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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Bumblebear on August 22, 2012, 04:20:51 pm

Title: Do you keep milk churns in the fridge :thinking:
Post by: Bumblebear on August 22, 2012, 04:20:51 pm: I have been given a couple of plastic milk churns which are a godsen din as much as storing 5 litres at a time BUT do I keep them in the fridge or on the worktop?! Probably a REALLY stupid question but I am no stranger to them :innocent:
Title: Re: Do you keep milk churns in the fridge :thinking:
Post by: Roxy on August 22, 2012, 04:40:50 pm: Never seen a plastic milk churn, and doubt5 litre one would fit in our fridge!!
I have tried keeping goats milk in plastic milk containers, and didn't think it kept too well, and then the container had a strong smell even when thoroughly washed out, so wonder if the churn would be the same?
I have glass kilner jars and keep my milk in the fridge in those.
Title: Re: Do you keep milk churns in the fridge :thinking:
Post by: Anke on August 22, 2012, 06:18:25 pm: We keep our milk in plastic jugs in the fridge, and they get Milton-ed when a bit whiffy. Daily milking goes into (5ltr) food-grade white lidded plastic buckets (lid snaps on), and we sometimes store those in the fridge.
However it is better to have several smaller volumes of milk containers - milk cools down quicker after milking. If left out for too long it will go off quite quickly.
Title: Re: Do you keep milk churns in the fridge :thinking:
Post by: plumseverywhere on August 23, 2012, 09:55:29 am: Why did I never think to Milton my whiffy 2-pinters?! Thank you Anke (again!!) :bouquet: I've been binning them and then begging on FB for new bottles from people ::)
Title: Re: Do you keep milk churns in the fridge :thinking:
Post by: Roxy on August 23, 2012, 12:16:18 pm: ;D I too, would not have thought of Milton .....!!
Title: Re: Do you keep milk churns in the fridge :thinking:
Post by: Anke on August 23, 2012, 01:42:06 pm: Well I never used it when my girls were babies,by the time there were on bottles they were also crawling and eating anything they found on the floor ;D . But now I use it quite regularly...
Title: Re: Do you keep milk churns in the fridge :thinking:
Post by: chickenfeed on August 23, 2012, 02:21:25 pm: milton works on alsorts in our house t pots, flasks, t stained mugs, goat and lamb bottles in fact anything with a stain or wiff gets a soak in it :trophy:
Title: Re: Do you keep milk churns in the fridge :thinking:
Post by: luckylady on August 23, 2012, 05:40:05 pm: Quote from: chickenfeed on August 23, 2012, 02:21:25 pm

in fact anything with a stain or wiff gets a soak in it :trophy:
Does that mean I can use it on OH when he gets stained and whiffy? :innocent:
Title: Re: Do you keep milk churns in the fridge :thinking:
Post by: Penninehillbilly on August 23, 2012, 07:13:13 pm: in BBC lingo -
'Other baby bottle sterilizers are available'
(and cheaper) ;)
Title: Re: Do you keep milk churns in the fridge :thinking:
Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 23, 2012, 11:20:55 pm: Quote from: luckylady on August 23, 2012, 05:40:05 pm
Quote from: chickenfeed on August 23, 2012, 02:21:25 pm

in fact anything with a stain or wiff gets a soak in it :trophy:
Does that mean I can use it on OH when he gets stained and whiffy? :innocent:

Worth a try. :roflanim:
Title: Re: Do you keep milk churns in the fridge :thinking:
Post by: chickenfeed on August 25, 2012, 07:43:43 pm: Quote from: luckylady on August 23, 2012, 05:40:05 pm
Quote from: chickenfeed on August 23, 2012, 02:21:25 pm

in fact anything with a stain or wiff gets a soak in it :trophy:
Does that mean I can use it on OH when he gets stained and whiffy? :innocent:

so long as you rinse him well after :innocent: