Does anyone milk their goats by hand?

[Granolamom]

So far, everone I spoke to has milking equipment for their dairy goats. Do any of you goat people out there milk yours the old-fashioned way? (Perhaps someone who only has 1 or 2, for family use only)

 

[CANDLE98]

I was wanting to know the same thing because we were thinking about getting goats. But doesn't goat milk taste funny?

 

[MissPrissy]

I hand milk.

No, properly handled milk does not taste funny.

 

[redhen]

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goats milk is yummy!

 

[CANDLE98]

Well when my 4 year old was a baby she was allergic to cows milk and I was breast feeding so I had to stop drinking cows milk and I had to drink goats milk from the store and it tasted like a goat smells. It wasn't rotten or anything but I didn't like it. Does fresh goat milk taste like that?

 

[redhen]

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well....if you already know that you dont like it...dont get goats to milk!....

....pretty simple....

 

[Granolamom]

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From what I understand, store bought goats' milk tastes "goaty", because it's pasteurized. Untreated goats' milk does not have that strong taste.

 

[CANDLE98]

Well I didn't know if store goat milk tasted different than fresh goat milk

 

[helmstead]

I hand milk my Nigis, twice a day

I say why buy a machine, when God gave me two?

As MP said - fresh, properly handled goats milk has no off taste or smell. If anything, it's sweeter than cow's milk. I've had the store bought stuff and it is NASTY.

 

[Granolamom]

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How long does it take you to milk one? And how much milk a day, on average, do you get from one goat?