How to milk a goat with a portable milking machine
We milk 7 goats each day, a very small operation and its for our personal consumption. Seven goats are a bit much for us to milk by hand so we invested in a portable milker. The pump cycle rate is a bit high in this video (little hands had been messing with the controls) so I advise turning the rate lower. See more about our homesteading at www.humblegarden.com Created on May 22, 2010 using FlipShare.
Does milking feel any good?
@Mivaxx yep - its a relief and certainly not painful
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it has cost effective solutions for portable goat milkers
What teat dip are you using?
Can you send a link to where you bought the machine
i have a lamancha too and she gives about a half a gal a day. but i just got her and she is a fresshie so ya how much does yours give?
how much does a portable milker cost?
Do goat give milk all year around
@The1234cadillac each goat breed is different. ours is very seasonal – they breed in the fall, have babies in february or march, give us milk until the fall.
@frangipani110692 about £1,000 on ebay
@Reunitepangea serch on ebay they some good ones on there
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What is your rate of vacuum, cubic feet per minute, from the pump? I have a surge that I am putting together with new pulsator and will still need a pump.
You treat your goats so kindly… good for you… this is the way all milking animals should be treated… Bravo!
Why do you even need milking machine to milk only seven goats. Seven goats could be milked in less than an hour. Washing the long hoses used by suction cups would take more than two hours and make the milk spoiled by salmonella and Ecoli and other germs.
@fakir0005 you are absolutely welcome to milk your own 7 goats by hand. Being a scientist myself I am very well aware of the food safety issues and I pay extremely close attention to both animal and equipment hygiene – My hoses are washed and sterilized within 15 minutes of decanting. Have a nice day!
@fakir0005 Your an idiot it aint takien 2 hours to wash machines it takes 15 minutes and it takes at least a couple hours to milk 7 goats by hand unless they do it themselves if your gonna argue at least have someclue of what your talkin about
@PhotoNika You are only aware of stupidity. You’re talking about milking seven goats. People talk of milking ne goat with machines that too hand held machined. You are thre idiot not me. Is it sanitary with machines. You are idiot. No body made that claim. Thre only advantage of machines is that one person can manage as many as twenty,thirty machines. If you are only going to use one machine you’ve no advantage. Only disadvantages.
@aquahomme98 You must be rinsing the container and hoses with your pee to wash it in fifteen minutes. You might be a fast Eddie and only dry cleaning the machine. You are the stupid one. You have never ever used a machine much less ever cleaned it. The milk you sell must be very soapy. But then you probably drink soap water because you can’t afford real milk.
Loved the video… What do you do with your milk??
@PhotoNika U’re not a scientist if u think milking Goats by machine is more sanitary. If I milk my goats by hand I’d not be making a video and posting on U tube to show I’m milking my 1 goat by machine. If u are a scientist & own 7 goats accept my challenge. I’d fly to your place & milk your 7 goats by hand. Record the time of my hand milking. U then do it for your machine milking. See which is faster. Then submit samples of the milk from both to a lab and see which is cleaner.
@PhotoNika U r trying to get bravos from people for stupidity and calling people stupid if people point out that milking 7 goats by machine is not that wise. If you think it is why do u have to convince every body in the world? Be happy that you have the portable machine . R u selling portable machines? I think you r. There is somebody selling hand operated milking machines. U’ll save on electricity. It is easier to wash as it has no hoses. But it is equally stupid.
Hmmm….I had always thought “goat people” were nice for the most part. Maybe I have always just been lucky. There are some pretty harsh and judgmental comments on here. I only milk two goats and I am looking for a milking machine. Has it not occurred to you that some people have arthritis in their hands and milking HURTS. Does that mean they should give up their goats? I don’t think so. When milking by hand, I washed the entire udder and inside of legs. If a hair fell in the pail, it was clean.
@HappyBubblesSoap we drink the milk raw, we make raw fresh chevre, yogurt, kefir!
@brendaAmerrick Amen to that – i think certain people are actually NOT “goat people” but more likely “snarky people”.