How to Milk a Goat Faster

Performed efficiently, milking a goat yields buckets of milk that you can use in your own recipes or sell -- performed clumsily, however, the task may prove difficult or even impossible. Goats may be temperamental when you milk them, and bad technique slows you down and halts the flow of milk. By practicing your technique, you can drain your goat's swollen udder in no time, so wrap your fingers around those teats and squeeze with good form.

Things You'll Need

  • Stainless steel bucket
  • Feeding trough
  • Goat feed
  • Small stool
  • Spray teat dip
  • Warm water
  • Clean hand towels
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Instructions

    • 1

      Fill your goat's trough with food and allow it to eat while you milk it.

    • 2

      Place a milk bucket under the goat's udder and sit on a stool next to your goat.

    • 3

      Wash the teats and udder gently with a warm, wet rag. Dry it and your hands thoroughly.

    • 4

      Grab a teat with each hand, wrapping your fingers around the teats.

    • 5

      Squeeze one teat with your index finger, then your middle finger, then your ring finger and finally your pinkie. By the time you squeeze with your pinkie, all four fingers should be squeezing the teat -- adding them in succession this way forces the milk down and out.

    • 6

      Relax your hand, then repeat the process with the other hand. Alternating hands allows one teat to refill with milk while the other is drained, enabling you to go faster.

    • 7

      Stop milking when your goat's teats are no longer firm and filling with milk. Move the bucket aside and spray the end of each teat with a commercial teat dip to prevent infection (See References 3).