Vickir73
Ridin' The Range
I know there is going to be a lot of opinions on the pricing and a lot of it will depend on what type of breed/age (I'm going to assume we are only talking about registered animals); however, I'm looking for just an idea of how much I should expect to pay for an animal. I'm assuming a doeling is under a year old, a yearling is between 1-2 years, but never bred, and a doe is anything that has had kids and is in milk (or dry). A buck, I'm not sure of the age differences.
Since I'm just learning, is there a big price difference in "SQ" animals and have a history in the ring and animals that are registered but have no show history? i.e. if a breeder's wants $200 for a doeling that comes from a line that has had good results in the ring and another breeder wants $200 but has never shown any of their animals is this acceptable? I know a lot of it just depends what I want the animal for, but if I just want a great back yard milker should I be looking for a different price than if I wanted a great milker that was going to do good (hopefully) in the ring too? Is $200 a good price for a week old doe, but it should be more for a 6 month old doe? or is $200 a good price for a 6 month old?
I've been researching different breeder's website (and breeds to determine what I want to buy next) and here's the prices I've been seeing - doelings (around 3 months old) $200; does (in milk) $550; bucks $100-200.
I've been in the chicken world long enough to be able to know what's reasonable and what's not - but with the goats I'm clueless and want to (try to anyway) not let myself get "taken" so any guidance in this area would be great. I know we might all be willing to pay a little extra for one we feel in love with or had been looking for for a long time, but I was hoping for an idea of when I should run away screaming because the price is just ludicrous or when I should start asking more pointed questions because the price is too low.
Since I'm just learning, is there a big price difference in "SQ" animals and have a history in the ring and animals that are registered but have no show history? i.e. if a breeder's wants $200 for a doeling that comes from a line that has had good results in the ring and another breeder wants $200 but has never shown any of their animals is this acceptable? I know a lot of it just depends what I want the animal for, but if I just want a great back yard milker should I be looking for a different price than if I wanted a great milker that was going to do good (hopefully) in the ring too? Is $200 a good price for a week old doe, but it should be more for a 6 month old doe? or is $200 a good price for a 6 month old?
I've been researching different breeder's website (and breeds to determine what I want to buy next) and here's the prices I've been seeing - doelings (around 3 months old) $200; does (in milk) $550; bucks $100-200.
I've been in the chicken world long enough to be able to know what's reasonable and what's not - but with the goats I'm clueless and want to (try to anyway) not let myself get "taken" so any guidance in this area would be great. I know we might all be willing to pay a little extra for one we feel in love with or had been looking for for a long time, but I was hoping for an idea of when I should run away screaming because the price is just ludicrous or when I should start asking more pointed questions because the price is too low.