From Goats to Soap

Ever wonder how we go from baby goats to goat milk soap?  

First, you start with a female baby goat.  

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Then you feed that baby goat (and her friends) lots of milk.

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And lots of hay. 

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And lots of trees.

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When the baby goat is about 7 months old, you breed her to a buck. 

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Then you take really good care of her during her pregnancy and make sure she stays nice and healthy. 

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You help her deliver her healthy kids.

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And then you start milking her. 

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You make sure to feed her colostrum back to her kids so that they get off to a healthy start.

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Then you take her milk to the soaproom. 

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You add it to the other soap ingredients.

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Then you mix it up a lot. 

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You pour it into molds. 

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And let it sit overnight.

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Then you take it out of the molds.

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And cut it into bars.

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You put the bars onto the curing racks and let them sit there for at least six weeks.

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Then you put the bar of soap into a Goat Milk Stuff bag.

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And tie it.

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And now it is ready to be enjoyed!

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We put a lot of love and attention into every bar of goat milk soap we make.  We think all that extra effort is worth it.  What do you think?

PJ

 

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5 thoughts on “From Goats to Soap

  1. Just found this pinned on pinterest! My Parents just got 2 female Alpine’s and 1 male and we are looking forward to making Goat Milk products in the coming months!!! Love this post!!! Funny things is I got a bar of your Soap as a gift last year (loved it by the way!!!), I was reading through this post and when I got to the bottom I realized who you were! LOL! Small world, we are in Indiana too!

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