Raising Goats: Our Daily Goat Routine

Hi there! 👋🏻 We live on a 1-acre farm right in the middle of the busy city of Phoenix, Arizona! Our names are Kevin & DaNelle, and we moved here in 2009, when our kids Ethan & Lydia were just 6 & 4 years old 🥰 Over the years we've raised goats for milk, chickens for eggs, built a fish/swim pond, planted fruit & nut trees, and grew a large garden full of veggies. We've also raised a bunch of other animals like pigs, sheep, turkeys, geese, peacocks, and more!
Now that our kids are away at college, we have settled into doing what we love most -- which is raising & breeding goats ethically to improve genetics. But don't worry, we'll forever love our goofy pet goats like Luna the herd queen & Willow the stump lover. We also still love raising chickens for eggs, gardening, tending to the fruit & nut trees, and growing fish in the pond. We use the fresh goat's milk to make cheese, butter, yogurt -- and we use that + everything else we harvest on our little farm to make delicious meals. Having a getaway from the busy world right in our backyard brings so much joy to us each day, and we hope it brings some to you, too. 🥰
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[@catenystrom6506]

Love the setup, these animals are SO well taken care of, which makes learning about them a joy, thanks!

[@susansharphaynes555]

I Love how wonderful your son and daughter are!!

[@emilyxu0209]

I want to see your full daily routine at the farm!😊

[@sarahblack7005]

Would you please make a video showing what you do with the milk after it comes out of the teat? How you strain it, chill it, etc? That would be super helpful. Thanks!

[@srbalex8854]

or how to make cheese

[@kristinagorham1695]

Yes a video about what you do with the milk after milking would be wonderful!

[@hotintheshadehomestead301]

Love it! Very clean, simple, and informative 🙂

[@appalachiashomesteadwithpatara]

Awesome stuff! Thanks for being in the collab with us! Looking forward to learning more from you! xo

[@Weedemandreap]

You too!

[@sherrynalder1359]

The goats wait their turn! How cute is this?

[@WhimsicalWonderFarm]

Great video! It's very interesting to see how others care for their goats. Love your new milking area! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@sciencinessfeeling6366]

I am, as a former teacher, not often impressed with what parents are teaching our kids. This is impressive and these are impressive and connected kids...imHo

[@eleanorswan2888]

Thank you so much for sharing this. Blessings to you and your family. whatever you put your hands to, may it prosper and bring you exceeding joy🌟🌟

[@Weedemandreap]

That's sweet Eleanor!

[@roxannedanielson9375]

A few days ago I found your channel and I'm enjoying it very much. My husband thinks I'm crazy. I've been watching non stop. I don't know how to get them in order,so there all over the place. That's okay. I'd like to know were your financial income comes from. And Lydia is such a lovely child. I am impressed with her work ethic. She's seems like she's very happy and loves what she's doing. She has been a joy to watch. Thanks, back to surfing your channel.

[@Weedemandreap]

That's sweet Roxanne. There's a video on that you'll see.

[@Gocubs2345]

@@Weedemandreap do u guys sell baby swans?

[@shannonjaros4135]

So thankful for your videos 🙂 thanks for all you do!

[@hermitld]

Very well done, I like the format. Your videos are well scripted, very professional , thanks .

[@Guildbrookfarm]

One of my favorite videos you have ever produced! I loved the style. Thanks so much for sharing your daily goat routine and the way you raise your goats. You have most definitely been the biggest reason I got into goats myself! You guys make it look so fun and easy (and it is! ...well most of the time!) . Thanks DaNelle! :0)

[@Weedemandreap]

That's nice of you!

[@Gocubs2345]

@@Weedemandreap how much do u guys cost for a boy goat an a female goat? Cuase i need 1 for my African religion

[@Gocubs2345]

@@Weedemandreap an do u guys have Candian geese on ur farm?

[@Gocubs2345]

@@Weedemandreap an imma need 4 white boy goats 5 Brown female goats

[@EVOGROW]

Y'all got a lot going on and I love it!

