At about 6 weeks, kids have been weaned from Mom’s milk and are grazing and eating hay and supplemental grain on their own. At that point the milking can begin. If you have enough goats a milking machine is a good investment. Here’s what the process looks like when you use a machine.

You can keep up the milking for several months as the goats rest between kidding. At the point when they have been bred again, the milk will stop.

Happy Homesteading,
T.