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Post by ForeverWaltons on Sept 3, 2015 9:17:06 GMT -5
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Post by patriciaanne on Sept 3, 2015 15:45:18 GMT -5
I would like to have one dairy cow and a few dairy goats so I can make cheese, yogurt, cream, etc. You can also make soap and lotions from goats milk. It would be great if I could get a little cottage industry going. More retirement stuff to ponder.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 3, 2015 17:55:24 GMT -5
Thanks! The article says it is more work to keep goats then cows. Who should have known that? I would have thought goats were easier as they are smaller.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 3, 2015 17:57:37 GMT -5
I would like to have one dairy cow and a few dairy goats so I can make cheese, yogurt, cream, etc. You can also make soap and lotions from goats milk. It would be great if I could get a little cottage industry going. More retirement stuff to ponder. I thought we were only making pies and keeping horses. Fine, we can sell soaps and lotions also!
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Post by patriciaanne on Sept 3, 2015 18:37:37 GMT -5
I think goats can be somewhat delicate and in need of veterinary services more often.
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Post by jrijr on Sept 4, 2015 5:29:02 GMT -5
Hi all this is my first post it's great to be here
I had one of those nights recently where you can't sleep and something occurred to me about the waltons dinner table. At each meal you always see fresh napkins by each plate so times that by seven kids plus adults for three meals a day that's 33 napkins a day / 210 per week and not counting any guests that might drop by.
How on earth did Olivia manage to provide so many clean napkins on top of all her other jobs? She must have had thousands in the barn or something!!
First, welcome to the forums! Second, you might consider posting your question to Facebook (if you use it at all) to Kami Cotler. She frequently answers questions posted by Waltons fans... she might have a bit of insight.
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Post by sdw on Sept 4, 2015 14:57:03 GMT -5
My sister has goats but they are not dairy goats.
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Post by patriciaanne on Sept 4, 2015 18:33:16 GMT -5
Having any kind of dairy animals is a big commitment. You have to be there every day to milk them at the same time--holidays, weekends, rain or shine. Cows get milked twice a day, not sure about goats.
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Post by Sussie of Teckelhut Acres on Sept 6, 2015 19:59:34 GMT -5
Did they use paper napkins? I would have thought they were cloth. That's a detail I've missed. I will be paying attention next time they're at the table. I always thought they were cloth too.
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Post by Sussie of Teckelhut Acres on Sept 6, 2015 20:04:34 GMT -5
Speaking of the dinner table, I always wondered how one cow could produce so much milk. Eleven people at three meals a day, plus milk for cooking and baking. One good milk cow can give up to 7 gallons of milk a day but 5 to 6 is the average. A goat can give up to two gallons a day depending on the goat. The difference is that it takes less feed and hay per gallon for a goat than it does for a cow. That is why "back in the day" goats were called the poor man's cow.
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Post by Marge L on Sept 6, 2015 20:12:20 GMT -5
Speaking of the dinner table, I always wondered how one cow could produce so much milk. Eleven people at three meals a day, plus milk for cooking and baking. One good milk cow can give up to 7 gallons of milk a day but 5 to 6 is the average. A goat can give up to two gallons a day depending on the goat. The difference is that it takes less feed and hay per gallon for a goat than it does for a cow. That is why "back in the day" goats were called the poor man's cow. Huh? Never knew that.
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Post by Marge L on Sept 6, 2015 20:13:53 GMT -5
Hi all this is my first post it's great to be here
I had one of those nights recently where you can't sleep and something occurred to me about the waltons dinner table. At each meal you always see fresh napkins by each plate so times that by seven kids plus adults for three meals a day that's 33 napkins a day / 210 per week and not counting any guests that might drop by.
How on earth did Olivia manage to provide so many clean napkins on top of all her other jobs? She must have had thousands in the barn or something!!
Ha!! Good one!!
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Sept 7, 2015 20:08:45 GMT -5
Speaking of the dinner table, I always wondered how one cow could produce so much milk. Eleven people at three meals a day, plus milk for cooking and baking. One good milk cow can give up to 7 gallons of milk a day but 5 to 6 is the average. A goat can give up to two gallons a day depending on the goat. The difference is that it takes less feed and hay per gallon for a goat than it does for a cow. That is why "back in the day" goats were called the poor man's cow.
Sussie - Great to see you on the forum again. I know you have been busy with your farm.
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Post by Sussie of Teckelhut Acres on Sept 7, 2015 21:14:55 GMT -5
One good milk cow can give up to 7 gallons of milk a day but 5 to 6 is the average. A goat can give up to two gallons a day depending on the goat. The difference is that it takes less feed and hay per gallon for a goat than it does for a cow. That is why "back in the day" goats were called the poor man's cow.
Sussie - Great to see you on the forum again. I know you have been busy with your farm.
Thanks! Actually my farm has not been keeping me any more busy than usual. But I got into showing cars so now I am extra busy. This is my show car, affectionately called "Phoenix", a 1984 Trans Am.
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Post by weezer29 on Sept 8, 2015 4:29:37 GMT -5
I think goats can be somewhat delicate and in need of veterinary services more often. My daughter has goats. All the Gkids know how to milk them. The littlest ones still drink the milk, but the older ones grew out of that, probably from getting cow milk at school.
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