Comments on: Guest Post: Dairy Goats – the Animal Husbandry Side http://www.sustainableeats.com/2010/05/31/guest-post-dairy-goats-the-animal-husbandry-side/ Because Food Doesn't Have to Come From the Store Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:27:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://www.sustainableeats.com/2010/05/31/guest-post-dairy-goats-the-animal-husbandry-side/comment-page-1/#comment-2814 admin Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:18:29 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=2121#comment-2814 Hi Brian, you can keep the kids until they get bigger and then you need to sell them or some people butcher and eat them just as you would any other pastured animal on a farm. Even on dairy farms they sharpen their pencils and crunch numbers because at the end of the day you can't afford to feed animals that don't fit in with the production plan, just as you wouldn't continue to plant more crops than you can command money for. Hi Brian, you can keep the kids until they get bigger and then you need to sell them or some people butcher and eat them just as you would any other pastured animal on a farm. Even on dairy farms they sharpen their pencils and crunch numbers because at the end of the day you can’t afford to feed animals that don’t fit in with the production plan, just as you wouldn’t continue to plant more crops than you can command money for.

]]> By: brian http://www.sustainableeats.com/2010/05/31/guest-post-dairy-goats-the-animal-husbandry-side/comment-page-1/#comment-2813 brian Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:14:10 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=2121#comment-2813 interesting. what do you do when you have two goats and your doe has two kids? interesting. what do you do when you have two goats and your doe has two kids?

]]> By: admin http://www.sustainableeats.com/2010/05/31/guest-post-dairy-goats-the-animal-husbandry-side/comment-page-1/#comment-2559 admin Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:12:23 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=2121#comment-2559 Good luck Joy, that is ridiculous. Maybe if you get enough folks together to sign a petition and keep the allowed number of birds down it would pass. In Seattle anyone can have 3 but they are thinking about raising it to 8 which means Thanksgiving turkey for us... Good luck Joy, that is ridiculous. Maybe if you get enough folks together to sign a petition and keep the allowed number of birds down it would pass. In Seattle anyone can have 3 but they are thinking about raising it to 8 which means Thanksgiving turkey for us…

]]> By: joy http://www.sustainableeats.com/2010/05/31/guest-post-dairy-goats-the-animal-husbandry-side/comment-page-1/#comment-2532 joy Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:31:07 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=2121#comment-2532 I'm in Mequon, a suburb north of Milwaukee. The irony is a horse is allowed on 1.5 acres. I think they're trying to separate the farms from the residential. Another suburb just south of us, Shorewood, recently changed to allow chickens, so I'm hoping to look into what they did. I’m in Mequon, a suburb north of Milwaukee. The irony is a horse is allowed on 1.5 acres. I think they’re trying to separate the farms from the residential. Another suburb just south of us, Shorewood, recently changed to allow chickens, so I’m hoping to look into what they did.

]]> By: admin http://www.sustainableeats.com/2010/05/31/guest-post-dairy-goats-the-animal-husbandry-side/comment-page-1/#comment-2525 admin Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:21:20 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=2121#comment-2525 Tonya, no online laughing allowed. This is not a humor column. ;p Tonya, no online laughing allowed. This is not a humor column. ;p

]]> By: Tonya http://www.sustainableeats.com/2010/05/31/guest-post-dairy-goats-the-animal-husbandry-side/comment-page-1/#comment-2524 Tonya Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:16:57 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=2121#comment-2524 tehehe. this farm girl has to laugh at you city kids' reactions to kidding. perhaps I could be an urban veterinary midwife. :D tehehe. this farm girl has to laugh at you city kids’ reactions to kidding. perhaps I could be an urban veterinary midwife. :D

]]> By: admin http://www.sustainableeats.com/2010/05/31/guest-post-dairy-goats-the-animal-husbandry-side/comment-page-1/#comment-2509 admin Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:34:56 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=2121#comment-2509 Joy that is insane - what city do you live in? Joy that is insane – what city do you live in?

]]> By: Meg @ Cracking an Egg http://www.sustainableeats.com/2010/05/31/guest-post-dairy-goats-the-animal-husbandry-side/comment-page-1/#comment-2504 Meg @ Cracking an Egg Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:43:37 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=2121#comment-2504 We have two very sweet goats that provide us with all the milk we want, plus some for friends who prefer it. It's absolutely delicious, and totally worth the effort. :) If you can get the dwarf goats, I say go for it... We're thinking about adding a Nigerian dwarf to our "herd" - should be fun! We have two very sweet goats that provide us with all the milk we want, plus some for friends who prefer it. It’s absolutely delicious, and totally worth the effort. :) If you can get the dwarf goats, I say go for it… We’re thinking about adding a Nigerian dwarf to our “herd” – should be fun!

]]> By: Katiegirl http://www.sustainableeats.com/2010/05/31/guest-post-dairy-goats-the-animal-husbandry-side/comment-page-1/#comment-2502 Katiegirl Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:58:15 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=2121#comment-2502 I love my Oberhasli dairy goat and having fresh milk is great! They really are a very easy animal to care for and great for families who want milk but don't have the space for a cow! I love my Oberhasli dairy goat and having fresh milk is great! They really are a very easy animal to care for and great for families who want milk but don’t have the space for a cow!

]]> By: kitsapFG http://www.sustainableeats.com/2010/05/31/guest-post-dairy-goats-the-animal-husbandry-side/comment-page-1/#comment-2499 kitsapFG Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:58:47 +0000 http://www.sustainableeats.com/?p=2121#comment-2499 This brings back so many memories of late night deliveries of foals. We raised horses for many many years and this process is exactly the same for broodmares other than they most often lay down and go all stiff legged during delivery which can scare a newcomer to the whole process! Sarah and her family did a fine job of caring for the mom to be before, during, and after the delivery. I absolutely adore goats and would love to keep a dairy goat. However, our property really just does not have adequate room so for now I will enjoy reading about other's adventures in goat animal husbandry. This brings back so many memories of late night deliveries of foals. We raised horses for many many years and this process is exactly the same for broodmares other than they most often lay down and go all stiff legged during delivery which can scare a newcomer to the whole process!

Sarah and her family did a fine job of caring for the mom to be before, during, and after the delivery.

I absolutely adore goats and would love to keep a dairy goat. However, our property really just does not have adequate room so for now I will enjoy reading about other’s adventures in goat animal husbandry.

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