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In Reply to: Re: blind goat posted by Helene on June 23, 2001 at 12:00:26:
Colostrum is the first milk produced when the doe freshens. It's very thick and yellowish. There are different methods of heat treating it to remove the CAE virus. I put it in a double boiler and bring the temp slowly to 138-140 degrees. If you let it get much hotter than that it will turn into a thick custard and will not only kill the bad things but all the good things too. While the colostrum is heating I boil water and put it in a thermos so the thermos is good and hot. When the colostrum reaches the proper temp, pour the water out of the thermos and put the colostrum in. Seal the thermos, wrap it in a towel and let it stand for an hour. When I remove the lid I always test the temp again. So far mine has always tested at 140 degrees. I use one of the stainless steel thermos bottles.
There are different ways to pasteurize milk too. The easiest method I've read about is to bring the milk to 165 degrees (anytime I've had to use this method, I go to 170 degrees just to be sure) and then place in ice water to cool as quickly as possible. If you find you're going to bottle feed on a regular basis, it would pay to check into a home pasteurizer! I wouldn't trade mine for the world.
I've bottle fed babies that stayed with their dam. She cleaned them and trained them to eat and taught them goatie manners and all I had to do was feed them! This year I fed all mine on a caprine bucket. They're spoiled! I like bottle fed babies much better than dam raised. Like Vicki, I won't tolerate a doe that I can't catch and bottle feeding the bucklings seems to make them friendlier when they get to be big ole stinky critters! It also makes the wethers better pets. Good Luck with your babies and enjoy them!
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