We are no longer serving herd share program
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~During COVID-19 ~
For your safety and others, please use provided sanitizer & wiper BEFORE & AFTER touching at the farm stand.
Let's be safe!
For your safety and others, please use provided sanitizer & wiper BEFORE & AFTER touching at the farm stand.
Let's be safe!
How it Works
Because Colorado does not permit the sale of raw milk for human consumption, we never sell milk. However, as owner of an undivided "share" in the Opus 7 goat herd, you are entitled to a share of the herd's milk production.
Here is the simple explanation for you to understand how "Herd Share" works
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You purchase a portion of Opus 7 Farm goat herd "share" membership or "shares" memberships first.
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You pay a monthly “boarding fee” to "board your portion of the goat herd "
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and for Opus 7 Farm to provide milking services for you every week.
We also provide you with the use of Opus 7 Farm's quart jars and special lids for your milk, which need to be cleaned and returned every week.
Herd-Share Membership
Each "share" costs $12.50
There is a $12.50 one-time fee per share to become a member of our herd-share by purchasing an interest in the Opus 7 Farm dairy goat herd.
1 share : $12.50
2 shares : $25.00
3 shares : $37.50
and so on...
When you decide to quit being a share holder, your share fees will be refunded.
Boarding Fee
1 share : $20 monthly : approx. 1/4 gallon (1 quart jar) weekly
2 shares : $40 monthly : approx. 1/2 gallon (2 quart jars) weekly
3 shares : $60 monthly : approx. 3/4 gallon (3 quart jars) weekly
and so on....
Our Mini Nubian herd is tested for CAE, Johne's, Tuberculosis, and Brucellosis by the lab and check CL by our livestock vet regularly. We also test for mastitis, as indicated.
We test our milk in accordance with the recommendations of the RMAC (Raw Milk Association of Colorado.) Raw milk samples are tested monthly for Coliform, Salmonella, E. coli O157, and Standard Plate Count. Additional tests of milk for Campylobacter and Listeria are performed when milking does are added for the program.
If you are interested in participating in our Herd-Share Program, please click the button below for a copy of our contract to review the complete terms and conditions of the program.
If you have any questions, please send us a message.
The process for getting into herd share program
1) After reading this page, download the agreement.
2) READ THE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY
Write down how many shares you are interested on the page 1, then sign at the page 6.
3) Send the singed agreement to us either via FB farm page
You can download this free app; "Foxit Reader" in order to write directly on PDF and send back to us.
or via farm email
4) You will be receiving messages from us about pick up date availability and your first pick up date with news letter.
5) You will receive first invoice, how to do your payment, and how to get to our farm porch stand with some pictures.
6) You are ready to start our fabulous raw goat milk adventure~!
We will have an updated agreement for next season. These will be the new parts to be added.
Opus 7 Farm Milking Parlor
Our Milking Parlor has air conditioned. We have big refrigerator within Milking Parlor to keep our raw goat milk very fresh.
Farm Porch Stand- Appointment only
What do our milking goats eat?
Pasture and Hay feeder
Our ladies get sainfoin hay twice a day.
During the warm season, our ladies are allowed to go to the pasture in the afternoon to harvest as much as they want.
They also go to the ditch to clean bushes and excess branches.
On the milking stand
Pasture and Hay feeder
Our ladies get sainfoin hay twice a day.
During the warm season, our ladies are allowed to go to the pasture in the afternoon to harvest as much as they want.
They also go to the ditch to clean bushes and excess branches.
On the milking stand
Main Feed:
Fehringer Feed from Nebraska
Organic dairy goat ration 16% or 14%
Non-GMO
Non-Soy,
Non-Corn,
Sprinkle :
Livamol & Bioworma
Calf Manna, Alfalfa Pellets, Max e Glow
Black sunflower seeds
Shredded beet pulp
Animal crackers
(if needed) Probios
Thorvin Kelp
Sprinkle :
Livamol & Bioworma
Calf Manna, Alfalfa Pellets, Max e Glow
Black sunflower seeds
Shredded beet pulp
Animal crackers
(if needed) Probios
Thorvin Kelp
Current milking does for raw goat milk-herd share program
(Their milk is tested for bacteria counts monthly through Microbial Research, Inc.
Q&A
Q1: How often and where can I get raw goat milk?
A: You will get every week on your designated day at our farm porch stand in the City of Littleton.
Q2: What happens when I go for a vacation and cannot come to pick up milk?
A: You need to let us know your absent days in advance. You will receive goat milk product such as greek yogurt, chevre cheese or cajeta caramel for those absent days amount at the next pick up day. (After your absent days)
Q3: How safe is your milk? If your goats are sick with parasites, would it affect milk?
A: We are a member of Raw Milk Association of Colorado and the quality of our milk is extremely important.
We test our milk once a month through Microbial Research Inc, lab in Fort Collins to make sure it is safe for new born babies to be able to drink.
If our milking goats get sick, they will be taken out of the part of milking herd and get treatment. They will not be able to join the milking herd until they are out of the affect from the medication period. Even if other goats are sick, they will be taken out to the sick pen and not going to affect milking goats.
Q4: Is goat milk seasonal?
A: Yes. After kidding (giving birth), they will start producing milk. The peak of the production is usually around the second to third month of their lactations. When the cold fall weather hits, the milk production declines. When the winter hits, some of the goats finish their lactations. Some, on the other hand, even their milk productions are not high, they continue. It is depending on each goat.
We dry pregnant goats at least 2 months before due date. So winter months, we will have significantly less milk or no milk.
Since 2019, we decided to have a winter break for our goats and us so they can recover from heavy milking season to prepare their bodies for kidding and next heavy milking season.
