Despite my best efforts, the milk supply did not increase in the dairy goat. Increased grain, increased calcium supplements, emptying the ud...

Well, now, who wants milk anyway? That's the question I've been asking myself this week. Our little doeling, who now has been named ...

Well, now that I've mastered the art of  sauerkraut  making, I'm off on another culture experiment. This one involves dairy and hope...

Follow up of the first day of milking: I came, I milked, I conquered! It went pretty much the way I expected/remembered. Ronnie (short for...

It probably isn't a good idea to blog while you're heavily medicated with pain killers. But I have been wanting to share this for...

I skimmed and froze the cream from my raw goat milk from day one of milking after the last kidding. Let me tell you, it takes a long time  ...

Our milk supplier, aka Ronnie, has went above and beyond our expectations this year. Last year she produced about 3/4 pint per day at her pe...

There have been a lot of fun and weird learning experiences this past week. I shared all of the stuff that happens outside with the goat. Bu...

 Ok. So we've got the milkstand built, the goat trained to jump on it, the formula for udder wash and teat dip memorized, and the genera...