Author Topic: colostrum (Read 2818 times)

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

langdon

chickenfeed · « **Reply #1 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

langdon · « **Reply #2 on:** March 28, 2010, 09:34:20 pm »

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

ballingall · « **Reply #3 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

Roxy · « **Reply #4 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.

fifixx · « **Reply #5 on:** March 29, 2010, 10:56:37 am »

How long are they producing colostrum for?

chickenfeed · « **Reply #6 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.

langdon · « **Reply #7 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?

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langdon · « **Reply #8 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

chickenfeed · « **Reply #9 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.