Day 2 on the Farm!(behind the scenes)

[coolkitty1934]

Okay so for this post i will include some behind the scenes on how goat milk is obtained!I will also leave some extra pictures as a comment so check below if you want to.The baby goats were ADORABLE as usual XD we also have yet another master escapee lol.All the goats seemed to like munching on my flower shirt too.Some people came over and played with the babies and watched us milk the goats which brings me to behind the scenes on goat milking!I will leave a comment with details on how it works.I honestly had no idea how much work it takes to get one jar of milk!

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Step one:wake up at around 6 in the morning!

waking up

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step 2: Assemble the milking machine(AKA the octopus machine)

The octopus machine!

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🤣🤣🤣

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step 3: carry it into the barn and plug it in!

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step 4: Pick a goat and bring them to the milking platform!

goat

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step 5: wipe off the nipples and put the tubes suction cups on

nipple part

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Step 6: take off the machine and hand milk for a bit

hand milk!

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Step 7: Let the goat off and let another one on then repeat for all goats

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Step 8:Unplug and carry inside and filter the milk into a bucket then pour in milk jugs!

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Step 9: Put jars in fridge and clean machine Then you finally have jars of milk!

[Hb2003]

Wow must have been a very long process do you only have one machine ?

[coolkitty1934 in reply to Hb2003]

yep 9 goats one at a time

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Wow, amazing!!!

[MadBunny]

Thank you for sharing these photos, and account of the process.I see what you mean about how much work it takes🤗

[coolkitty1934 in reply to MadBunny]

now imagine doing this in 21 degree weather-

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Goodness!

[coolkitty1934 in reply to MadBunny]

yeah it sucked everything hurts and im exhausted TT_TT

[MadBunny in reply to coolkitty1934]

Sorry to hear that. Hope you are better soon xx