[@dhwanishah5326]

Love the animals!! You’re very good at what you do!!

[@WholesomeRoots]

Very different style video! Interesting to see the differences. Added to my playlist

[@mechille5110]

Love seeing new video's from y'all. Keep up the good work. Mechille :)

[@wwkaahanui]

So cool i want to start a small farm i Love farming 👍🏽🤙🏽🐔🌱 and i’m 12 years old

[@BrayZap]

Am i the only one that thinks they're cute as hell? I love how they just stand there while you do it 😂

[@bestbaitsnoutdoors]

Firstly, your goat video is the best i have seen in advice and clarity in information provided. On a negative, i recommend text to stay for longer so i or others can write it down. But i might be alone so please get others opinion before listening to mine. Lastly, thankyou for making the video and helping me in hunter valley nsw Australia.

[@barbarabell3366]

Good job, kids.♡

[@IceMansSon004]

That is an extremely well laid out homestead

[@jmc8577]

Very informative thanks

[@hempev]

In my head, this ended with that long single chord from A Day in The Life.

[@mosk584]

great video! thanks))

[@debramurray5132]

what a good life they have.

[@mihailmihaylov3631]

Very nice video

[@fattahrio766]

Good job

[@urbangardeningandchickenke1018]

Excellent

[@muhdkhairulhassan7736]

Arizona looks nice...

[@ML-ld3px]

How do you guys feel about vaccinating goats? Do you?

[@nainasatamanikaiyaroi2330]

You're in great good life there most misses.

[@EVERGLOW828]

So sweet

[@travisambers6307]

lol you were the main influencer in us buying goats...we bought our first last year, she was supposed to be pregnant and wasn't (just a major case of bloat that we helped her with.) We bought her companion who was supposed to be pregnant...and wasn't. The lady we bought the 2nd one from allowed us to bring her back at the beginning of this year for free to re-breed and it looks like it finally took so she's due in August! Thanks for the inspiration, we (I'm stretching it on the hubbys part) love our goats!

[@Weedemandreap]

That's so cool Amber!

[@GreenTGoats]

He will come around :)

[@unforkyours3lf730]

So awesome

[@achchhachalo13]

Love it

[@parthavipidaparthy5406]

nice one

[@cadiunderhill5958]

I love your videos and your gotets so cute 💖😂 😂😂 😂😂

[@ChelseaPalmerBooks]

Your videos always show up in time to bottle feed our Nigerian dwarf doeling, she listens along with me everyday!

[@Weedemandreap]

That's a cool routine!

[@togahimikomikunakanoandzer3448]

7:00 pm looks like 5:50 am in your city

[@homesteadinthewoods4841]

Do you still have Luna? I had a Doe kid and she had twins. None of these homesteading videos from any of my favorite folks talked about what happens when twins favor one udder. Very hard to find info on that. As well as Mastitis. A how to prevent mastitis would be a good video. How to detect mastitis and where to find test kits for mastitis. Also how to cure it. I’ll keep looking….

[@Thisisahandle701]

Whereabouts in the US is this? I like it

[@drsohailqaiser630]

I love goat farming I'm from Pakistan

[@OurHerdOfTurtles]

I see Luna has only milk in one side here. How do you prevent that? Our Nigerian just had a baby and he is favoring only one side. I haven’t started milking yet but when I put her on the stand this morning to get her used to it, I noticed that one side is very full and the other is not. Should I milk her on that one side since he isn’t eating on that side? Baby is only 4 days old.

[@journeywithcerney-stockvid3563]

Do you have to clean them?

[@muzzamilkhan487]

Can we give Corn Silage from goats?. please reply

[@daisybelcher5571]

We have got a pygmy and a toggenburg (hopefully getting more pygmys) they live together but i was wondering what amount of food should the pygmy eat she is very tiny the size of a small dog and our old toggenburg who is 13 eats alot!

[@drsohailqaiser630]

I am Big fan of goat really i want to come your farming

[@kylelocke9040]

How long did it take your goats to get used to the process? Did you have to secure their back legs at all in the beginning to stop from fighting it and what not?

