most profitable breed?

[Roll farms]

If you want to sell and raise breeding stock, you'll need to invest in good stock, from proven bloodlines, advertise like mad, feed and care for them to the Nth degree, consider showing to get your name 'out there'....and count on taking a loss for a while.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

I am raising goats here for pets, for backyard milkers and in some cases for meat. We have a need in our area for nice milkers, but not costing a fortune. However, we also have a need for meat here. I actually have several co-workers who want goat meat. We have a processor near my home that will process goat. So I am raising some, that will be processed and sold direct to these individuals. I am not planning on getting wealthy, but would like to at least pay for feed, hay, vet bills, etc.

 

[herdsman]

Sounds to me he doesn't want to breed goats just for meat and to go to slaughter. So I would say breeding stock or pets of some sort.

yes I want to sell breeding stock and/or pets. But I have found my breed I will be going with

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Sounds to me he doesn't want to breed goats just for meat and to go to slaughter. So I would say breeding stock or pets of some sort.

yes I want to sell breeding stock and/or pets. But I have found my breed I will be going with

What breed did you decide on?

 

[herdsman]

If you want to sell and raise breeding stock, you'll need to invest in good stock, from proven bloodlines, advertise like mad, feed and care for them to the Nth degree, consider showing to get your name 'out there'....and count on taking a loss for a while.

Yeah that is what I will do it will be the same I did with my breeding cattle.

 

[herdsman]

Sounds to me he doesn't want to breed goats just for meat and to go to slaughter. So I would say breeding stock or pets of some sort.

yes I want to sell breeding stock and/or pets. But I have found my breed I will be going with

What breed did you decide on?

I have decided on myotonic goats or kikos, but in a few years I will have a few different breeds this is just my beginning breed. But I am trying to find more info on myotonic goats kidding like if they have singles, twins or triplets?

 

[ThornyRidgeII]

Not to rain on your parade...I am just a wee bit south of you.. down 183 to be exact and well to put it bluntly.. there is no market for any type of goats.. I started out breeding high quality stock registered nigerian dwarf goats many years ago when economy was better, feed was better and people were interested in small scale homesteading.. now with high costs of feed, people out of work, high cost of maintaining healthy animals.. people do not even want to pay reasonable prices.. I have a good friend that also is in the same boat..she has full size dairy and miniature dairy goats and for about the past 2-3 years people expect them to be given away! I wish you luck but know you will be making a pricy investment that will have little to no return in this area! Check out the local Craigs list.. goats being given away.. and my local livestock auction.. cheap!!! I currently have stopped breeding and just have a healthy content herd that are my "babies" maybe someday I will breed a couple here and there again for the overall enjoyment of having goats! Also know that goat care is different from cattle! Good luck but think wisely! Start with a couple that you can just enjoy!

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Not to rain on your parade...I am just a wee bit south of you.. down 183 to be exact and well to put it bluntly.. there is no market for any type of goats.. I started out breeding high quality stock registered nigerian dwarf goats many years ago when economy was better, feed was better and people were interested in small scale homesteading.. now with high costs of feed, people out of work, high cost of maintaining healthy animals.. people do not even want to pay reasonable prices.. I have a good friend that also is in the same boat..she has full size dairy and miniature dairy goats and for about the past 2-3 years people expect them to be given away! I wish you luck but know you will be making a pricy investment that will have little to no return in this area! Check out the local Craigs list.. goats being given away.. and my local livestock auction.. cheap!!! I currently have stopped breeding and just have a healthy content herd that are my "babies" maybe someday I will breed a couple here and there again for the overall enjoyment of having goats! Also know that goat care is different from cattle! Good luck but think wisely! Start with a couple that you can just enjoy!

That's great information. Market is everything.

 

[herdsman]

Not to rain on your parade...I am just a wee bit south of you.. down 183 to be exact and well to put it bluntly.. there is no market for any type of goats.. I started out breeding high quality stock registered nigerian dwarf goats many years ago when economy was better, feed was better and people were interested in small scale homesteading.. now with high costs of feed, people out of work, high cost of maintaining healthy animals.. people do not even want to pay reasonable prices.. I have a good friend that also is in the same boat..she has full size dairy and miniature dairy goats and for about the past 2-3 years people expect them to be given away! I wish you luck but know you will be making a pricy investment that will have little to no return in this area! Check out the local Craigs list.. goats being given away.. and my local livestock auction.. cheap!!! I currently have stopped breeding and just have a healthy content herd that are my "babies" maybe someday I will breed a couple here and there again for the overall enjoyment of having goats! Also know that goat care is different from cattle! Good luck but think wisely! Start with a couple that you can just enjoy!

Thank you. I will be selling them the Salem/Sebring way because theres alot of kids I went to school with That run farms and like 3-5 new head of goats each year for there herd and my uncle will haul them 100 miles away for a six pack HAHA! But thanks for the luck I will let you all know how it turns out But I know I will have many more questions. But I have some time because I will be waiting till spring to pick my first goats.

 

[Roll farms]

To answer your 'how many babies' question - any breed can have 1-4 kids. The trick is good feeding, mineral, and management.

Breeding when it's too hot, too cold, or on 1st heats can lower the litter size. But, not all does can raise trips or quads and you end up w/ bottle babies. Sometimes does having singles have kidding problems because singles tend to be big.

Goats average 2 b/c 2 is a good number.