How to disbud a baby goat (remove horn buds)
Disbudding video.
How to draw blood for testing
Using an elastrator to castrate bucklings
How to test for Mastitis
Milk flavor issues
How to tell if your goat has parasites
How to Trim Goat Hooves
How to use goat hobbles
Note: You can also get a curb chain (for a horse bridle) and use it in the same way.
Where to buy goat stuff
Milk Stand Plans
Click here for pic of milk stand modifications to make it more stable
Homemade Milker
The pump is a Durvet 65 ml Fixed Dose Pour-On Applicator. The syringe body is 35 cc with the threaded type needle end, but the needle is removed. The vinyl tubing came with the applicator (I only used half of it), and I used a small hose clamp and super glue jel to make sure the hose stays on the syringe body.
When in use, you are not constantly pumping the mechanism. After the milk starts to flow, it's pump....wait....wait....wait....wait....wait....pump....repeat.
I do finish out by hand, but that's usually just a tiny amount.
To clean it after milking, I run extremely hot water through it, then soapy water, then clean water. A couple of times a week, I run bleach water through it, too.
I am not selling these, just showing what you can make for about half of what they sell for.
1 comment:
Where did you find the Durvet sprayer to make this? I need one BADLY. I have an FF with TINY teats. TIA!
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