How I milk goats before weaning kids without SEPARATING the kids

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

Good day to you! I hope you’re staying cool in this heat wave! My Goat Binder: alifeofheritage.krtra.com/t/8pfRVvA5o9Za 0:00 The walk to the milking barn 0:23 Welcome: Delci 0:27 Are you surviving this heat wave?? 0:42 Question from last video: could you explain your milking routine with the once a day milking, like age you separate, how long, and how that looks when you wean. 1:03 How I milk once a day 1:36 How this helps when going on vacation 1:54 Faith and Eva on the milk stand. 2:14 Talking to Eva's babies in her tummy :) 2:35 Start of milking routine 2:54 Why some days there are more milk than others 4:05 Weaning information 4:26 How you can milk once a day with your herd 4:54 Knowing each goat 5:14 Switching goats to milk 5:52 Crowding at the milk door! 5:54 Fiona doesn't produce as much milk 6:07 Learn and adapt as you use this milking technique 6:32 Milking Opal 7:14 When and how I wean 7:57 How milking this way is the best of both worlds 8:26 Switching goats and kids trying to get in! 8:50 Scooping grain for next goat 9:03 Beginning to milk Olivia 9:14 Record dry year 9:31 what will I feed my goats this year!? 10:06 How this helps me practice my faith 10:47 Delight is better on the stand now! 11:20 Encouragement for those with a difficult milker 12:23 Look at her improvement! 13:03 Hobbling Delight, my difficult milker 13:44 Do I use my after milking teat spray before the kids are weaned? 14:53 Be sure to check out the other playlists on my channel! 15:17 Did I answer all the questions? 15:23 More weaning goats information 17:10 How I end my milking day 17:39 I love the nut butter bag trick! 17:56 Straining the milk 18:04 How to keep flies out of your milk while you milk 18:39 My Goat Binder--when can kids start going to their new homes? 19:44 Preparing the calf bottle for the calf 20:00 I got a gallon and a half the day before and a gallon and a quart today 21:00 Feeding the calf, Salta 21:30 I'm still feeding hay this summer because it's so dry! 22:03 Feeding hay to my goats Have a great day!! Thanks for watching!

[@maryamnawaz1357]

Pareaites

[@dre.ale.1191]

Yay! I’m not crazy! 🙌🏼 I’m in my first kidding season as a new goatherdess, and I figured your method out on my own 😅 I have Lamanchas, which are very high producers. I kept noticing in the morning that their bags were SO FULL and looked uncomfortable. I would milk them out some into the ground to relieve them, but quickly realized, “wow! This is a lot of wasted milk!” So I just started milking them out in the mornings, without separating the babies at night. So far it seems like a great set up; I get about a gallon or more a day, and the kids still have PLENTY to eat. They are going a month old now, and thriving! All in all, I love this method! New goat-owner APPROVED! Lol thanks again Delci! 💜

[@NikkiSchumacherOfficial]

This is sweet!! I have been nursing for 8 years straight- while pregnant and even tandem. It seems that care of goats while nursing is similar in many ways as how I do it for myself. 😂

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

Lol you’ll need a goat when you are done nursing in...how many years do you think it will be? That’s amazing you’ve been nursing that long! You have an amazing body! I meant to comment on your last video. But I watched it late at night and was going to bed and I just didn’t. But I’ve been using frownies for a couple months now and love them way better than the other plastic kind. I frown when I sleep and that’s really bad LOL but I did order that skin stuff you mentioned and will be getting it next week so thanks for that tip! Now I need to make this comment on your channel LOL

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

We started doing your method this year and it's so freeing!!

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

Excellent! I’m so glad it’s working for you!

[@jeffrobinson4523]

I totally agree with your milking routine. I milk my herd in the same manner, once a day. I believe the kids & their mothers benefit from being kept together on many levels. I have found my kids actually grow twice as fast than bottle fed babies. The bond the mom & kid share is so beneficial as well. Im happy too, because Im not tied down milking twice a day and can do other things in my life. So a good situation for us all ! Thanks for sharing your video with us ! 😊

[@jennifervert2601]

I love your Binder!!!! THANK YOU🌻

[@barbararutledge8072]

I am currently milking two of my does. I separate their kids off at night, milk in the morning, then give the kids back to them for the day. Milking once a day is the best for me, and separating the kids off at night works the best too. Hope you are getting good moisture this year. Last year was very dry and scary for lots of livestock folks. Rain makes everything better. Thanks for all the information you give us. It's nice to know there are others with the same interests and walking the same type of journey as I am with my goats.

[@sbrumfield95]

New subscriber, was looking for more info on this since we’ll be getting goats for the first time this summer. I can’t wait to binge watch your videos.