Q5: How do I pay?
A: You can pay by Cash or Check payable to Opus 7 Farm
Only at emergencies, you can pay through PayPal.
Q6: Do I have to bring back jars and lids every week?
A: Yes. You are borrowing our farm jars and lids. In order to keep up everyone's share, we need your help bringing back our jars and lids after washing every week. If you break or lose jars or lids, you will be asked to pay $2 each.
Q7: What do I do if I have too much milk that I could not drink?
A: You can make amazing goat yogurt, many kinds of goat cheese, and other dairy products at your home.
Here are some examples.
-Greek Goat Yogurt Recipe-
Pour 4 quart jars fresh goat milk into a double boiler. I use a wide pot with big stainless bowl.
Meanwhile you can take out out half a cup of cows yogurt or any left over yogurt and keep it to the room temperature. (You can also use yogurt culture from New England cheese company)
Heat the hot water in the double boiler on the stove. The milk should go to 180F.
Once it heated to 180F, take it off to the ice packed bowl to cool it down to 105F-110F.
Mix with the room temperature yogurt.
You can pour into crock pot to keep the temperature about 85F for about 6h30mins.
It should be ready for straining for half a day to a whole day.
https://www.amazon.com/Yogurt-Sweet-Y5-5-Packets/dp/B0064OLR7G/ref=sr_1_57?dchild=1&keywords=New+England+Cheesemaking+Supply+Co.&qid=1590189617&sr=8-57
Q1: How often and where can I get raw goat milk?
A: You will get every week on your designated day at our farm porch stand in the City of Littleton.
Q2: What happens when I go for a vacation and cannot come to pick up milk?
A: You need to let us know your absent days in advance. You will receive goat milk product such as greek yogurt, chevre cheese or cajeta caramel for those absent days amount at the next pick up day. (After your absent days)
Q3: How safe is your milk? If your goats are sick with parasites, would it affect milk?
A: We are a member of Raw Milk Association of Colorado and the quality of our milk is extremely important.
We test our milk once a month through Microbial Research Inc, lab in Fort Collins to make sure it is safe for new born babies to be able to drink.
If our milking goats get sick, they will be taken out of the part of milking herd and get treatment. They will not be able to join the milking herd until they are out of the affect from the medication period. Even if other goats are sick, they will be taken out to the sick pen and not going to affect milking goats.
Q4: Is goat milk seasonal?
A: Yes. After kidding (giving birth), they will start producing milk. The peak of the production is usually around the second to third month of their lactations. When the cold fall weather hits, the milk production declines. When the winter hits, some of the goats finish their lactations. Some, on the other hand, even their milk productions are not high, they continue. It is depending on each goat.
We dry pregnant goats at least 2 months before due date. So winter months, we will have significantly less milk or no milk.
Since 2019, we decided to have a winter break for our goats and us so they can recover from heavy milking season to prepare their bodies for kidding and next heavy milking season.
Q5: How do I pay?
A: You can pay by Cash or Check payable to Opus 7 Farm
Only at emergencies, you can pay through PayPal.
Q6: Do I have to bring back jars and lids every week?
A: Yes. You are borrowing our farm jars and lids. In order to keep up everyone's share, we need your help bringing back our jars and lids after washing every week. If you break or lose jars or lids, you will be asked to pay $2 each.
Q7: What do I do if I have too much milk that I could not drink?
A: You can make amazing goat yogurt, many kinds of goat cheese, and other dairy products at your home.
Here are some examples.
-Greek Goat Yogurt Recipe-
Pour 4 quart jars fresh goat milk into a double boiler. I use a wide pot with big stainless bowl.
Meanwhile you can take out out half a cup of cows yogurt or any left over yogurt and keep it to the room temperature. (You can also use yogurt culture from New England cheese company)
Heat the hot water in the double boiler on the stove. The milk should go to 180F.
Once it heated to 180F, take it off to the ice packed bowl to cool it down to 105F-110F.
Mix with the room temperature yogurt.
You can pour into crock pot to keep the temperature about 85F for about 6h30mins.
It should be ready for straining for half a day to a whole day.
https://www.amazon.com/Yogurt-Sweet-Y5-5-Packets/dp/B0064OLR7G/ref=sr_1_57?dchild=1&keywords=New+England+Cheesemaking+Supply+Co.&qid=1590189617&sr=8-57
We use a couple of Dash Yogurt Makers with extra strainers
-Chevre Cheese Recipe-
Just follow the direction on the package of the culture.
You can make perfect chevre cheese each time!
You can make perfect chevre cheese each time!
https://www.amazon.com/England-Cheese-making-Company-COMINHKPR35512/dp/B0064OLRH6/ref=sr_1_2?crid=37HT9AJ2IFOSR&dchild=1&keywords=chevre+cheese+culture&qid=1590186495&sprefix=chevre+cheese+%2Caps%2C303&sr=8-2
This "Everything Goat Milk.com" site has lots of goat milk recipes that you can try with our fresh raw goat milk.
This "Everything Goat Milk.com" site has lots of goat milk recipes that you can try with our fresh raw goat milk.
Q 8: How do you milk?
A: We use Simple Pulse Milking Machine (https://simplepulse.com/) with inline filter. This way, there will be the least outside debris going into the collection bucket. After collecting into the bucket, we use second filter before pouring the milk into the separate jars for you.
Q 8: How do you milk?
A: We use Simple Pulse Milking Machine (https://simplepulse.com/) with inline filter. This way, there will be the least outside debris going into the collection bucket. After collecting into the bucket, we use second filter before pouring the milk into the separate jars for you.