I have never measured how much room I give my goats. But it seems like a lot of people go off the rule of thumb of 5 per acre. I would pic an area with lots of vegatation. THe more land you give them the happier they are. Gives them more room to roam, graze, and play. Right now I only have 2 goats, I normally have around 4. As long as they have a buddy they tend to be pretty happy. I don't have a website I get on, My family has always had goats so it was all from family experience.
As a first time Silkie mom, I'm being patient about the sex of my silkie chick. As a first time Sizzle mom, do I also need to be patient? The past few days, my sizzle chick has developed a big tail. I'm not sure if it's indicative of sex or not.
Here's a picture of Cher, a 5-wk old blue sizzle. The picture is a bit blurry, and she's standing on a white floor, in front of a white silkie, so it looks like she has 2 sets of legs. If you can avoid focusing on those picture shortcomings, maybe you can see Cher's big tail.
Any ideas on gender?
To me goats are about as easy as owning fish. It dosen't feel as overwhelming as owning chickens in the way of diseases, breeds, etc. I don't mess with kidding, milking, or anything. I used to show, but not anymore. Most my males have been wethers, all of them get dehorned (have had a few with horns before), and I have had one dairy goat but I just let her udder go dry. I knew I wouldn't have the time to milk her. I didn't get mine to bred or anything, they were just pets and ate the grass down. Things might get a tad bit more complicated if you get into milking and breeding.
Dairy goats normally need to be milked every twelve hours, some people only do it once every 24 hours. Mastitis is always a concern, but can be taken care of. I think milking would be fun, but I would have nothing to do with the milk and don't have the time. When I got chickens I didn't know how much I would get into. They were just pets really, as I didn't like eggs back then either. Goats have always remained pets and nothing more, though I did take them to a few shows.
