I am tired of the price of buying red cap milk for feeding fawns so I am looking to get a dairy cow for this fawning season and because I have 5 kids that love milk, but anyways is there any rules with using the milk right out of the cow or do i need to heat it or what? any info would be appreciated
raw cows milk?
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I know with elk, cow's milk is a bad thing- we use goats, build a little stand and let them nurse or buy the goats milk or goats milk replacer is what we've done, but that's with a calf here and there not several each year... good luck!
Be as sanitary as possible when milking. Make sure u properly clean the teats before you milk. Also make sure the udder is clean. Milk on ice. If you follow these procedures you should do just fine.
You can buy a cheap pasturizer look on ebay or craigs list. Pasturizing milk first is alot safer but thats up to you.
With the cost of a good milk cow and the feed that she will eat I am not sure that it will be a cheaper way to get milk. I would check with a local dairy to see if they will sell you the raw milk before I bought a cow.
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Linesville, PA
Look up Johne's disease. My research shows it’s very prevalent in most dairy herd and it kills ruminants.
ToddM said:
Not on deer but my kids love it and I have used it to feed wild baby rabbits
and I used it with on a baby lamb with with the goat powder supplement
Todd I always wanted t know if anybody used it to0, I think it would speed up the heating time on milk ( we use red cap)
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Fogelsville, PA
We are thinking of trying Raw Milk from a local farm this year. It's a farm where they are tested on a regular basis and they can sell raw milk directly to the public for human consumption. We're planning on mixing it with Milk Replacer.
Ive been doin a little research and there is plenty of johnnes tested cows to buy from. might give it a try