learned over the years how intelligent and social goats are. They are require very little land as compared to cattle and are much easier to handle. A dairy goat can provide much for a family. Besides their delicious milk one can make cheese and soap. They make wonderful pets but must be treated as a goat and kept contained in areas away from garden or flower crops.

Many people tell me that they just couldn’t stand to drink goat milk but when I offer them a good cold glass they change their mind. Many people associate the smell of the male with the milk. It is true if the male stays with the milking doe the milk can absorb some of the odor and give an off taste to the milk. We keep the males separated until they need to be bred in the fall. The does do not have the odor as do the bucks. The bucks smell is worse during the breeding season.

There are many websites on the Internet for general information regarding goats milk. I do know that more goats milk is consumed than cows and it has been used for centuries. We have raised orphan foals on it and even have a photo of a foal nursing the goat. The goat stood on a stand and before the foal was weaned she drank from two goats. That foal happened to be Belinda’s Last Lady. She was two weeks old when her dam Beloved Belinda died.