There are certain myths that roll around the goat breeding world over and over again. Breeds and good milk is one of those.

IF you feed clean feed, good quality hay ... no weeds or mold, and a good clean grain the milk should never ever taste bad, funky or smell at all. If you free range your goats locking them up for about two hours before milking, with clean feed and water, will keep the nasty weeds, barks or grasses from tainting the milk.

BUT ... sometimes wormy goats have bad milk. Sometimes does who have had some sort of udder disease, like udder congestion or mastitis, will have bad milk.

I have milked all different breeds of goats, and sheep, and if fed and cared for properly ... the milk is usually very good.

Also, important is clean living conditions for the does. The other thing is during rut keeping the buck away from the does. They like to rub their musky smell all over the girls.

The next thing is milking CLEAN!! That is so important not to milk the does in a dirty area or treat the milk like it is not a food stuff. It only stays good if you milk clean, treat it as food and chill it properly. Also, returning the container of milk to the refer ASAP! No letting it sit on the counter unless you want sour milk for pancakes or such.