STORING GOAT MILK

So now you know!

MILKING BY HAND

Here is an actual picture of hand milking a Doe, i posted earlier on the method to hand milk here. Have fun!

GAHP CERTIFICATION

We are preparing ourself’s and the farm to go for GAHP (Good Animal Husbandry Practices) certification. GAHP will involve procedures to ensure our Goats are farmed to meet a certain standard of safety and quality requirements. It will also include standard procedures to describe the methods, equipment, facilities and controls of the farmed Goats.

It looks like there are many things we will have to add on to the property and the required list for compliance to qualify for an initial assessment by the Sarawak Agriculture Department is long. But it will be very beneficial to the customers and farm operation both in the short and long term.

JAMNAPARI BUCK

An example of a average quality Jamnapari Buck near Kuching, Sarawak. They can come larger and much heavier. Supposedly for meat and milk, they seem to be used mainly for meat in Sarawak, but most stocks are prized and kept for breeding. There has been an upsurge in Goat farming in Sarawak in recent months and this breed is in high demand even prompting smuggling from Indonesia.

NEW FOOT BRIDGE

We are building a new foot bridge on the property. Makes sense to do so as the Goats will have this neat shortcut when they graze across the stream.

FOR SALE – TRADITIONAL + RED BOERS

Available now 23 heads (All Red’s Sold) 13 heads (Doe’s) at RM1200.00 F.O.B Brisbane, Australia. Landed C.I.F Kuching, Sarawak estimated at RM3200.00. Buyer can/may collect from the Australia farm in Gin Gin, 51 kilometers west of Bundaberg, 371 kilometers northwest of Brisbane, directly and make their own shipping arrangements (by Air ONLY) unless they want to join any one of our regular shipments into Malaysia.

MILKING METHOD

STAGES OF GOAT FETAL DEVELOPMENT

• 20 days Apparent Heart Beat
• 21-35days The lung bud branching and forming into the two principal bronchi
• 28-35 days Limb buds apparent
• 35-42 days Differentiation of mouth,digits and dew claws
• 42-49 days Nostrils and Eyes apparent, Mammary buds in females; empty scrotal sac in males, Jugular vein barely visible through the pink skin
• 42-84 days The bronchial divisions were differentiated and their air conducting system became established, lined with seudostratified and/or single-walled columnar epithelium
• 49-56 days Eyelids Close, Ear Canal Opens, Membranous soft center in the top of the head
• 56-63 days Jugular vein, facial vein and scrotal vessels all visible; Nostrils open
• 70-77 days Hairs appear on eyelids
• 77-84 days Horn Pits Appear;Ear vein prominent, Hairs on eyelids and muzzle
• 84-91 days Hairs on forehead, Pigmentation around horn pits, For males testes palpable in scrotum
• 91-98 days Skin whitish and thicker, Jugular, facial and scrotal veins no longer visible, Ear vein visible, Hairs along top of the neck, Top of the head has hardened-Also Lung Development-The respiratory bronchioles developed quickly，the primitive alveoli had developed,the respiratory bronchioles and primitive alveoli were lined by cuboid cells
• 98-105 days Tooth Eruption. Hair around eyes and muzzle; Hairs on chest, Eyelids separated, Temporary teeth buds just appear
• 105-112 days Body sparsely covered with hair, except limbs Also-Lung development-The respiratory divisions developed dramatically, the lung assumed a more “aerated” appearance.
• 112-119 days Dense hairs cover body and limbs, Teeth buds prominent
• 119 days 1-3 Incisors barely erupted in females at birth, Incisors at gum line in males at birth
• 119-154 days The alveoli developed and differentiated into flattened (type Ⅰ cell) and cuboid (type Ⅱ cell) epithelial cells of the lung development-here the baby can breath on it’s own.
• Normal Live Birth- 145 to 155 days

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GOOD MORNING!

KETOSIS

Ketosis is a pregnancy-related illness in does which can occur either right before or shortly after kidding. Ketosis is the result of producers not providing proper nutrition for pregnant does. The bred female does not receive adequate protein to feed both her and her kids in utero, so either just before or immediately after she kids, her body begins to draw upon its protein reserves so that she can provide milk for her offspring. Deadly ketones are produced as a by-product of this process, as her own body tissues begin to starve.

Treatment is simple. Oral administration of Propylene Glycol, Molasses, or Karo Syrup (which is Corn syrup) is necessary. The doe will dislike the oily propylene glycol, but it is by far the best product available for treating ketosis. Dosage is based upon weight of the animal. Prevention is easy. Feed the doe properly during gestation as well as after kidding. Bringing a doe back from a bout of ketosis is difficult, and death often results.

Can you spot the 50 day old Fetus inside the amnion?