MILK RECORDING

Have you considered milk recording your goats but not known where to start. Now is the time to get in touch with one of our Milk Recording Secretaries who can guide you through what you need to do.

The basic requirements are that the goat is registered with the BGS and must have a unique animal identifier (legible ear marks/pastern tags)

The recording must start from the date of kidding and cease naturally when you stop milking or 365 day or an extended lactation. The first recording must be done a minimum of 10 days after kidding and MUST be recorded on the first available recording after that.

Milk recording can be a way of assessing your goats well being (monthly cell counts) while also monitoring the quality of the milk given (butterfat & protein percentrages).

Milk recording awards are given at the end of the lactation.

The full list of milk recording secretaries are as follows:

Christine Birkbeck – Northern England Milk Recording

Anne Dick – Ayrshire Goat Club

Gordon George – Quintet Milk Recording

Emily Randall – Norwich & District Milk Recording

Joanne Smith – North Midlands Milk Recording

Lynne Summers – Somerset Milk Recording

Full contact details are available from the office.

Throwback Thursday!

Heading back to 1996 and celebrating the goats of yesterday, who without them, we wouldn’t have the goats of today 🐐

There are lots of names that you will still see in pedigrees today, and some that will almost certainly be behind the goats in your sheds at home.

At the BGS we’re incredibly lucky to have a wide and varied collection of photographs and we hope you enjoy seeing them!

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📚Topical Tuesdays - Book! 📚

As we all know, there are some great goat keeping resources out there, however it’s often hard to know where to start…

Let us know below what some of your favourite and most useful publications are ⬇️

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