Episode 110: Milking Dairy & Meat Sheep with Rachel & Kyle Hester, Part 1

In this episode, Brandon chats with sheep homesteaders Rachel & Kyle Hester about Romanian placinta cake, how the Hesters got into raw milk for health, sheep breeds for milking, how to start milking a meat sheep, what a milking session looks like, drinking the delicious milk, and making sheep cheeses.   Timestamps/Topics for Episode 110: 0:00 Intro 3:13 Romanian placinta cake 5:49 How the Hesters got into homesteading with sheep 13:39 Milking meat sheep breeds during lockdown 16:50 Brandon asked about how to start milking his meat sheep 28:12 Herd culture and family groups 34:21 What a milking session looks like 38:00 Teat placement and selecting for good milkers 44:27 Sitting behind the sheep when milking 47:19 Milking just once a day & milk as the main product for a while 53:58 Making sheep cheese 59:46 Experimental cheese making   Links for Episode 110: Whoopsy Daisy Farm https://www.whoopsydaisyfarm.com/ The Guide to Homestead Dairy Sheep by Rachel Hester https://sawdustpublishing.com/product/the-guide-to-homestead-dairy-sheep/?v=0b3b97fa6688 Placinta cake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C4%83cint%C4%83 Weston A Price Foundation - https://www.westonaprice.org Joel Salatin https://polyfacefarms.com/ Babraham Institute https://www.babraham.ac.uk/ David Asher https://www.milklab.ca/ Natural Sheep Care by Pat Coleby https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1302660.Natural_Sheep_Care Much Ado About Mutton by Bob Kennard https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21814351-much-ado-about-mutton The Nordic Cookbook by Magnus Nilsson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25208269-the-nordic-cookbook The Eco Flock: Small-Scale Shepherding for Uncertain Times by N S Rose <