[@Weedemandreap]

Luna had to have a little training for a couple weeks

[@llanoda]

hi may i ask if the milk needs to be pasturized or anything after taking from the mother goat before we can use? we are thinking of a pair :) thanks!

[@Weedemandreap]

No, it's easy. Just strain out any hair/specs and refrigerate.

[@teffyvargas5916]

Is alfalfa pellete bad for sheep ?

[@drplush6927]

I noticed when lidia brought Luna up into the milking shed at night Luna jumped right up on the stand but when Ethan brought her in the shed in the morning she was a little bit timid of jumping on the milking stand why is that

[@GreenTGoats]

Lydia might be firmer with her, a bit more of a top goat.

[@bryanrivas9486]

get you daily does of greens

[@sarahkroger982]

Where did you get your short, wide milking bucket? My Nigerians are too short for my buckets!!

[@Weedemandreap]

I know! we had to try a few before we found this: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004R1IU3M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=weemre-20&linkId=1dc17fc67651fec1a2dd0d9d2240ecb8

[@jodycate970]

great video when are you going to get Luna and Penny bred by the way how old are your goats

[@Weedemandreap]

probably in the fall.

[@kaisenji]

Ugh freaking enter key...otherwise, great video on your daily chores. Hubby and I are watching as a nightly bedtime ritual. Cheers.

[@caspianlopez9817]

I have a few questions, What do you do with all that milk? and What do you do about all the poop, do you just leave it?

[@Weedemandreap]

We drink alot, make yogurt, cheese, and ice cream and smoothies. We use goat poop and chicken poop to put in our compost for the garden.

[@NIBINMUHAMED]

Which country is this. I love it

[@amaryllis1512]

They live in Arizona.

[@hero-by6di]

Are you allowed to keep 1 baby lamb as a pet in your back garden?

[@missiontoaccomplish]

I was just wondering, how come your goats do not have horns? How do you keep them like that

[@eduardobarbey8625]

Diff. Breads I think

[@ariqautsar.]

wow 🐐❤️🇮🇩,.

[@rileybump]

Hi weed and reap I have a goat that ran away with other goats and our other goat dose this weird thing where he sneezes and licks us every time your in the paddock I was just wondering what dose of it mean if you guys know can you please tell me cause I think he's depressed but I don't know so please tell me

[@agnesaquino3305]

I like goat they great animal and barn wild and clean goat give Fresh milk to give your baby goat

[@moderngoatfarming7396]

wow

[@TurnerMelody]

Did you link the recipe for your wipes for milking?

[@Weedemandreap]

Here it is: www.weedemandreap.com/homemade-udder-teat-wipes-milking/

[@rapidash1999]

do goats always have milk or they have to have babies in order to start producing it?Do they stop producing it after baby grows up? if I want my goat to produce milk all time does she need to have babies every year?

[@Weedemandreap]

Usually you have to breed them once a year

[@countrycrazycowgirl4026]

I just started my channel and I know it's super late but can I join in on this collab? You are my idol!

[@TheCorkman10]

Is it possible to milk goats with a machine?

[@Weedemandreap]

yes, some people do.

[@franciscovaldez953]

Goat meat and cheese milk is the best this city people needs to know more about real farming they see all animals like pets 😁😁😁✌✌✌✌💚💚💚💚💚

[@khpeslth6727]

Goats are very easy to raise

[@giulianalorenzini1198]

i want a pet goat so bad i love goats

[@victorchaos3558]

Ok thats it, in buying goats

[@valeriefregoso4658]

HOW DO YOU DO THE POOP 💩

[@Weedemandreap]

It works as good fertilizer!

[@H1TMANactual]

Napoleon Dynamite milking lmao

[@marialara2776]

you rae. Fems

[@melisawagner323]

Does your kids do 4 h

[@shamarthompson4996]

first

[@alicecrocker9083]

I don't recommend that you keep you goats and chickens together chicken poo contains chemicals that can make goats and sheep abort their babies