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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: langdon on March 28, 2010, 08:40:59 pm

Title: colostrum
Post by: langdon on March 28, 2010, 08:40:59 pm

does anyone bank this on  your own smallholding,
is it a common practice and a practical as in ' excellent idea! ' to do.
any replys will be app  :goat:
langdon

Title: Re: colostrum
Post by: chickenfeed on March 28, 2010, 08:59:16 pm

mum has stored clostrum from her dairy goats for near on 40 years it has saved 100's of lambs & kids over the years word soon gets around where to find it

Title: Re: colostrum
Post by: langdon on March 28, 2010, 09:34:20 pm

how does she store it?
ho long does it stay fresh?
thanks for replying ;)

Title: Re: colostrum
Post by: ballingall on March 28, 2010, 09:59:56 pm

What do you mean "bank it"?  :-\

We normally always try and keep some for each next successive kidding. Ie Surf kidded today and I will freeze some of her's so that we have some in case Evita, who is due next, doesn't have any. We freeze in, generally in washed out yogurt pots, as a lamb or a kid doesn't need a lot for a feed when they are newborn. We will keep it in the freezer from one year to the next, but no longer than that.

Beth

Title: Re: colostrum
Post by: Roxy on March 28, 2010, 11:01:56 pm

I have never stored any, and have been fortunate never to have to need any either, but I must say it is sensible to have some.

I would not worry too much Langdon, more than likely everything will be fine and no need for your stored colostrum.

Title: Re: colostrum
Post by: fifixx on March 29, 2010, 10:56:37 am

How long are they producing colostrum for? 

Title: Re: colostrum
Post by: chickenfeed on March 29, 2010, 12:28:07 pm

 :)she put it in the freezer in small bottles or icecube trays (usefull for puppies) and it keeps for one year.

colstrum is made for the first 3 -4 days you can see when it is going from colostrum to milk quite easily.

Title: Re: colostrum
Post by: langdon on March 29, 2010, 08:12:18 pm

read up on the net about it and this one of those stuipid term they were using, i guess if along time
goat keeper like you never heared it put like that then it must be stupid!!
i guess its like banking money, saving it for another day, saving the colostrum for another day?????

Title: Re: colostrum
Post by: langdon on March 29, 2010, 08:15:17 pm

our nannies arent pregant yet, im just trying to collect all the info as much as i can in these
early days of goat keeping :D :goat:

Title: Re: colostrum
Post by: chickenfeed on March 29, 2010, 09:29:04 pm

 :)its not me that breeds goats its my parents they have bred & shown goats for about 40 years so any questions ask away, or pm me i am not on here much these days.

i keep the males for meat.