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[sourland]

Al, that is the perfect pain remedy!!!

I know a better one.

 

[perchie.girl]

What about Boer goats, you don't have to milk them do you? As long as they have kids? Won't they just dry up if you don't milk? Not much good info out there on them and having to milk....

You dont even have to milk dairy goats... just leave the kid with momma... but they are bred to produce a LOT of milk more than a kid would need.

Boar goats are bred for meat so you just leave kid or kids with momma.

Me... I couldnt eat my own... so their job would be brush abatement. They are a little easier on the environment than mowers.

deb

 

[Alaskan]

The reason I want goats is for their milk.

My older sister has goats that SERIOUSLY actually give three gallons of milk per day!

Baby sister, her goats aren't quite as good, but still pretty good... But with milking only once a day, she gets over a gallon.

Anyway, we haven't all travelled together as a family for years..... And if we ever did again, we would just plan to dry her up, or keep the kids on her for when we would be gone.

The kids would be the ones milking, and they could rotate as to who did it...


3 of the kids are excited, and totally on board. 1 of the other boys said, OK, but only if we get rid of one chicken breed.

We all voted... We are getting rid of the d'anver males. So, down to only one bantam breed.

The biggest is getting the paddock goat proof, and then finding a goat!

Person in town with milk goats gets only HALF a gallon, to a max of one gallon, per goat, and that is with twice a day milking. I think that sucks.

 

[getaclue]

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Typical sourland. Bad boy....LOL!

 

[Beer can]

@Alaskan you want those Lamancha dairy goats. They cut the ears off and fry them, or make soup. That way they don't get frostbite.

 

[Alaskan]

Silly beer man, they are born without ears! (Or tiny little things, whaterever).


My baby sister got one of those. My older sister with the crazy goid milkers, has Saanen.

 

[perchie.girl]

The reason I want goats is for their milk.

My older sister has goats that SERIOUSLY actually give three gallons of milk per day!

Baby sister, her goats aren't quite as good, but still pretty good... But with milking only once a day, she gets over a gallon.

Anyway, we haven't all travelled together as a family for years..... And if we ever did again, we would just plan to dry her up, or keep the kids on her for when we would be gone.

The kids would be the ones milking, and they could rotate as to who did it...


3 of the kids are excited, and totally on board. 1 of the other boys said, OK, but only if we get rid of one chicken breed.

We all voted... We are getting rid of the d'anver males. So, down to only one bantam breed.

The biggest

is getting the paddock goat proof, and then finding a goat!

Person in town with milk goats gets only HALF a gallon, to a max of one gallon, per goat, and that is with twice a day milking. I think that sucks.

Nigerian Dwarfs are actually a milk goat.... proported to be highest in Butter fat

https://anchorage.craigslist.org/grd/5432513557.html
https://kenai.craigslist.org/grd/5348204870.html

 

[CanuckBock]

Heel low:

You bin warned...old person's rant...

Television...yeh, they are now writing the programs obviously for the next generations... good gack they are terrible (can't relate to the story line or plot at all, if you blink they kill off the characters in ONE episode...not sure who we are suppose to be cheering for anymores) AND what with non-reality TV and all...but thankfully, some of the old programs are coming back...with original characters played by the now older (maturer and more dignified too) actors.

Anyone watching this one?

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Bwa ha ha...like you never saw that one coming, eh!

Doggone & Chicken UP!

Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada

 

[Beer can]

I like the sounds of those Kinder goats, developed from crossing Pygmy and Nubian and back crossing circle crossing something or other..., there's a recipe to make your own if none are available in your area.

" Unlike many breeds, Kinder goats are aseasonal breeders, meaning they can be bred throughout the year; this trait is inherited from their pygmy ancestors.Also, they frequently have multiple births (triplets, quadruplets, and even quintuplets are common in Kinders. There have been 7 reported births of sextuplets).Kinder milk has a high butterfat content, sometimes having higher than 7 percent butterfat; it also has higher amounts of milk solids, yielding larger amounts of cheese.
In spite of their smaller size, Kinders are generally more muscular than a full-size dairy goat, often yielding dressing percentages over 60%. "

 

[Beer can]

Alaskan, someone mentioned recently that raises Lamancha they'd say something like that at shows at fairs when asked what happened to the ears Lol!