When to start milking goats
When Can You Start Milking? AND 4 Ways to Raise Kids
today I wanted to talk about when you
could start milking your goats after
they've had their kids most likely you
are raising goats because you want their
milk and so it's a good question so when
can you get that first nook now there
are several approaches to this this
dough just a couple days ago some kids
but they're just little itty bitty
things they can't keep up with her
production and I don't want her getting
mastitis so I am going to empty her out
of it so that she's not so tight and
then I'm going to bond it hurt monitor
her just as the days go by so that is
something important after you have your
dough has a need to watch and make
sure that she doesn't get so tight
because sometimes the kids can can start
to suck and they just can't keep up with
those you know there's um a letdown and
so it overwhelms them and convince their
teats can become so big that they just
can't handle that either and and they
just can't keep up and that can lead to
problems and you want your dough to
continue making as much milk as possible
for your sake as the months go by so a
tight utter will tell the dough hey
you're making way too much milk slow it
down and then that can decrease their
milk production so there are several
approaches that you can take to raising
kids one of the ways is just bottle
raising them the king of dough would
have the kids and you would separate
them and then start bottle raising them
if you have the time
to do that and and or you have a dough
that you know has some disease of some
sort that you don't want to pass on to
the kids then that would be an option to
do that now that is an option that I
don't want to do myself I love it that
my dough's can raise their own kids I've
found that a dough that has been raised
by their mother is a very good mother
when it's her turn
I also don't have the time to do that
and I just find I just like it when the
dough's can raise their own kids the way
that I do it is damn raising the dough's
are raised the kids and they do so until
weaning and I weaned at two months so
for between two and three months
depending on if it is a little buckling
or a dough length and so that is another
option is just to have the dough raise
the kids and then once the kids are
weaned you can begin to milk another way
to do this is to separate the dough's
and the kids so you could do this in two
ways you can either separate them in the
daytime or separate them at night now
this would happen after the kids are
several weeks old so you let the damn
the dough raise them for several weeks
and then you can begin to separate them
so the first way that you would do that
is separate them in the daytime and they
would each go into their separate places
and then you would milk the the dough in
the evening another way you can do it is
to separate them in the evening and then
you would milk her first thing in the
morning and then put the kids back
together with her in the daydream that
is actually the what I do when I've done
that I actually this year haven't done
that yet but when I have in the
has I've separated them at night it's
easier to do it that way and I like it
that the kids can go out with their
mamas during the day and forage and you
know get get all the outside activity
going on with their mom and then I
separate them at night and that is a
very good option another approach is to
do like half being raised by the DOE and
half raised by the bottle so you would
separate them in the daytime and give
the babies their bottles during the day
at an earlier age and then at night
they'd be returned to their mother and
by doing this you can start milk
production for yourself a little bit
sooner you can start it like almost
immediately and then the kids are then
can be sold at an earlier age and
they're there they're already on the
bottle the people that buy them can take
them and raise them on the bottle and
you can sell them at an earlier earlier
age and and that can be also an
acceptable way to do that this also is
the way that people that are showing
their goats use this method because they
have found that it helps prepare their
dose really well for the show ring like
removing the kids from the dough that
it's like they're the utter of the dough
like swells and stretches and that is
what you want in the show ring so if you
are planning to show and are heading
that way definitely that is an option
for you that shows you a four ways that
you can do it you can do total
separation from the beginning you can do
just Dam raising the dough raises the
kids you can do dough raising with
separation which would be either you'd
separate them during the day or separate
them during the night and number four
you could do either that at the dough
raising the kids and the bottle feeding
on both at this you know you're doing
that at the same time but that allows
to sell the kids in an earlier age and
can help prepare your dough for the show
ring those four options are great
options that you can do with your goats
too to know and just be confident and
know that when you can start milking
your your dough's and get some fresh
milk for yourself but it'll also not
only will you be able to get some milk
sooner but you can also be watching your
dough's and making sure that when they
first kid that they're not huge like the
other dough that I'm going to be
bringing into milk she they have been
favoring one side so the other side is
just very large and ballooned out so
that will relieve the pressure on that
side it will also hopefully when this
one sits smaller and not so pressure
build the kids will begin to drink on
that side as well and and then as the
kids grow they will be drinking more
milk as well but that just you don't
want your dose get mastitis and so you
need to be watching that so that you're
milking them out so if they are full and
the kids aren't able at the very
beginning to get it all you just need to
be able to milk them out a bit so that
that doesn't happen
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hey this dough was featured in my video
about how to train a goat to milk and
she was my goat that did an awful job of
it I mean you should go watch that video
it will make you laugh because it was a
disaster but I figured out a great way
to get her milked that was really
helpful because she could kick both feet
into the air at the same time and Oh way
over my head
and it was awful the first week of
milking and so she hasn't been milked
for a year and we'll see how she is
going to do but you can see that this
side is very full
I love this know she started out rough
she was wild and now she's won a very
infection ago which is a very good
mother so I love that you're gonna have
to build up my muscles again you don't
realize how much muscle it takes to milk
until you start milking if you're ever
concerned with how much to take we
really don't need to worry about that
the dough will hold back what she needs
for her babies and you really can never
like them i at least in my experience
you can never really build out a go
completely they're continually making
them so they will be able to keep up and
they were in so I mean you don't want to
like strip them out completely but you
know you can get a good portion of the
milk and they'll make more on the baby
as well we'll have enough
so you don't need to worry about that
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and faith here she had two kids
two months ago and so I haven't been
milking I haven't separated this year I
haven't separated any of the kids from
the dough's I actually just saved milk I
froze milk last year and so we just have
a couple more bags gallon bags of it in
the freezer and so we've been finishing
that up so I really haven't been in dust
for need of milk and so I just haven't
started that chore yet but she had one
of her kids one of her little weather's
left the other day and so she just has
one little doily on her and so one of
her sides is fairly tight so I'm just
gonna milk out the other side to keep
that again so it doesn't get too tight
and then maybe the the doling I'll be
more willing to drink on that side as
well so I will keep the doling of hers
on for another month I believe that the
doling should be kept on as long as
festival especially if they're going to
be raised or breeding purposes you want
them to have as much nutrition as
possible and so weaning them too soon
and just skin start them of the
nutrition that they need so I will leave
the buckling or the weather's earlier
you know what two months if there is if
someone is interested in them and
wanting to pick them up this year for
the first time I am milking five dose
last year I was looking for so this year
we added one more the goat milk is in
high demand and people love it
so good for you so if you want to know
the astounding benefits a goat milk you
can watch that video on my channel as
well as you can see we got some good
amount of milk thank you for watching
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