
Having researched the technique, the evening of bringing my first goat home I set out to "milk". I had my milking stanchion, found from criagslist, a bucket of clean hot water with a rag and a touch of bleach, and a clean sterilized bucket for putting the milk in. Besides the fact that my goat was NOT trained to use the milking stand, everything went surprisingly well. It's pretty easy to milk a goat once you get the concept down. One thing I hadn't anticipated was the soreness in my hands that I experienced for the months after. My hands don't get sore anymore, but there has been, over the years, plenty of frustrating times, spilled milk, and stepped on hands.