[Ag-eq] Dairy

Mon Aug 24 18:04:23 UTC 2015

How come you can sell milk, but not cheese?  I would think cheese is less
likely to have problems than milk, but then what do I know.
I can buy fresh Mozarella at my farmers' market.  If I could buy goat
cheese, I'd snap it up!
Tracy

> Tracy:
>
> I plan on keeping the young doe goats asuming they are healthy and grow
> well.
> My dose have all kidded easily and are good milkers, so hope their
> daughters
> will be the same.  Two of the dose are getting older so can probably only
> breed
> them one more time.
>
> I will casterate the young bucks and they will go to someone's table.
> I've made
> contact with a couple of butchers in the area that specialize in grass fed
> and
> GMO free meats.  I plan on following their guidelines so they will buy the
> kids
> I don't want.  This is hard for me, but I cannot keep all of them.  I
> could sell
> any unwanted doelings as milk goats since they come from good milking
> lines.
>
> I will be selling milk; we are allowed to sell raw milk here as long as
> it's
> picked up from the farm.  There are a few regulations you have to meet to
> sell
> the milk, that is why I'm building the milk barn.  I've met a family that
> live
> a few miles away that are selling fresh Jersey milk and they cannot keep
> up
> with the demand.  Unfortunately I'm not allowed to sell cheese, only the
> milk.
> I can sell the goat milk soap since it's not being eaten.
>
> Nella
>
>
>
> Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>
>> Hi Nella.
>> Chocolate sounds very nice!
>> What will you do with the kids?  Will your herd get bigger and bigger,
>> or
>> will your neighbors be eating roast kid?
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella Foster
>> via
>> Ag-eq
>> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2015 9:30 PM
>> To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
>> Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Apple harvest
>>
>> Tracy:
>>
>> I recently got a dehydrator and so far have only dried some peppers and
>> herbs.
>>
>> The buck goats can get aggressive, but this little guy has been handled
>> since birth and I continue to spend time with him.  He is very friendly
>> and
>> will follow me around like a puppy.  I think he will be o.k. as long as
>> I
>> keep handling him and don't let him get away with bad behavior.  I've
>> met
>> several bucks that are friendly and the people were petting them and
>> spending time with them.  I've seen a couple that were aggressive, but
>> they
>> were just out in a pasture and didn't have a lot of human interaction.
>>
>> The worse thing about a buck goat is how stinky they get.  so far
>> Chocolate
>> isn't very smelly because he is still young.  They get more smelly when
>> they
>> reach adulthood.  His name is Chocolate, which fits right into my heard,
>> the
>> girls all have candy names.
>>
>> I purchased Chocolate from a nice Amish family.  All their animals were
>> so
>> healthy and friendly.  He is registered and their herd has been tested
>> for
>> certain diseases, which is what I wanted to find.  They even called to
>> make
>> sure he is doing o.k. and didn't get to stressed by the move.  I've kept
>> their contact info so that we can do business again.
>>
>> I think they had to call from a neighbors, they don't use phones.  When
>> I
>> called I spoke to the neighbor; it was strange, but all worked out.
>>
>> Nella
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>>
>> > Hi Nella.
>> > My apples are Golden Delicious, sweet/tart, the way I like them.  I'd
>> > forgotten about drying, and I have a dehydrator.  I'll have to try it.
>> > This morning, I separated the apples into "use today" and "will keep a
>> bit".
>> > After lunch, applesauce!  And maybe more.
>> >
>> > Your barn sounds great! And your buck sounds cute.  Do male goats get
>> > aggressive, when they reach maturity?
>> > Tracy
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella
>> > Foster via Ag-eq
>> > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 5:00 PM
>> > To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
>> > Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
>> > Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Apple harvest
>> >
>> > Tracy:
>> >
>> > What kind of apples?
>> >
>> > I'm so jealous, love fresh apples.
>> >
>> > Wonder how long until my little trees start bearing fruit?
>> >
>> > Do you ever dry them?
>> >
>> > I'm still getting tomatoes, peppers, squash and cucumbers.
>> >
>> > I bought a little buck goat and put out with my doe goats.  He's kind
>> > of young, so don't know if he is old enough to do his job yet!  He is
>> > very cute, will grow up to be a handsome boy.  He and 2 of my dose
>> > have genes for spots, so hoping I get some spotted babies.
>> >
>> > I'm turning my shop building into a milk barn.  The guys are working
>> > on it right now.  There will be a room to store hay, a room for
>> > milking and a room to put the goats when they kid and to keep the
>> > really young kids out of the weather.
>> > It is going to make milking so much easier.  There is a pen on one
>> > side where I will bring the girls, then I can take them into the milk
>> > room to milk and put them out a door on the other side.
>> >
>> > I finally have goat proof fencing around the whole pasture, so the
>> > goats and Cruiser can all be together.  Hopefully by next spring I
>> > will have more fences up to divide the pasture so I can rotate the
>> > animals around.  They graze it more even that way.
>> >
>> > What is everyone else up to?
>> >
>> > Nella
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>> >
>> > > The apple harvest is starting to roll in.  Literally, since I'm
>> > > picking them up off the ground and often finding them by
>> > > accidentally kicking them.  My young retriever is also good at
>> > > finding apples.  He has a soft mouth, and can pick them up without a
>> > > scratch, but I'm trying to teach him not to pick up miscellaneous
>> things
>> off the ground.
>> > >
>> > > Yesterday, I took a medium-size bucket and filled it to the top.
>> > > I'll have to sort them this weekend, green or ripe. Then I'll start
>> > > making
>> > applesauce.
>> > > I've also found a pandowdy recipe that sounds yummy.  Applesauce is
>> > > the easiest though, since all I have to do is boil the apples 10-15
>> > > minutes, then run them through the whatchamacallit that squeezes out
>> > > the good stuff and leaves the seeds and skins in the pot.  Yumaroo!
>> > >
>> > > They're little apples, 2-3 inches across, so it will take quite a
>> > > few to make a pie.  But it could be worth it.
>> > >
>> > > And then there's just plain eating them.  Or wrapping some up to
>> > > store for later.
>> > >
>> > > Tracy
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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