Morgan, Nigerians are great little goats, and very much 'multi-purpose'. There are several added benefits...they usually kid easily (which is not always the...
When I started with goats forty years ago, I already was raising Jerseys and selling cream, cheese, and butter.. At that time, cream cheese, whether cows milk,...
Thanks to one of the people on this list who made me look a little further afield, I have found a couple of places to check out that aren't quite as far away...
I know people that milk pygmies and enjoy it. I do milk my boers and they don't give as much if they are fullblood but when you cross them they give as much...
I think Mary is right. I've looked up how to make cream cheese before, and the recipes did call for cream (I therefore didn't make it :-P). What I have heard...
I have a Hoeggers Milk Machine with a belly pan and love it. I do not put the belly pan under the animal. I milk on stands and have a milk crate that I move...
and I had terrible service from Hoegger- and I paid cash for my machine- I am NYS permitted and my inspector spent 4 hours trying to help me clean the buckets...
Morgan, Now I know there are lots of people who really like Pygmies, and I understand that, they are really cute little buggers. But I do know lots of people...
if they are bred now.....say sep 30th they will kid around april 1st....give or take a week or two depending on weather, goat, and breed..... ... From: Pumpkin...
I have a friend who milked at least one of her pygmy does and told me that the pygmy doe was no harder to milk than her Nigerians and the milk was even richer!...
In a message dated 10/1/2008 11:12:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... they will kid around april 1st....give or take a week or two depending on weather, goat,...
Morgan- My thoughts to pya more not to get the goat you want are for this reason. Goats mutiply- if you have a goat you want from the start you will not have a...
I am confussed with this post(below)- For one a bunch of the words of many posts are bunched together. The words under my name are not my words. sharing good...
You can also make soap, lotions and cremes.. If you are interested in fiber or spinning, you could get a Pygora to keep a Nigie company. I raise them and love...
The thing is that butter was always the thing that made people the money. Origionally is was skimmed by hand after setting the milk in shallow pans on the...
THings I do with extra milk- Make easy cheese- gallon of milk and 1/4 cup of viigar- heat to 180 add vinigar and strain. Make other easy cheese- milk soups. We...
It's hard enough to get raw goat milk in CA, now Schwarzenegger took a step toward making it hard to get raw cows' milk too. Wish they'd put as much care into...
I have to pitch in my two cents on this--as I have heard WAY too many people complain about bad experiences/useless machines from Hoeggers! Mastitis from new...
Sorry--I am one of those whose experience with them has been all BAD! Like having a full grown doe killed by two little pygmies (no horns, either) They beat...
I think the big lesson on milking machine is to stick with what has been around for many year. It works. Since I have my new vaccum pump and bucket my goat and...
most of the problems you experence where from ther breeding...in pygmies here bloodlines deturmen there temperment. Also if theye are from show stock you are...
The pygmies killing my alpine was many years ago--I and I was NOT really experienced with goats, but was with other livestock. I milked, fed all the does,...
Just my $ .02 worth.... I have an older, bought used, Caprine Supply vaccum set-up. I added a 5 gallon SS bucket from Ebay, a Lexan "fresh cow" lid from ...
That's kinda what I have been wondering since reading this. How could 2 pygmys kill a full size goat if the herd is being looked over on a regular basis? ...
I don't doubt for a second that 2 pygmies could kill a full size doe without the owner knowing. It would only take less than an hour, and we all leave our...
Thank you, Jena, for coming to my defense .It was a horrifying experience---especially since I was boarding the does for a friend who had undergone serious...
go to craft store and buy a block of glyserin. Cut into small pieces I use a canning jar- heat for about a minute to melt all pieces, stir slow to create less...
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