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Goats
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:48 am
by Kevin
Anyone have goats now? I have 3 goats (2 pygmy and 1 pygmy boar) the goats are pretty funny to watch i made them a chainlink fenced yard and
put a few small boulders to play on and had an old dogloo that i gave them to play on also.. they are within sight of the house and are really a good time to watch their behavior as the are kinda crazy.. when i was putting in one of the rocks with the quad the one goat jumped on to it and was starring at me like waiting to get scolded!
anyone have any goat stories or experiences
i will try to post a few pics
Kevin
Re: Goats
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:22 pm
by Kevin
Re: Goats
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:08 am
by phildidit
i've got a billy, a nanny and 2 kids right now, all pygmy. i like them a lot, just make sure you fence is secure, i had a pitbull attack my billy 2 months ago. here is the story.
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=36576 if you want to check it out.
Re: Goats
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:50 am
by Kevin
i would like to try and milk my pygmy goats but unfortunatly was told the need to get pregnant then keep milking and don't have a billy
right now
wondered if anyone else milks their goats??
Re: Goats
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:16 pm
by Miss Farmall
no, but would ask phil aka phildidit
Re: Goats
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:01 pm
by daddydip
Re: Goats
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:01 pm
by Kevin
my question is will my goats only get milk after kidding?
my goats are very funny they run and play like kids most of the time. cool part is we can watch them out the window of our house!!!
Re: Goats
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:34 am
by phildidit
for pygmy goats, i do believe they will milk after kidding. they are not really milk goats. there are certain breeds that produce a lot more milk. i haven't milked mine and if i did it would only be for the fun of bottle feeding the kid goats.
Re: Goats
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:58 am
by Ron Luebke
phildidit wrote:for pygmy goats, i do believe they will milk after kidding. they are not really milk goats. there are certain breeds that produce a lot more milk. i haven't milked mine and if i did it would only be for the fun of bottle feeding the kid goats.
come on phil a nice tall glass of goats milk would taste great in the morning.
Re: Goats
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:32 pm
by phildidit
i'd drink it but i don't think i could get the the nanny still enuff to milk her.
Re: Goats
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:05 pm
by smigelski
The only problem with milking a pygmy goat is. You won't get nough milk from goat for a tall glass of milk. If you wan t milk you need a milking breed.
Re: Goats
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:34 pm
by Kevin
was told you should get between 1.5 and 2 qts a day that would be fine by me!!!
just like getting something for nothing already feed them everyday for nothing but to watch
read alot on internet from a bunch of different people they say the butter fat content makes the pygmy milk taste like some of the best
if i milked 2 goats that would be almost a gallon a day don't think we could use that much in a day
thanks for the advice
Re: Goats
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:52 pm
by daddydip
Re: Goats
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:38 am
by Brent
Re: Goats
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:06 pm
by daddydip