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We've saved several calves on goat's milk.  Usually, we had one fresh, so no big deal.  When Junior got sick (that ecoli scours deal reared its ugly head again) we had to buy goat milk.........all we could get is canned, and it was $2.08 for a can!  Still, it only took 5 cans, and we have 3 left over, in case we ever need it again......so pretty cheap considering it saved Junior's life.


The first calf we hooked up to a goat was a Holstein that FIL had gotten for their milk cow.  The other one he got had already died, and it sure looked like Bubba was headed the same direction, so he just brought him up and said if we could save him, we could have him.  Got one of the harder to milk goats in the stantion (she liked to kick), showed him where the spiggot was, and he went to work.  She still kicked, but Bubba hung on, and it wasn't long before that goat preferred to be hand milked, than to turn Bubba loose on her.   lol   He got to be a huge thing, and made lots of good meat in the freezer.......traded half of him for our second computer, even.  And still had lots of meat left.


That goat milk is good stuff, all right!  Glad that your little red baby is doing well, and that he gets to spend some time with his ole ma.


What animal is usually the product of a ranch?
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