Chickens + Llamas = "CHICAMA"  Pronounced "CHICK-AMA" and rhymes with LLAMA


 

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The new milk stand Joe built for me!
 

We are now offering a Goat Share program! - Sign up at the farm!

You do NOT have to schedule your pick up day for Saturday or Sunday - it can be any day of the week!

Download our new PDF explaining What is a Goat Share?

  • Many people with cow milk allergies can drink goat milk because it contains a different kind of protein.

  • Goat milk has 13% less lactose than cow milk, and 41% less than human milk.

  • The milk-fat particles are small, making goat milk very easy to digest. Babies do extremely well on goat milk formulas, when a mother does not nurse her own baby.

  • Goat milk has superior ease of digestion and buffering properties, making it an ideal convalescent diet for people with digestive upsets or ulcers.

  • Goat milk fatty acids have a unique metabolic ability to limit cholesterol deposits in body tissues.

  • Goat milk and its products, including butter, are pure white because all the yellow beta-carotene is already converted to colorless pure vitamin A.

  • Compared to cow's milk, goat milk has similar amounts of protein, fat, iron, vitamin C and vitamin D. Goat milk has more natural vitamin A, more vitamin B , and less lactose.

  • Fresh wholesome goat milk contributes to the strong and healthy development of growing children.

  • Goat milk and cow milk taste about the same.

  • It takes 25 minutes to digest goat's milk compared to 3 HOURS to digest cow's milk.

  • 65% of the world PREFERS goat milk to cow milk (this is down from 80% in the last 30 years as industrial farming took hold)

Milk comparison:

  Goat Cow Human
Protein % 3.0 3.0 1.1
Fat % 3.8 3.6 4.0
Calories/100 ml 70 69 68
Vitamin A (i.u./gram fat) 39 21 32
Vitamin B1/thiamin (µg/100 ml) 68 45 17
Riboflavin (µg/100 ml) 210 159 26
Vitamin C (mg ascorbic acid/100 ml) 2 2 3
Vitamin D (i.u./gram fat) 0.7 0.7 0.3
Calcium % 0.19 0.18 0.04
Iron % 0.07 0.06 0.2
Phosphorus % 0.27 0.23 0.06
Cholesterol (mg/100 ml) 12 15 20
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