I wouldn’t recommend purchasing a buck or buckling yet, unless there are not many already close by to breed with in the future. A cow, a sheep, a horse-they find friends in these creatures too. So you’ll definitely want to find that goat a friend. Yep, we bought just one goat at first and that dang thing was always bleating and calling out for a friend. Goats are herd animals and they will be super sad (and LOUD) if left alone. When starting out, you should purchase TWO does or doelings. Good milk handling practices are important. UPDATE: I have tried various Nubian milk and some has been delicious.
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Full grown, Nigerians are only about 75 lbs.
Nigerians are also smaller and eat less hay, so that’s a bonus. So I would personally recommend Nigerians for the best tasting milk. I learned that Nigerians were bred for this purpose, to have milk that tastes similar to cow’s milk. When I tried the Nigerian Dwarf’s milk, it was amazing! Very smooth and fresh, and a bit sweet without any sort of aftertaste. I tried a couple different breeds’ milk and there were some that had that all too familiar musky/goaty flavor. When I started looking at the different dairy breeds, all I cared about was the flavor of their milk. (Although it would be pretty fun to have a couple fainting goats, am I right?) Since I don’t know very much about any other breeds than milking breeds, that’s what I’m going to talk about today. I’m sure I forgot a couple breeds here, but you get the idea that there are special jobs for certain breeds.
Typically, goats have their babies in the spring, then at 8 weeks you can sell the babies and enjoy milk for almost an entire year. At first the mother has a lot of milk, but then gradually over the course of about a year, the amount of milk reduces. Each time a goat has babies, this kick starts her milk production and is known as a FRESHENING. The ONLY way to get milk from a goat is to get a female doe pregnant so she can have babies first. If a male goat has been castrated (neutered with simple rubber banding) they are known as a WETHER. Male goats are called BUCKS or BUCKLINGS as babies. The Basics:įemale goats are called DOES or DOELINGS as babies. (Don’t worry, you won’t look weird AT ALL). Hopefully I can assist some readers out there in their research and maybe I’ll even convince you naysayers to get a goat yourself! Then you can be a weird goat person like me! And just think, next year you can send out Christmas card photos of you and your goat. When I first was interested in getting a goat or two, I had NO IDEA how it all worked. …and since I know all your husbands/boyfriends/fiances/girlfriends/wives are, like, totally begging you to please move to a farm so you can milk goats every morning… I’ve decided to compile a simple guide to raising and milking goats. Since I know all you guys are just dying to own some goats…
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