Have you thought about keeping your own dairy goat? We would love to help you get started! We are hosting a 3.5-hour workshop on October 29th where we will go over what it takes to feed, house, care for, and milk your own goat. We’ll even show you how easy it is to make goat cheese and finish with a cheese tasting. All this for only $95! The class size will be limited to 12 participants to make sure everyone can be involved.
Go to our online store to sign up.
Agenda
9:00-9:15 introductions
9:15-10:00 milking demonstration
10:00-10:45 Basics of keeping a goat – feeding, fencing, housing, etc
10:45-11:15 Goat healthcare
11:15-noon Cheesemaking and tasting
Noon-12:30 wrap-up and Q&A
Basics
- Feeding – summer winter
- Housing
- Space needed
- Fencing
- Pasture
- Livestock guardian dogs and protection from predators
Care
- Hooves
- Parasites
- Giving shots
- Horns – no horns?
Kidding
- Breeding
- Gestation, drying off
- Birthing, normal vs complicated – what to do when things go wrong
- Bottle vs dam feeding
Milking
- Basic steps
- Filtering
- Chilling
- Shelf life
- Selling
Cheese
- Ricotta
- chevre
