Community Chat

[Katcat1]

I saw a picture of the goats lined up and tubes attached to them to obtain the milk.  I wonder how long the goats have to stand there?   I don't know looking at the picture made me feel sorry for the goats.  

[RedTop]

Trust me, the automatic milking process goes a lot faster than hand milking, and the goats get used to the routine.   Their feeding schedule is tied to the milking routine, which helps keep them compliant!

[riley1]

@Katcat1 - What do you mean by tubes? A dairy farm I used to visit had an electric type milker for the cows. They attached to the udders and the milk pumped automatically to a holding tank. I don't remember it taking that long and certainly must be a shorter time than hand milking. 

[x Hedge]

@Katcat1 wrote:

I saw a picture of the goats lined up and tubes attached to them to obtain the milk.  I wonder how long the goats have to stand there?   I don't know looking at the picture made me feel sorry for the goats.  

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If you have to feel sorry for the goats, feel sorry for the males.

[Katcat1]

@riley1  The only people doing hand milking is probably the Amish.   

[chessylady]

The Beekmans have a livecam on their goats 24/7 that can be accessed from their website. It is my understanding that the goats on air with them on the shopping channels are most often local goats rather than their goats. Pretty sure the goats are well-treated.

[Glittergal]

Yes I do wonder about the goats.  I figure the baby goats are taken away from the mother goats so their milk can be harvested for human use.  No baby goat should have to be bottle fed if it has a mother.  It's very sad.  

[jackthebear]

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@Katcat1 wrote:

I saw a picture of the goats lined up and tubes attached to them to obtain the milk.  I wonder how long the goats have to stand there?   I don't know looking at the picture made me feel sorry for the goats.  

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how do you think cattle are milked

or a nursing mother uses a breast pump

[Drythe]

I often wonder how often the female goats have to have babies to keep enough soap making milk.

And I wonder what happens to the baby goats.  I know what happens to calves, and Premarin ponies

[fthunt]

@Glittergal You and I seem to keep meeting at the barnyard gate...LOL  Here's the scoop on Mama goat and her baby. Right after giving birth the Mama's milk isn't 'fit' for humans.  (that's a nice way to describe it)......so baby goats-cows have Mother's milk all to themselves.  Eventually babies advance to grains and hay - and we humans - can then take and enjoy the milk.

No reason to be 'sad'

The end.................