From The Farm – I Milked A Goat!

This week while my parents are out of town, I’m helping my eleven year old brother with the barn chores. This evening I milked a goat for the first time in several years. I got my goat milking skills from my sweet Granddaddy and my super proficient goat-milker Mom. 🙂

Tonight, we tended to the goats, turkeys, chickens, quail, dogs (did I mention that there are currently 16 dogs on the farm?) and cats.

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Corn.  Isn’t it beautiful?

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Eggs.  Real.  Farm Fresh.

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Goat’s Milk.  Hand squeezed by moi.  Fed to the Kitties.

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Sweet little kitten.  Yes, I realize she has eye boogers and dirty ears.  She’s a barn kitty.

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Ghost. Great Pyrenees. Protector.

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I love the perspective of this one. These barrels house animal feed and various other equipment.

Edited to add because of popular demand: A scary video of me milking a goat. Ha!

Have you ever milked a goat? Do you live on a farm?

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29 Comments

  1. Awwwww, kitty! I love kitties!

    I’ve never lived on a farm and am pretty clueless about all of it, but would LOVE to. We are seriously considering getting a couple goats for milk for our family. We were thinking about cows, but were advised that goats were easier LOL
    .-= Alexia´s last blog ..Indivisible =-.

  2. These are exceptionally great, like frameable great. The kitty’s eyes really pop out. Great job. Stop by and link up.

    Alicia @ a beautiful mess

  3. I’m a farmer’s daugher. I moved away but am now back on the original homestead of the farm. (Not farming it — just living on it). It’s such a blessing! No goats though. My dad has had sheep, cattle, hogs and chickens, but never goats, so no milking experience for me. I have a completely new picture of you! 🙂
    .-= GlowinGirl´s last blog ..Let It Shine (WORD-filled Wednesday) =-.

  4. Can’t say I’ve ever milked anything… (unless having to hand-express milk during the early days of breastfeeding counts? ;))

    Great shots! I don’t think I’d actually love farm-living but your pictures make me *think* that I would… that’s how good they are!
    .-= JessieLeigh´s last blog ..Noodles with Marsala Cream Sauce =-.

  5. I grew up in a farm family. I’ve milked cows, never milked goats. My job was to tend the chickens and gather eggs. I still really dislike chickens!!! I do miss the freshness of the farm (even though its sometimes a little too fresh!) My kids love to go back to my parents. They would live there if they could.

  6. Hahaha! I love JessieLeigh’s comment. I was just reading through wondering if I should say something about breastfeeding. I had decided against it, but she beat me to it. 🙂
    No, no milking for me (insert breastfeeding joke here). I am a suburban girl. I dream of being a farm girl, but I just don’t know if I have it in me.
    .-= Amy´s last blog ..Sleeping Habits =-.

  7. I’m a country girl at heart, also! I grew up with all sorts of animals and have milked several! Currently living the city girl life of a military wife and very much miss my roots.

    I’ll be visiting my family for several weeks soon and am so looking forward to being back in the country!

    Great video!
    .-= Laura @Homemaking Joyfully´s last blog ..Up, down and inside out =-.

  8. Hey Myra!

    Love the Great Pyrenees! I used to have a white one just like that. Such wonderful dogs! I have also lived the country life. Used to milk the goats before and after school. 🙂 I miss being on a farm. My dream is to someday own my own ranch. I am married to a “city boy”, but he is coming around to my way of thinking. 😉

    Love your video … you are beautiful!
    Tori
    .-= Tori Close´s last blog ..Mother’s Day Fun =-.

  9. I have to do all the same chores (milking, egg collecting, and feeding everyone) at my parents occasionally. (I will admit, I do enjoy it though. I’m such a country girl at heart.)

    Love your photos! That pup is adorable!
    .-= Staci A´s last blog ..Finally…The F-Word =-.

  10. Beautiful pictures! I milked a cow once… and as mentioned above, I get milked on a daily basis 😆 I’ve always wanted to live on a farm. Seems like a lot of work but I think it would be worth it to have some peace and quiet away from the “big city”.
    .-= Tiffany G´s last blog ..What’s That Noise? =-.

  11. Honey, you ain’t nothing if you ain’t one ridiculously large collection of talent all wrapped up into my beautiful wife. 🙂

  12. We enjoy my in-laws 140 acre farm and their animals but they don’t have goats. However, we own a Great Pyrenese also named Ranger and he is not only a great protector for our family but a big loveable ball of fur, too! He looks a lot like your Great Pyr.

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