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Oh yeah, and the milk is DIVINE

I milk 4 Fresians and get about 3 gallons a day total (+/-) for the 2 daily sessions. But 1 of those is very young and super finicky about the whole thing so she brings our average down a bit. Right now we feed a bit of wet beer grain with some pellets during sessions, but I'm thinking about...

The couple I work for brings the wet grains back to the farm in barrels directly from the brewer's. We feed it to the lactating sheep and to the egg layers. It's good for them - high protein and fat!

@Southern by choice Thank you so much. What a fantastic response! :) I'm definitely getting butterflies now, dreaming about future goating prospects!

Sorry if the above are dumb questions..:hide

Do y'all keep specific breeds out of necessity? Is there such a thing as a mixed goat?

Could you expand on what can be regarded as a "marking" signal? And how do you go about encouraging good buck manners?

Very good advice. Would you recommend starting with 1 buck to 2 does, or do they do ok 1 to1?

Oh, I have. That's what put the fear in me!

@Southern by choice That's very good advice. The more I think about it, I'm leaning toward starting out with chickens. Because who can't live on eggs and veggies for a while? :) But I am anxious to start milking. I found this great website today...

Wow! Thanks everyone for the great info/attitudes and being so forthcoming and encouraging. @BlessedWithGoats I think it will be quite a while before we have need of a LGD, but good to know for future reference. I've only ever had dogs as pets, so having one that's meant for work would be an...

Thank you. I've heard stories of people get dogs to guard the livestock and they turn into more trouble than they're worth (like eating the chickens/rabbits). Has anything like that ever happened with you? And what's your advice for keeping a successful LGD?

We want to raise them for meat. Still doing my research, but I know we don't want giants. I read that New Zealand are great for meat. As far as goats, we just want fresh dairy. How are you finding the Nigerians?

Hi! My name is Cindy. No herd to speak of yet, but my partner and I are about to move into our dream homestead early new year and we are VERY enthusiastic about the lifestyle. And of course I spend every free moment browsing through threads on this site and others, gleaning your words of wisdom...