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does anyone have a good way to freeze milk- we have some that I'd freeze to use when we don't have fresh. Was thinking of using freezer bags.
 

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I have frozen it in Ziploc bags. Don't use the cheap bags though - the seals don't always hold. I've done quarts and gallons. I lay them flat on a cookie sheet until they're frozen and they stack nicely that way.
 

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I freeze surplus in square qt and 1/2 gal plastic freezer containers, then when frozen, pop them out and vacuum pack and it will stay fresh and can be somewhat stacked. I find I use small cardboard boxes in the freezer, label with a sharpie,and put stuff in them that doesn't stack real well and then it's easy to pull out the box to get what I need. Works in either an upright or a chest freezer and stuff doesn't tend to get "lost" as easy. You just recycle the cardboard box into the garden for mulch in the walkways when it gets ripped or falls apart or whatever. Never froze it flat but a good idea...
 

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The last 3 weeks have been extremely busy for us here, we've had more rain then normal so we've done chores in between rain drops and our goats don't like getting wet!! :lol:

We're slowly beginning to start our fall preparations here but have had added challenges as of late. My dad had another seizure(very major) 12 days ago and has spent those days in ICU- they had to sedate(over night) him and give him a breathing tube(had in 3 days) to stop the seizure. Only in the past 3 days has he started to wake up more each day and today he was awake and talking(not super great) more with us. He was moved to another area of the hospital this afternoon to continue his care. We feel blessed that he is still with us and only time will tell what this seizure did to him.

We also had to make some decisions on our herd so that our numbers are brought back down again. We only have 2 bucks- Chester and the one my DS(11) named. Unfortunately, we also ended up culling the black and white lamancha too because she tested positive for CAE. Currently, we are now at 11 goats. We will have 3 Nigerians does and 1 lamancha doe to breed sometime starting in Nov for end of March 2017 thru April 2017 kids.

Here are pictures of Moose and Monkey- they are from the 2015 kids, any feed back is appreciated.

This is Monkey
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this is Moose
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Recently someone told me that we should feed corn to any of our extras going to be processed to bulk them up.....is this a good idea?
 
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