Not gonna lie, home dairying is my #1 favorite part of homesteading. It’s a lot of work, but the rewards are fantastic. If you are debating adding goats or cattle to your homestead, this information on this page will keep you reading for quite a while!
Goat 101 Series
- Goat 101: But Isn’t Goat’s Milk Disgusting?
- Goat 101: Cow vs. Goat
- Goat 101: My Milking Routine
- Goat 101: Improvising Milking Equipment
- Goat 101: Improvised Milking Equipment- an UPDATE
- Goat 101: Baking Soda, for Goats?
- Goat 101: Deciding on a Milking Schedule
- Goat 101: Build Your Own Milking Stand
- Goat 101: 9 Tips for Training a Goat on the Milking Stand
- Goat 101: How to Milk a Goat **VIDEO**
- Goat 101: Six Lessons Learned from Kidding
- Goat 101: How to Tell When Your Goat is in Labor (or is getting close!)
- Goat 101: Reflections of a Milk Maid
- The Truth About Goats… (Or, Why We Downsized our Goat Herd)
- 5 Things You Should Know About Goat’s Milk
Have a milk cow standing out in your barn and need a few tips? How about homemade udder balm so you don’t have to buy it at the store? There is a whole pile of home dairy posts here on the blog–enjoy!
Other Home Dairy Topics
- How to Milk Once Per Day
- Keeping a Family Milk Cow: Your Questions Answered
- 10 Reasons Your Milk Cow Might be Kicking
- 10 Tricks to Keep your Milk Cow From Kicking
- How to Train a Heifer to Become a Family Milk Cow
- How to Milk a Cow (video)
- 16 Possible Reasons for Off-Flavors in your Fresh Milk
- Free Printable Milk Record Sheet
- Why We Drink RAW Milk
- 6 Tips for Safely Handling Raw Milk
- DIY Udder Salve (for goats, cows, and your own hands, too)
- If a Butter Mold Could Talk
Recipes and Ideas
- How to Make Fromage Blanc (Simple Soft Cheese)
- How to Make Cream Cheese
- 16 Things to do with Whey
- Vintage Lemon Whey Pie
- 20 Ways to Use Sour Milk
- How to Make Traditional Mozzarella (Part 1: Ingredients and Equipment)
- How to Make Traditional Mozzarella (Part 2: Step-by-Step Process)
- How to Make Yogurt in a Mason Jar
- How to Make Cultured Butter
- How to Make Cultured Buttermilk and Sour Cream
- How to Make Ricotta Cheese (2 ways)
- Easy Cheese Sauce– from scratch
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