[@builtontherockhomestead9390]

I keep the kids on the mom too. I've been able to skip milking on days that for whatever reason because the kids are there to empty her. I'm here alone and not having to milk daily is wonderful on those days.

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

That is a blessing!

[@deannaatwinddancefarms3217]

Same here. I have been able to skip the last couple of days due to illness.

[@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759]

I don't like to milk twice a day either. We don't consume a lot of milk. Right now we get between three cups to a quart each morning. I also like to keep the girls on momma longer. Right now we only have two milkers. BTW, I contacted you a while back about a kid who was pooping white poops. Vet said it wasn't anything to be concerned about and tested negative for e-coli. She ended up dying at about 3 weeks. She still weighed about what she weighed at birth. Still have no answers as to what the problem was. The boy is thriving and strong. (As they always are.) At any rate, I appreciate this video. I don't think I would have much milk from momma if I didn't separate at night.

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

I am so sorry about losing your little one! Sometimes there is something wrong inside that could never have been made right 😕 And yeah, with a couple of mine I wouldn’t get much milk either from them with the kids on. It really depends on the goat and how much they are capable of producing

[@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759]

@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage I wondered if milking them out every morning would increase the milk because there is a demand? At any rate, I found it very interested that you don't separate kids. Worth a try, right?

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

@@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759 yes! It definitely will increase their milk supply the more you milk. And separating kids at night and milking before you let them in with mom will give you more too. I get enough without the hassle of separating so I just do that 😊

[@nanamurf9430]

Thank you for this video. I just brought home a mini Nubian and her doweling. She is being so naughty on the milk stand. On her farm she new exactly what to do and was a perfect milker. She misses her herd and cried all day yesterday. Hopefully today will be better and hopefully my Nigies will except her into their herd. Patience, patience and more patience

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

It sounds like my Delight is the exact same way! The previous owner said she was just fine and here she has not been LOL But truly, she is doing so much better! It’s relieving and gives me hope

[@jswife4life609]

Proverbs 27:23-27 NLT Know the state of your flocks, and put your heart into caring for your herds, [24] for riches don't last forever, and the crown might not be passed to the next generation. [25] After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears and the mountain grasses are gathered in, [26] your sheep will provide wool for clothing, and your goats will provide the price of a field. [27] And you will have enough goats' milk for yourself, your family, and your servant girls.

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

Such good verses!!! (I just need servant girls to help me get it all done 😫🥴🤣) I need to read this over and over and over again!

[@jswife4life609]

@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage you and me both lol maybe we should put up help wanted signs.....paid in milk lol

[@milabulic]

New subscriber here from the Andes mountains in northern Chile. Thank you for this. My first does are going to kid in early August. I am going to try this method of once a day milking. That seems like an excellent option to twice a day milking. Finally, I just started a new blog and I hope that you won't have any problems with me linking your videos, sometimes, to my posts. Have a blessed and beautiful day ❤

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

welcome! It really is liberating to be able to only milk once a day but still get milk :-) I hope it works for you! And congratulations on the new blog! You can definitely link to my videos :-)

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

We are fine with hay in KY, I wonder if you all could make a road trip for winter hay?

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

The hardest part is that the fuel adds so much and almost would make it a wash, sadly. We’re exploring all options though!

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage praying for you guys!!

[@itsyreverafter]

Thank you for the reminder to have faith!

[@addieandthechipmunks]

You are such a lovely person, and I so enjoy your videos! Just got a couple of bred does, so I’m learning all I can!! God bless, and keep up the good work! ❤

[@thelement3363]

love your attitude and energy. I love goats and llamas. Im thinking one of each is not enough. They are attached. Its hilarious.

[@builtontherockhomestead9390]

I'm in Texas. This past spring there was no hay available. Winter was so bad that last year's supply ran out before this year's first cutting. The grass/weeds hadn't started growing much. It was really rough. I bought goat pellets to feed them, cut tree branches, did whatever I could think of. It was rough but survived. Then when a truck of alfalfa showed up at the feed store, did happy dance. As for the naughty goat problem, the door/gate to my milk stall is broken thanks to the goats. Talk about a nightmare.

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

What a year you had! Somehow we all get through the tough times! So good job not giving up! Oh dear! Naughty goats can truly be so naughty!

[@builtontherockhomestead9390]

@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage lost 10 kids in the freeze. It was rough. 6 days of no electricity and longer without water. Pretty bad time. But thankful for the friends who helped. We were all in this together though.

