how much milk will an average pygmy goat give you

[hensplease]

does any one have an anser because when the time comes we want to see if it will even be worth milking her

 

[chicks4kids]

I don't have any myself, but I've been doing alot of research on goats--we're considering raising them for milk as well. From what I've read, it's about a quart per day for 1 goat. Now, whether or not that's a pygmy, IDK. But of course, you need 2 so they won't get lonely

 

[hensplease]

i no i already have 2

 

[luvzmybabz]

you can get some milk but very little from a pygmy as it is more of a meat goat rather than a dairy goat. Nigerians are the mini dairy goat bred. I have full size nugians and get over 1 gallon a day at peak between 2 milkings.

 

[MagsC]

Yeah, I think you would be better off with a Nigerian Dwarf goat if milk is what you want?

 

[hensplease]

we already hsave them there not for milk there for pets

 

[Skyesrocket]

Pygmies are very hard to milk because of their small teat size. I milked one of mine because I needed the colestrum for the baby but I didn't do it for long it was too time consuming for the little bit of milk I did get.

 

[abbymckinn]

If you get an older style pygmy goat, which is taller and longer, they are much easier to milk. As well as not having many kidding problems.

 

[Bunnylady]

Gee, 3.5 year old thread.

 

[newbie32]

I read pygmys will give 1 to 2 quarts a day-that's for the dwarfs