Excited about Clementine!

[theecksteins]

Comments

[itealaich]

! GOATSES!

[hippydippymama]

OMG she is adorable!

I want one now. No. NO. My house is not zoned for livestock! GAH!

[theecksteins]

From a distance, Clementine MIGHT looks like an unusual terrier. They're quiet when happy?

Civil disobedience! jk, jk.

[natsukaze]

So adorable. *dies*

Clarification, though...you mentioned offspring, and that Meriwether is Clementine's brother...incestuous goat offspring? :o

[hippydippymama]

Meriwether is a wether- he's castrated.

[natsukaze]

Durr. I can read, really, I promise!

[dollbunny]

"Oh my darlin, oh my darlin..."

:D Yay goaties!

[silverminion]

This may be a silly question but I'm fairly new, and if this is offensive then I hope to learn from it. But what about pasteurizing the milk? Or is that not necessary when you know the animals the milk is coming from? And does goat milk contain lactose?

[hippydippymama]

All milk contains lactose, and pastuerization is unlikely to be needed when the time from teat to table is about an hour.

[silverminion]

Thanks for the answers.

[theecksteins]

The equipment and facility also helps. For example, I's saving up for a seamless, stainless steel milking pail. Bad bacteria can hide in the seams of a normal pail. Plastic has tiny pores in it which are impossible to ever truly sterilize. I'm also going to use a stainless steel strip cup, which is where you put the first couple sprays of milk to observe separately for abnormalities like lumps or clots or anything else odd. I'll use disposable milk filters; cheesecloth cannot be sterilized. I'm also going to use paper towels to dry the udder after sterilizing it with mild bleach-water or iodine rather than cloth towels. All other containers should be stainless steel or sterilized glass. It is also important to get the temperature of the milk down low quickly