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[ShayBaby]

<---knows nothing about milk, obviously (me, that is). If unpasteurized is healthier, why is it illegal to sell? To Google!
Brian, if I drank more milk, I'd go in on that share! Our gallon of store-bought usually expires before we ever finish it. Mine is a wee little Pygmy, so I might get into breeding her, actually, for the small amount she'd produce. Come to think of it..I've never tried goat milk..

 

[Janalynyorkies]

I used to use fresh goats milk when I was raising yorkie puppies. Not raising puppies any more.

For years there used to be a dairy farm in town that you could go get fresh raw milk. You just went to the dairy barn and picked it up and left money in a jar. Everyone in town knew about it. I never went but I'm assuming there was a fridge that it was in. The whole farm is now built up into stores, offices and houses. Gut that owned the land many a large fortune

 

[minihorse927]

<---knows nothing about milk, obviously (me, that is). If unpasteurized is healthier, why is it illegal to sell? To Google!
Brian, if I drank more milk, I'd go in on that share! Our gallon of store-bought usually expires before we ever finish it. Mine is a wee little Pygmy, so I might get into breeding her, actually, for the small amount she'd produce. Come to think of it..I've never tried goat milk..

Pasteurized milk contains natural bacteria which can make some people sick, especially if improperly stored.


On a side note, I had 5 choco wyandottes make it to lockdown. 2days late on hatching now. They were peeping in distress so now I've got 4eggs open that I'm assisting in hatching. They all seem to large to turn in the egg. Incubated these guy dry so don't understand why they are not losing enough weight but never the less, they are now all broke through the membrane and breathing with out screaming they're little heads off. The 5 one I was to late and it had already passed on. Let's all pray these little ones pull through!

 

[chickadee5002]

I understand that you cannot SELL raw milk but have not found anything saying you cannot just give it away. Is that also illegal? In all cases of prosecution the person accepted money, in the examples I could find

You could definitely give it away! Just not sell it legally. They say that you should pasteurize so that you kill the microorganisms in milk. But then you take all the vitamins and minerals out that you need. Obviously people have not died on raw goats milk but I think they just have to have their fingers in everything so that you have to do as they say. My opinion! Lol. But goats milk is way better for you than cows milk. You can definitely do a lot more with goats milk than cows milk. Goats would definitely be easier to take care of than cows so would be a very good animal to have especially for a co op. I also heard that donkey milk is the best to use for soap. It is the smoothest and makes your skin nice and soft.

 

[lisaequine1]

We just got Nigerian Dwarfs this year and absolutely love them! We don't have milk yet, plan on breeding them soon for spring kids, can't wait!

As far as raw vs pasteurized......of course raw is healthier. There's really no purpose in drinking pasteurized milk, you might as well just drink water. It's illegal because it's better for you, they wouldn't want people to actually be healthy now would they? That wouldn't profit big pharma and big ag.

 

[chickadee5002]

We just got Nigerian Dwarfs this year and absolutely love them!  We don't have milk yet, plan on breeding them soon for spring kids, can't wait!

As far as raw vs pasteurized......of course raw is healthier.  There's really no purpose in drinking pasteurized milk, you might as well just drink water. It's illegal because it's better for you, they wouldn't want people to actually be healthy now would they?  That wouldn't profit big pharma and big ag.

Oh boy that's awesome! I need to find someone that is breeding Nigerians near me so I don't have to drive tooooo far lol.

I definitely agree with you on raw milk. They all have to have their fingers in the pot so to speak.

 

[lisaequine1]

Oh boy that's awesome! I need to find someone that is breeding Nigerians near me so I don't have to drive tooooo far lol.

I definitely agree with you on raw milk. They all have to have their fingers in the pot so to speak.

Well keep me in mind then chickadee, we have four does currently and they generally have multiples, so we'll definitely have some babies for sale come spring.

 

[loveourbirds]

i dont know all the details on milk, but i did talk to a guy once who spoke highly of goat milk. the best i can remember this is what he said: the fat in cow's milk is harder to digest, that's why so many people are lactose intolerant. most of those same people can drink goats milk. unpasturized milk is supposedly healthier due to the vitamins ?evaporating? out during the process. the drawback is unpasturized milk may contain a bacteria that makes people sick if they arent used to it. if you want to take the cream from goats milk you will need a separator, as goats cream does not float to the top like cow's milk. as for flavor, it depends on the goats- the milk i drank from the goats my brother has tasted alot like cow's milk. i have tasted goats milk that was much sweeter than cows. if you want to use your goat's milk, there are certain things you want to avoid letting them eat; green onions for instance.

i grew up on unpasturized milk, and can drink it with no problems - as for the rest of you, you will have to use your own judgement.

 

[cluckitall]

Lactose-intolerance has nothing to do with milk fat. Lactose is milk sugar. Some people's bodies don't produce the enzyme to break that milk sugar down correctly. Goat's milk, being lower in lactose (milk sugar) than cow's milk, is easier on people who are lactose-intolerant Also, pasteurization does destroy some vitamins, but certainly not all or even most of them. If the cow's healthy and the milk is fresh, unpasteuized milk is totally safe (and yummy as heck!) The problem was when transporting milk from a farm to, say, a market or city before adequate refrigeration -- sitting out at room temperature for even just three or four hours can turn fresh whole milk into a bacterial hoe-down. If it's refrigerated or stored properly, there's not much problem

 

[minihorse927]

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