Chicken Scraps Blog

     Here's a 10-minute video I put together a couple days ago.  It is a tutorial on hand-milking a goat, and includes washing, dealing with kicking (Nelly rarely kicks on the milk stand, but she does not like any change in her routine, so me constantly getting up to move the camera, and narrating was disturbing to her), and straining.  Enjoy!

     Two days ago, I finally got started on a project that has been put off quite long enough- a goat milk stand, or stanchion.  It took only a couple hours after the wood was cut, and probably would have gone a little faster if I knew more about carpentry.  But it is fully functional, and looks decent (yay!) and so I'm very happy with it.