Farm Days Series - Part 1 The Dairy Goats
Last Thursday evening, I had the pleasure of meeting @generikat at our North Idaho Steemit Meetup. During our conversation, the subject of goats came up and it reminded me of the time we had a goat farm.
So I thought I'd share a photo or two and see where this takes us.
We sold the farm, as they say, nearly 5 years ago and started making preparations to move to Southern Chile (I will be writing more about that in subsequent posts). But for this post, I thought a few pics of our goats would be fun to share.
The photo above is of me hanging out with 'Nina,' as we affectionately named her. She was a Nubian dairy goat. Nubians are known for producing great milk.
My thought in starting a goat farm was to produce raw goat milk for human consumption. I'm not here to speak to all the benefits of goat milk, etc, nor to argue with anyone about the taste, etc. My days of arguing with anyone with a different point of view are hopefully behind me (I'm sure I'll be tested on that one.)
The pic above is @gringalicious milking one of our goats
The goats required milking twice per day. My daughters and I ( @uglysweater, @gringalicious, @alovelymess, & @fullofhope ) handled the majority of this while my wife was in charge of storing the milk (huge job by the way, making sure everything is clean, sanitary and the right temperature - huge job).
The pic above is of my daughter @fullofhope holding a baby goat
The pic above is of me milking one of our goats (don't judge)
Through this experience, my family learned a tremendous amount. On of the many things we learned was the value of the food we eat. So much of the 1st world simply goes to a super market and buys all of their food in a package. Very few know what it takes to get real wholesome food from start to finish.
There are many other things we learned, I'll share more of that in subsequent parts or my Farm Days Series.
Of course all of the goats had a name
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I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE
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HI there, glad to know about your goat farm. I love cheese from goat milk. Here in Bulgaria we have a lot of villages with goat farms. Keep it up and best of luck :)
Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a great comment @koinov, I appreciate it. I'm glad to know the goats are popular in Bulgaria
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I don't judge. Everyone is different and approaches things differently. And you are right. In North America, the vast majority of people go to a supermarket for their food. The children have no idea where the food comes from, except a can or a box. That's why we are homesteading...wholesome food from start to finish.
That's fantastic @cecicastor, I didn't realize you were homesteading. It's an interesting life style for sure. Thanks so much for commenting on my post!
This was fun to read as well as to look at. Milking the goat, that's amazing! See you at SteemFest. Cheers! :)
Ah this is a dream of mine! Goats seem like one type of animal that love to joke around. Such kids!
Oh my friend, reading this post made me remember the days we had some goats like this and we were milking same way you did! My dad was such a great lover of raising goats and cows! Those were great time indeed!
Awe, I'm so glad you shared your family's goatsperience with us all! That picture of you with the Nubian cracked me up, I swear that breed especially has no concept of personal space😜
Definitely enjoyed meeting you all, and I'm really looking forward to reading more of your posts!