Re: humane milk - questions for goat farmers

[Guest guest]

Hi Suze,

I agree that the dairy farm you visited should be passed up. Don't know much

about goats other than if I had gotten some they probably would have been

poisoned with all the laurel we have if they'd escaped like they like to. I

did

learn that Toggenbergs were common for their milk production, milk quality,

temperment and mothering. They seemed like the Jersey or Guernsey of the goat

breeds.

Wanita

At 07:41 AM 3/19/02 -0500, you wrote:

>I just wanted to thank those who responded to my question re humane

>milk/meat. Every one's comments made good sense - the better the animals are

>treated the better quality food they produce.

>

>My only lingering concern, is how to find appropriately fed and treated

>animals in my area where the winters are long and pasturing is not an

>option. I'm going to look around to see if I can locate goat's milk...so, I

>was wondering what type of questions I should ask a goat farmer...?

>

>Are most or all of the questions that are appropriate for cow farmers the

>same for goat farmers? (the feed, the soil, the breed)

>

>Is there some breed of pituitary freak among goats? A goat " Holstein, " that

>is, which I should avoid? Is there a breed of goats that produces healthier

>milk than others?

>

>What should goats eat in the winter?

>

>What are reasonably humane living conditions for goats in the winter when

>they cannot be pastured?

>

>Is there some other question I haven't thought of which I should pose to

>goat farmers?

>

>TIA

>

>Suze Fisher

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