Immutable Goat Facts

[Southern by choice]

I am eyeing an Oberhasli myself.

mmm hmmm and you say I am bad

 

[babsbag]

Also thinking of borrowing a Nubian or two to see if I can make someone a mini Nubian buckling.

 

[TAH]

I am eyeing an Oberhasli myself.

You should

 

[NH homesteader]

Ooh me too, I want an Oberhasli next! Some breeds I don't even want for various reasons so I won't get too out of hand (haha I'll just have more of the 3 or so breeds I'm interested in!)

 

[TAH]

The only thing on the oberhasli's is that our buck weighs 175 pounds or so.

 

[NH homesteader]

Yikes! My current plan is to stick with my Nigi buck and add an Oberhasli doe. I don't have much interest in having a full size buck on the farm at this point. Particularly with a 3 year old child and a husband who works a lot! Maybe someday!

 

[babsbag]

My full sized bucks have always been sweethearts. I have had 3 Alpines, a La Mancha, and a Boer. I won't say that the boer was a sweetheart but he wasn't mean. I have a nigi buck now too and two mini Alpine bucklings for a total of 5 bucks...way too many IMO.

My son (32 year old that doesn't live here) thinks that I should do milk taste tests when the dairy is done so that means one of each breed. I'm ok with that but I need a quiet La Mancha and Nigi....I don't do cry baby goats. I have two La Manchas that are driving me nuts and they may need to just leave. I really think that bottle babies grow up to be noisier.

 

[NH homesteader]

Haha! One of my mini alpines is incredibly noisy, and I used to have a nigi/pygmy cross wether that was even worse! We got rid of him because he was a bully, not because of the noise. I love the taste testing idea.

I'm avoiding Saanens for size and because I am not a milk drinker so I want high butterfat content for cheese, Nubians because I've heard they're super noisy, and Toggenburgs because I've heard their milk is very "goaty". If these are rumors that need to be dispelled I can be convinced to change my mind haha!

 

[Southern by choice]

LOL Babs. None of our bottle babies are loud at this point. They are between 3-6 months and are not loud at all since weaned. On the other hand we have several dam raised baby goats here all about 3 months and oh my goodness...they are screamers. They are all nigerians though. Our Lamanchas, mini manchas, mini nubians and our BB Nigies are all up in your business but they aren't loud.

All our Lamanchas are quiet.
One of our mini manchas gets loud but ONLY when we are late for milking her. She definitely lets us know she needs milked NOW!

I wouldn't say the Nigies in general are loud but having a lot of breeds here I would say they can be talkative. Ours usually just get loud in heat.

BTW- 5 bucks isn't too many.
14 is borderline too many

 

[NH homesteader]

My Nigis are pretty quiet. Unless I'm late for feeding time!