Do we have any raw milk drinkers here?

[PaulaJoAnne]

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And its ultra pasturized

 

[Wifezilla]

That drives me nuts. ALL the milk at all the major stores is ultra mangled. I have to make a special trip to get low temp vat pasteurized milk. Also they do not carry cream that isn't ultra mangled. Sams of all places has regular pasteurized cream. Of course, that is equally out of my way in the opposite direction as the milk.

With gas and all, a cow share is looking more affordable.

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

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I hear you! we have to drive about 10 miles to get raw milk, and they charge $9.00 a gallon!!

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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We are in the beginning stages of formulating a goat share program.
we are going to do what a few families we know on the other side of the mountains are doing with their cow.
One cow and seven families. Each family has a day of the week that they milk morning nad evening, keeping the milk
that they get.
I want to make sure I do not run into issues and get that "knock" on my door, so we are going to hopefully have the goats actually owned by other families
with us boarding them.
This will allow us to be able to step away for a day or two as well. Like when its time to head down to the Kenia for dipnetting read salmon or visit family outside.
We will need to add in more chickens too, so that eggs can become part of the deal.

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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I hear you! we have to drive about 10 miles to get raw milk, and they charge $9.00 a gallon!!

You are VERY blessed to only drive 10 miles. I would guess that the majority of raw drinkers drive considerably more then that.
For us its well over 60 miles.
I know of many where it takes all day to do the run, driving 6 hours one way.

 

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

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Very, very interesting! I hadn't heard that lactose intolerant folks can handle raw milk better then pasteurized. My mom has been drinking lactose free milk for years and wants to try our raw milk, but was sure the lactose level would be higher. Hmmm...

 

[PotterWatch]

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We are in the beginning stages of formulating a goat share program.
we are going to do what a few families we know on the other side of the mountains are doing with their cow.
One cow and seven families. Each family has a day of the week that they milk morning nad evening, keeping the milk
that they get.
I want to make sure I do not run into issues and get that "knock" on my door, so we are going to hopefully have the goats actually owned by other families
with us boarding them.
This will allow us to be able to step away for a day or two as well. Like when its time to head down to the Kenia for dipnetting read salmon or visit family outside.
We will need to add in more chickens too, so that eggs can become part of the deal.

We are part of a cow share that is similar. Each share is responsible for milking either morning or afternoon on a particular day. I milk every Saturday evening. I used to have two shares, but it got to be too much milk so I cut back to one (of course, now I don't get quite enough

) I pay $10/month for the farm to board the cow and I get to keep any milk I obtain while milking. It is a great way to get raw milk! I can send you a copy of our herd share agreement if you want to see how we worded everything.

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

I have a toggenburg doe I'm looking to breed. Just contacted a nigerian dwarf buck owner today about having her bred. So, hopefully I will have milk this spring. We don't drink a whole lot of milk, but my daughter has a cup of chocolate milk every morning when she wakes up. I had bought a quart of goat's milk from a friend and we tried it. Initially my 4 yr. old daughter said it was gross (she usually drinks skim milk). I gave it to her without telling her and she didn't know the difference. We plan on drinking it raw. My 67 yr. old grandmother is already waiting for it.

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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We are in the beginning stages of formulating a goat share program.
we are going to do what a few families we know on the other side of the mountains are doing with their cow.
One cow and seven families. Each family has a day of the week that they milk morning nad evening, keeping the milk
that they get.
I want to make sure I do not run into issues and get that "knock" on my door, so we are going to hopefully have the goats actually owned by other families
with us boarding them.
This will allow us to be able to step away for a day or two as well. Like when its time to head down to the Kenia for dipnetting read salmon or visit family outside.
We will need to add in more chickens too, so that eggs can become part of the deal.

We are part of a cow share that is similar. Each share is responsible for milking either morning or afternoon on a particular day. I milk every Saturday evening. I used to have two shares, but it got to be too much milk so I cut back to one (of course, now I don't get quite enough

) I pay $10/month for the farm to board the cow and I get to keep any milk I obtain while milking. It is a great way to get raw milk! I can send you a copy of our herd share agreement if you want to see how we worded everything.

I would love a copy of that contract.
I run one of the co-ops for the dairy farm, but that contract is very different, and deals with a Grade A Facility.
Its hard to get a proper contract written up, lol!

 

[LovinMyPeeps]

We have a USDA certified organic farm that is licensed for raw milk and sells it for 2.50 a half gallon. I love the stuff