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

@@builtontherockhomestead9390 Oh my goodness! I am so sorry! Those things are hard to imagine and fathom until you go through them and they’re so hard to get through

[@awyomingprairiewife.8385]

Oh, those babies, Delci. They have to be everywhere. They’re so friendly. Thanks for sharing this. I needed it. Be safe up there. It’s terribly hot here, too. Yes, God will supply all our needs.❤️❤️ In, Jesus, have a blessed day🥰🙏🏻🥰🙏🏻😇😇😇 I have literally put a leash on one goat, and wrap it around the milk stand, to keep her there. Then I have to get her head in the stanchion. Once in I have to get her to jump up on her back end🙄🙄 I have to put her back feet in ropes. It’s crazy. She’s a baby with everything else, but she hates, to be milked. Thought I’d throw that in. Blessings 😇😇😇

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

The babies are everywhere! 😍😆 Sometimes it takes some finagling to get a goat secure. 😆 but with the two really bad ones I’ve had, they both realized they would survive and actually now clammed to get onto the milk stand 😊 Have a great day!

[@awyomingprairiewife.8385]

@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage she’s getting better everyday. Just takes time😁😁

[@RewiredforJoy]

Was just wondering about this this morning and making a plan for milking😊 We have two Nigerian Dwarf Goats due in August and one due in September, lots of babies soon! So excited to have raw milk too 🐐

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

Sooo exciting!! On both babies and milk!! 😍

[@jennifervert2601]

I managed to grow a ton of weeds in the garden… white top etc… I’ve been feeding my goats buckets every morning as well as grazing

[@ruthbushell4872]

Really helpful video thank you! After the kids go do you continue milking the nannies more often? Or let them dry off naturally? Also how does the raw milk freeze, could it be kept frozen for times in the year when you’re not milking?

[@laceychilson9106]

This year it has been like about 105 degrees because we have been in a drought for 3 months and my goat hates it but we got a fan for him

[@Webinthewoodsfarm]

I just rewatched a old video because I have a doe with 10 day old babies and I’m ready to start milking but want to make sure the babies are getting enough milk also! Thanks so so so much!

[@thelement3363]

i really resonated with you saying you like to keep the girl kids with their mommas. I have always thought girls should stay with the tribe so there is a feminine chain of blood relation and feminine elder leaders that are related. It has to protect them better than we are today.

[@jennifervert2601]

Delci! I live in the Flathead and would love to come check out your operation. Is that a possibility?

[@tru-lytransformed6614]

We planted fodder beets and extra corn to use to supplement the feed bill , it's always a concern with the supply issues we've been seeing

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

It really is getting concerning! And this is a good year to do exactly what you’re doing!

[@RoughRoadHomestead]

Thanks so much for this!❤️ We are milking once a day right now as well. If Dotty doesn't get to Helga we get just under a quart from our little Nigerian❤️ we are keeping Dotty to be another milker and hoping Helga will wean her on her own. I've heard folks having problems with does drinking their own milk because they were never weaned😲 don't know if that's the only reason that happens but boy what a headache that would be.

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

Oh dear! I’ve never heard of that! That would be a mess! That’s exciting that you are expanding your goat herd!

[@aruwewetv6018]

THANKS WOMAN OF GOD FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION WITH US, GOD BLESS YOU REAL GOOD. HOWEVER, I HAVE FEW QUESTIONS: 1. PLSSSSS HOW DO YOU CONTROL INBREEDING AMONGST YOUR GOAT HERD??????? 2. PLSSSSS ARE THERE NON-ELECTRIC MINI MANUAL MACHINES THAT CAN BE USED TO MILK THESE ANIMALS???? IF THERE ARE ANY, PLSSSSS CAN YOU GUIDE ON HOW WE CAN PURCHASE THEM PLSSSSS???? THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE IN ADVANCE..... GOD BLESS YOU DELCI.

[@gcrranch439]

We dont have a hay problem right now as I reserve my grass and alfalfa hay but this weather could affect next year's crop. I milk one doe once a day . Breeding right now, I like to have all my kids sold by June so I can get mom's ready for breeding by July.

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

That is so good you’re not seeing hay shortages. But it sounds like our whole country could use a big dose of moisture!

[@criseldavillalobos5552]

I have a question I just got a mamma goat with a baby. She is two weeks old. When I milk her she doesn’t have enough milk maybe an ounce of milk. How can I get milk production up to more milk? Do I milk more often or will it just change on its own. Thank you for your time I love your videos.

[@lizpurvis2386]

Thanks, I love to see your smile

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

Ah! thank you! If I can do nothing else, I can smile 😁

[@floraledet6973]

I’m new to the goat world so it may be a crazy question but why do you castrate your buckling before it leaves your farm? Thanks in advance

[@diananore1368]

Rainy foggy southeast Alaska after a sunny spell, Brush browse and buying hay. Salmon fishing and thankful goats are young enough not to start weaning for another week and then it will be sharing with babies for another 4 weeks for earliest doe.

