Blaundee
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I was raised with dairy goats, and we had a LOT of milk every day... once we had our fill and had our cheese & yogurt and ice cream, etc, we would give milk to the dogs, cats, and clabbered milk to the chickens- we'd set some milk out on the counter and it would clabber within a day or 2, without adding anything to it. We have always fed the same brand of sweet feed, and that was the only grain our goats got- they also got alfalfa hay and all the browse they wanted.
Once us kids moved out, Mom only had a couple of goats around, so just had a little bit of milk. About 5 years ago, Mom started noticing that the milk wouldn't clabber- it could sit out on the counter for a week and it wouldnt clabber- and she was still feeding the goats the exact same as all the years before. Around this same time, MIL got a milk cow and we were getting all of our milk from her- when there would be extra, I'd set it out to clabber it for the chickens, and it would not clabber. The milk would stay good tasting for several days on the counter!!! And this is ALL raw milk. MIL was feeding her milk cow the same brand of sweet feed as Mom fed her goats. We also haven't been able to make good yogurt like we did before 5 years ago.
I asked SIL if her milk clabbers, and it doesn't (Mom, MIL, and I live in the same town, SIL is in anohter state)- she too can't make good yogurt without putting rennet in it.
Mom and I started talking about it last week, and I am not sure but I think it's because the corn in their sweet feed is GMO. I am going to call the company on Monday and see if they know if they use GMO corn- until then I'll assume they do. We are going to try to find a sweet feed that doesn't use GMO corn, or switch to some other grain that isn't GMO (oats aren't GMO yet, are they?).
I am NOT trying to start anything here, no bashing or flaming or name calling PLEASE- i just want to let everyone know our experiences and see if anyone else out there has noticed this. SILs goats are in no way related to Mom's, and have never even been in the same state as each other, and Mom has noticed this on ALL of her goats within the last 5 years, related or not, so it must be feed related.
ETA- I believe it's GMO related because the GMO corn is designed to be resistant to bacteria, etc. This is what the milk is displaying, so.... 2+2=?
Once us kids moved out, Mom only had a couple of goats around, so just had a little bit of milk. About 5 years ago, Mom started noticing that the milk wouldn't clabber- it could sit out on the counter for a week and it wouldnt clabber- and she was still feeding the goats the exact same as all the years before. Around this same time, MIL got a milk cow and we were getting all of our milk from her- when there would be extra, I'd set it out to clabber it for the chickens, and it would not clabber. The milk would stay good tasting for several days on the counter!!! And this is ALL raw milk. MIL was feeding her milk cow the same brand of sweet feed as Mom fed her goats. We also haven't been able to make good yogurt like we did before 5 years ago.
I asked SIL if her milk clabbers, and it doesn't (Mom, MIL, and I live in the same town, SIL is in anohter state)- she too can't make good yogurt without putting rennet in it.
Mom and I started talking about it last week, and I am not sure but I think it's because the corn in their sweet feed is GMO. I am going to call the company on Monday and see if they know if they use GMO corn- until then I'll assume they do. We are going to try to find a sweet feed that doesn't use GMO corn, or switch to some other grain that isn't GMO (oats aren't GMO yet, are they?).
I am NOT trying to start anything here, no bashing or flaming or name calling PLEASE- i just want to let everyone know our experiences and see if anyone else out there has noticed this. SILs goats are in no way related to Mom's, and have never even been in the same state as each other, and Mom has noticed this on ALL of her goats within the last 5 years, related or not, so it must be feed related.
ETA- I believe it's GMO related because the GMO corn is designed to be resistant to bacteria, etc. This is what the milk is displaying, so.... 2+2=?