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Old 06/08/06, 06:46 PM
 
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to much milk

Well the kids are off the moms and being sold and the milk is coming in great. Only problem is there is to much for me and my family to use. Any Ideas on how I can market it or heck even give it away?
My 3 Sanaans are giving me 28 lbs a day right now. If I cant find somthing to do with all the extra I may have to work on drieng two of them up but seems like a lot of waste of good milk. So please send me some ideas and no i don't have a dairy license lol.

BP
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Old 06/08/06, 06:48 PM
 
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I feed my surplus to piglets, which we eventually turn into bacon, ham, sausage, and pork chops for my family! If I have too much for the piglets, the lgd gets some, and the chickens LOVE milk - plus it has extra calcium in it for those layers.....

niki
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Old 06/08/06, 07:41 PM
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do you have neahbors? if i was your neahbor i would LOVE some fresh goats milk,
you can use it for Soap makeing, Cheese, any of the other milk uses, you can give it to chickens and other poultry, most everything on the farm likes some goats milk lol
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Old 06/08/06, 07:47 PM
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You could get a couple of Holstein bull calves to bottle feed, then butcher them as baby beef this fall.

Kathleen
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Old 06/08/06, 09:12 PM
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Wish you lived close to me. I would buy it from you to feed to my orphan. Are you by any chance in SE Oklahoma?
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Old 06/08/06, 09:29 PM
 
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Ooh - sounds yummy - where do you live? If you are close enough, I know several people who would be interested.
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