Holy Carp! Quads!

[MustangGal]

We milk our goats. Right now we are milking two Mini LaMancha goats and getting between 1/2 and 3/4 of a gallon a day. We are drowning in milk - the fridge is full and I am freezing it. I ordered some stuff to make cheese, so hopefully I will soon be using it to make cheese and some goat milk soap. Goats are generally divided into two types, meat and dairy. But, I suppose you can milk meat goats. I plan on milking some of my pygmies. My milk goats are very friendly - almost dog like.

[miked2345]

Cool.... I had no idea you could get that much milk from a couple goats! Does it taste anything like cows milk? It sounds like it would be easier to care for goats than cows... (Size wise, anyway!)

[MustangGal]

We like it. My son is terribly particular about milk (chocolate milk is terrible!), but he actually prefers the goat milk. I think a lot of it has to do with how you handle the milk and if you have stinky bucks around.

We like the minis. We use a large dog crate for transporting them, no need for a trailer. One reason we chose the minis is because we could handle them without much special equipment. DH built a milk stand in just a couple hours with scrap lumber.

ETA: I have a guy who wants to buy some of our excess. He offered $1.50 per quart.

Many people get a gallon or more per day - depending on the type of goat.