Amris Farm

New in 2011 we will be pasteurizing the kids milk. After going to the NWODGA conference I am now convinced that pasteurizing the milk as a pathogen prevention is a safer way to raise the kids. We will in the house still drink the milk raw.  

Milk Colostrum

To save extra colostrum you can keep in the refrigerator for up to 1 week or freeze for up to 1 year. 

We are a CAE tested on an annual basis and do not heat-treat the colostrum or milk. Pasteurization goes against the belief of why we give mothers milk.  In our research we can not find a scientific reason to pasteurize the milk. There are many articles to support raw milk on the Internet and I encourage you to educate yourself before you pass judgment.

If at any time we had a sick or injured milking doe we would consult the vet before using the milk.

We follow proper handling of the milk and there fore believe we have very safe practices.

Saved Colostrum

1 cup plastic containers & ziploc bag

After the colostrum is frozen I will remove from plastic container, label when and who, place in larger ziploc bag and place in our chest freezer.