Bob Scott

How was the taste of your milk?

Thanks. That is encouraging to hear. The guy I was talking to said that I would get 1/4 a gallon per doe with concentrate. I plan to plant some good pasture grass for them. I'm glad I will get a good amount of milk.

Can anyone with experience with goats or Anglo Nubian Goats to be more specific know if I have to feed them concentrate to keep milk production up? I am in Northern Thailand and everyone here feeds them pasture grass along with a concentrate. I am thinking of getting two milk does. I want to feed them pasture grass along with other items I can find on the land and around the land. We have pineapple farmers who sell the pineapple tops and peels for about $0.10 per bag, (this is a 3 feet tall bag) Plus we have a legume tree here which is high in protein and grows wild. I would use the smaller branches and chop them in with the grass from the pasture.

Would I get milk from the does? I actually don't care if it is half the amount of milk then if they were on concentrate. If I get 2 liters per day total on concentrate and got only 1 liter total per day without concentrate I would be very happy with that. I can do with just 1 liter of milk per day. I would prefer that and not have to spend $250 or so per month for concentrate for one extra liter per day. Which I don't need anyway.

Any thoughts or info would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Bob

I am new to permaculture and don't know if my idea would be a possible solution to the water problem or if it would fit into permaculture philosophy or not.  Has anyone heard of a solar still?  As I understand it, this would seem to be a good solution for distilling water.  I live in a very tropical (hot and humid) climate and think that I would try this. 

Any thoughts?