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Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I talked on the phone with a Nigerian Dwarf breeder and found out why it's so hard to find anyone selling milk. Apparently, someone got angry and sued someone selling milk and it was a huge legal mess, so now no one wants to sell milk around here. I guess...

Is e-mail just not a good way to get in contact with farmers? I know there are people with dairy goats around here, because there was tons of them at the county fair, I just have no idea how to get in contact with them.

Around here ("here" being northeastern Illinois), it's legal to sell raw milk, but you're not allowed to advertise. I've been trying to find a place that sells goats milk so I can see if me and the rest of my family likes it before I plan my life around getting goats. I can't find anyone selling...

I'm pretty sure one of the requirements to be certified organic is not using GMO's.

Northeastern Illinois here! :frow

With pounds overflowing and free dog ads all over the place, I highly doubt a legit research lab is going to take the time and risk to steal dogs. Maybe in the 70s, but not today. I'd be more worried about her being stolen as a bait dog or picked off by coyotes (yes, they can and do kill big...

I'm leaning twords the donkey, because they're so hardy and mello.

...anybody? Opinions and critiques are greatly appreciated.

Way off in the distant future (at least 15 years away I imagine) I would like to get some kind of equine. Not for shows or competions, just as a rideable pet (it would be neat if I could train it to plough or drive also, but not required). Which do you think would make a better first equine...

I notice a lot of Nigerian Dwarf breeders only sell dis budded kids, without exception. Is dis budding a really necessary thing to do, or is it just convenient, like declawing? Is something as small as a Nigerian Dwarf going to be dangerous with horns? I know you can't show horned goats, but if...

If I get Alfalfa for $4 per normal sized bale, dairy goat feed $15 per 50 pound bag, sprouts from grain that costs $5 per 10 pound bag, and minerals (dunno how much they cost), how much do you guesstimate it would cost to feed 4 in milk Nigerian Dwarf goats for a year? For the sake of the...

If it's a wether, don't feed it grain.

:hugs He was a beautiful goat.

Not to be thread hijacking, but how do all of you with small lots (less than 2 acres) get around zoning laws?

I hope to be getting goats next year (probably will be a longer wait than that lol). I have a supposedly 2 acre lot, which I think may actually be 3 acres, no neighbors for about half a mile in any direction, and is zoned rural estate. Contrary to what I thought before, I'm unincorporated, and...

Is a livestock show a good place to meet people, or are they too busy there? I live right next to the county fairgrounds, and they always seem to have shows going on. Also, there are lots of ads on the local Craigslist by college students that want to be Working Students(the descriptions sound...

She's beautiful. Congratulations!

I received a curt reply from the 4-H group, saying that they don't know anyone who does stuff like that. I think I may have accidentally insulted them. :(

I sent an e-mail to my local 4-H group! Hopefully they can put me in contact with someone who does stuff like this. :D

I mean taking care of them on the owners property. I'd never let someone take care of one of my animals off site either.