foot in milk

myheaven · #1 03/09/08, 10:08 PM

My girl put her hoof in the top of the milk before I could snag it ( i saw it coming) I knew it was bound to happen. I know I could not go without one hoof in the milk pail. And yes it happened at the end. Now my Question????? If I pastureise it ( have already put it threw a fine mesh strainer) Can we still drink it? Or is it now pigs food? (i love my pigs)

Alice In TX/MO · #2 03/09/08, 10:25 PM

Feed it to the pigs.

Lizza · #3 03/09/08, 10:26 PM

I don't know what others do but when they put a foot in it, I just give it right to the chickens or pigs. I don't bother with it. I have plenty of clean milk. That's just us though.

dezeeuwgoats · #4 03/09/08, 11:56 PM

I give our goat's foot milk to the critters too. Pigs, dogs, cats, whomever I really love at the moment, lol.

I do know people who just filter it anyway - and sell it to customers!!!! Yikes. I just couldn't do that personally.

I have filtered it - once, for our own use but that was because, a) We had no milk b) It was the second or third milking that ended up with a foot in it, and c) it is the only milk my son can drink. So, by that evening we threw it out and used the 'new' milk. I haven't been able to bring myself to do it since - oh - and we have lots more goats now, lol. We don't even drink milk if it is more than a few days old.

Niki

Ken in Maine · #5 03/10/08, 07:07 AM

I can't believe someone would even have to ask that question. Throw it out or give it to the pigs etc.

ozark_jewels · #6 03/10/08, 07:39 AM

Throw it to the pigs. A goats foot is extremely filthy, even as clean an animal as they are. And putting it in liquid....I sure wouldn't drink that liquid no matter what was done to it.

CookingPam777 · #7 03/10/08, 07:51 AM

Well I know this has little to do with it but you can train a bucket kicker and a foot in the pailer believe me I've done it. I trained a very unbehaved goat to not put a foot in the pail stand with her legs out and not kick the bucket all in 15 minutes! I sat there on the side of the milk stand and held her legs in the proper postition with bucket in between and when she would kick it she got popped (not hard but hard enough to think) foot in the pail same thing. She to this day has only kicked the bucket once. I had a firm grip so I can't say over but over it would have went. I work with my goat a lot. In fact I had to train her to get up on the milk stand and believe me this is a heavy goat. It only took a couple of days. Now she jumps right on up. Believe me I was sore from picking up this huge goat but it was worth it. Now if I can just train her not to knock me over for her own milk. As for weather you should drink the milk or not. I would say that depends on your milk supply. If you have enough feed it to pigs. If not then go ahead and drink it that's what the filter is for. It's like water I would assume. Taste great after filtering. I could be wrong.

southerngurl · #8 03/10/08, 09:23 AM

I'm sure it technically would be fine if filtered and cooked (other than what the pastuerization does to the milk, but that's a whole nother subject

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Alice In TX/MO · #9 03/10/08, 09:27 AM

A filter will NOT remove bacteria.

Jillis · #10 03/10/08, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by dezeeuwgoats

I give our goat's foot milk to the critters too. Pigs, dogs, cats, whomever I really love at the moment. Niki

Niki, OMW, "goat's foot milk"! Gasp, choke, wheeze! Are you trying to kill me, or what?

I have a vivid imagination and I had an image in my mind of someone milking a goat's foot...

Jill~

myheaven · #11 03/10/08, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Ken in Maine

I can't believe someone would even have to ask that question. Throw it out or give it to the pigs etc.

This type of response woul cause a newbe without a thick skin to never ask questions. It was a simple legit question i had. I just hate to loose half a gallon of milk. But i aalready concluded to feed it to the piglets.

nehimama · #12 03/10/08, 10:58 AM

Ah, the dreaded "foot in milk" disease - LOL! I'd give it directly to the pigs, chickens, or dogs. Do not pasteurize, do not pass GO. LOL!

NeHi

pookshollow · #13 03/10/08, 03:44 PM

Yup, barn cats and chickens get a treat. In fact, they got one last night.

Don't know what got into her, she's usually very good on the milkstand.

Here's a question for you! Why, oh why, does the doe wait until you've got the last drop of milk before she puts her foot in the bucket?

I'm sure it's a goat conspiracy.

tailwagging · #14 03/10/08, 03:57 PM

I will say this. What do you think happens to the milk when a milker falls off a cow in a dairy? Throw out the whole tank?
Cows are not the cleanest animals in the milking parlor that is for sure.
The milk goes though filters then sent to the creamery to be tested and pasteurized, separated or homogenized and bottled/jugged.
I would say the same would go for goats (though they are much cleaner!)

I my shelf would feed it out. and it make nice pork fast.

naturewoman · #15 03/10/08, 04:27 PM

Why are you milking a whole half gallon at a time? Why not pour your milk (a half pint or so at a time) into a larger container? That way, if the milk is fouled, you don't lose as much? The bigger container under the goat, the better chance of it being fouled anyway.

CountryHaven · #16 03/10/08, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by naturewoman

Why are you milking a whole half gallon at a time? Why not pour your milk (a half pint or so at a time) into a larger container? That way, if the milk is fouled, you don't lose as much? The bigger container under the goat, the better chance of it being fouled anyway.

I used to do just that, and it is a big thing. I didn't even have 'kickers', or 'plunkers', BUT, every once in awhile, a wild hair, and a stray foot, haha, losing a couple cups, or a quart hurts a lot less than losing an entire milking.

Alice In TX/MO · #17 03/10/08, 05:30 PM

I milk the non-dancing goat into the bucket and set it on a high shelf. Then I milk the dancing goat into a glass jar that I can hold in the other hand.

ozark_jewels · #18 03/10/08, 05:58 PM

Its just that when I think of the "toe jam" that I can see and smell when I trim hooves this time of year.....the thought of *that* in my milk is just a bit......blech!
I realize from milking at many commercial cow dairies that that and worse is in the milk that the public drinks(sterilized, but still there), but that is just one of the reasons we milk our own goats and cows.

pookshollow · #19 03/10/08, 06:00 PM

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I realize from milking at many commercial cow dairies that that and worse is in the milk that the public drinks(sterilized, but still there), but that is just one of the reasons we milk our own goats and cows.

AMEN!

nehimama · #20 03/10/08, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by naturewoman

Why are you milking a whole half gallon at a time? Why not pour your milk (a half pint or so at a time) into a larger container? That way, if the milk is fouled, you don't lose as much? The bigger container under the goat, the better chance of it being fouled anyway.

I think that's very good advice, NW. I empty into the carrying receptacle whenever there's about a quart. That way, if the foot goes in the milk, it's not all a loss.

NeHi