An Introduction to Buffaloes

[Baymule]

This is my stanchion

 

[River Buffaloes]

I had plans to add goats too. 2-6 goats would have been enough. My plans unfortunately were thrown off because of Covid19 and the terrible floods that we suffered this year.

 

[Baymule]

What breeds of goats are there in India and what breeds are used for milk production? I'm sorry your plans got cancelled because of events beyond your control.

 

[River Buffaloes]

What breeds of goats are there in India and what breeds are used for milk production? I'm sorry your plans got cancelled because of events beyond your control.

Oh we have so many different breeds of goats here. The number of Breeds noted for their milk production is small. Notable among them are Jamunapari, Beetal, Sirohi, Barbari, Malabari, Jhalwadi, Marwari, Osmanabadi, Mehsana and Jakhrana. There are so many other breeds mainly kept for meat and fiber. But honestly you know, there's no goat we will not milk.

 

[Bruce]

The idea that my girls would get on a milk stanchion and calmly let me milk them presents a mental picture of me and a ewe having a train wreck.

Never know until you try Bay! That chart RB showed looks like a pretty good case for sheep milk.

But honestly you know, there's no goat we will not milk.

I think I'd skip the bucks

 

[Baymule]

Maybe if I started with young ewe lambs and got them used to it, that might work.

 

[River Buffaloes]

I have failed to understand all this craze among the homesteaders about Alpacas and Lamas? How much milk do they produce? How much weight they can carry? How much weight they can pull? Why can't they keep a small herd of Water Buffaloes instead of Alpacas?

 

[River Buffaloes]

Maybe if I started with young ewe lambs and got them used to it, that might work.

That's a good idea?

 

[Baymule]

I have failed to understand all this craze among the homesteaders about Alpacas and Lamas? How much milk do they produce? How much weight they can carry? How much weight they can pull? Why can't they keep a small herd of Water Buffaloes instead of Alpacas?

Alpacas have soft, warm wool. They were introduced to the USA as a way to get rich. Yeah, right. At the height of the craze, they sold for $10,000 each. Then the bottom fell out and you can now buy them for a few hundred. Llamas are touted as pasture guards, but in reality, they are prey animals too. About all they can scare off is stray dogs.

I guess water buffaloes aren't fuzzy and "cute" so do not attract the attention that cute and fuzzy does. Water buffaloes aren't as well known here, but certainly sound like they would be worth much, much more on the homestead. Until you started this thread, I never gave them much thought. See? You are doing a wonderful work, promoting water buffaloes!

 

[River Buffaloes]

Alpacas have soft, warm wool. They were introduced to the USA as a way to get rich. Yeah, right. At the height of the craze, they sold for $10,000 each. Then the bottom fell out and you can now buy them for a few hundred. Llamas are touted as pasture guards, but in reality, they are prey animals too. About all they can scare off is stray dogs.

I guess water buffaloes aren't fuzzy and "cute" so do not attract the attention that cute and fuzzy does. Water buffaloes aren't as well known here, but certainly sound like they would be worth much, much more on the homestead. Until you started this thread, I never gave them much thought. See? You are doing a wonderful work, promoting water buffaloes!

Well I saw they were being neglected on this forum. Their contribution in agriculture economy is next only to cattle. You should think about it this way, that even in a country where cows are worshipped the average price of buffalo is more than twice than that of cows.