I got 2 goats at first, a mom and her son, Jill and Bam Bam who is wethered. They are pygmy and so friendly. We had just bought a house on 5 acres in Florida that was over run with vines and blackberry bushes. I got them at the suggestion of a friend, to help clear the vines, not realizing how much I would enjoy them. I went back and got Bam Bams cousin Jack who is intact. He was very shy and now he comes up to me to be petted. After that I got two sisters who are Nigerians, Joyce and Cinnamon. The person I got them from didn't have any luck breeding them but she didn't have a male, she just borrowed one. I just got another male, another Nigerian so I'm hoping for babies. I've not found it difficult. They have a pen that was thick with vines that is nicely trimmed. They come when I call them and when I'm outside working they are never far from me. I have feed I give them once a day, about 1/2 a cup and an organic wormer, both purchased from Rural King. I don't fertilize or put any chemicals on the fields. They eat the grass and seed and poop it out and have seeded their pen. The goats graze a lot and they are so much healthier than when I got them because they are doing what they were meant to do. I found a couple of little tykes playgrounds for $5 and $10 and love to climb and play. I make sure they have clean water and a place to get out of the rain. My husband and I made a couple of little huts out of pallets and metalroofing because the Nigerian Joyce is bossy and will only let her sister and a male in the barn. I want to raise bottle babies for people who want friendly goats to now and fertize. Its very Eco friendly, you just have to fence off your ornamentals. I'll post some pictures once I figure out how to on this site.