[@suehall2774]

Thank you Deci. I have a alpine/Lamancha nanny goat that has 2 (6 weeks old) does on her. I am concerned that she is so thin. We feed her free alfalfa and 2-3 lbs 14% protein and she has access to a mineral block, protein lick. 10+ gallons of fresh water. I don’t know how to get some weight on her. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

[@Mellemskov_acres]

When you wean the kids at 3 months. So you continue on once a day milking or so you need to change to twice?

[@farmlounge4038]

You said in your ‘ways to milk’ video you can start milking after “several weeks.” Is that like 2 weeks? Or longer?. I have 1 week doelings and plan to separate at night and milk in the morning, but want to make sure they are ready to separate at night.

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

Wait until they are two weeks old to separate at night. But it’s also case specific. I just milked a doe this morning who had her kids two days ago. they are favoring one side and I milked out the side that was engorged. So watch for things like that too in the mean time 😊

[@farmlounge4038]

@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage thank you so much!! I am watching all your milking videos and I have learned so much! God Bless!

[@deannaatwinddancefarms3217]

Love your channel!

[@paraxuas]

Gracias❤

[@jennifervert2601]

How often can you give your electrolytes with molasses? Can you give them too much?

[@davidwhite4474]

Nice hobbles , only seen then for keeping horses . If anyone would like to make thier own milking machine ? You Tube has some video on making your own cheaper than buying one form a manufacturing Company . have fun and stay cool as you can .

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

The hobbles are great and work great! I want to get a milking machine so bad!

[@davidwhite4474]

@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage you can make one . they are easy to make .

[@kaysulham6710]

What do they eat after the morning grain? Just grass and/or hay?

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

Yes, I feed them hay in the morning and evening and they have access to the pasture that they wander around in all day too and eat 😊

[@emmanuelspromisefarm6118]

I have ❓ How soon can you put a whether with it's Dad. We have Sheep and Goats. Our baby buckling sold but we have two Sheep we Castrated and want to put them with the Ram. They are not weaned now.

[@issuesthatmatter2825]

So prior to weaning I was thinking keep kids separate from mom at night and I would milk the mama but not all the way so the kids still have a little milk, then allow kids with mom all day until I separate mom amd kids that night for bed. Would that work good?

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

That’s what I usually do after they are older than two weeks. ☺️

[@glorytogodhomestead3495]

Trust in the Lord to follow your heart❤

[@floraledet6973]

Sorry another question…If you have been milking twice a day before is it possible to wean them down to the once a day? Thanks

[@happychick5052]

What do you do with babies if milking once a day and baby not weanedat 10 weeks

[@gabid.560]

Stupid question, can I milk goats only in the evening? Our homestead is so busy in the morning and we can't incorporate that morning routine. We are thinking the baby goats can get their morning milk and we can milk the goat mama in the evening when we have time? Does that make sense? We don't have the goats yet, but we want them...we just wanna get informed. Thank you

[@kadindogravitochannel]

Nice maam godbless

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

Hello and thank you 😊

[@jennifervert2601]

How do you find a farm sitter?

[@wishiwuzahomestead6338]

I keep the kids on mom until they're about 6-8 weeks before I seperate them at night. If I can't milk in the morning I leave them together the night before. The kids left with mom longer grow better are healthier long term and don't have as much of a problem with coccidia. 🙌

[@kaysulham6710]

How much grain do you feed per day or time of the day?

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

I am giving my milk does grain in the mornings when I milk, so once a day and they get one scoop or bowl full. Some of them eat it all and some of them don’t

[@ramcharitarsanichar1267]

Hi how much milk do you get per goat

[@CecileSolange]

How long does raw goat milk last in the fridge?

[@kaysulham6710]

So you only milk once a day even after the babies are weaned?

[@DelcifromALifeofHeritage]

That’s right! Their bodies adjust and they do end up producing less milk but it’s still enough for us 😊

[@hasnainhaider9399]

Plz make a video on goat kids how to grow them faster and stronger plzz.

[@95KIPPIE]

Go ahead and fill your jars, she’s going to hold enough back for her kids. If that’s a problem give her more alfalfa, alfalfa increases milk production in goats and cows

[@leopoldoguerra9849]

What you feed to your goats??

[@95KIPPIE]

You gotta be a little quicker to the go. She will be done her kibble before you even get to her

[@kaylagreen74]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤love goat

[@PoyaTrueno]

It would be comfy for her if You use leather gloves

[@maryamnawaz1357]

Perasites

[@maryamnawaz1357]

I want your binder on paresites please

[@jennifervert2601]

Delci! I live in the Flathead and would love to come check out your operation. Is that a possibility?