Goat with dark udder?

So, you're 16? Just my observation, but you come across as very young.

The reason I asked is that (1) you aren't (apparently) reading and retaining what you've read, and (2) you have to convince someone else that you *need* another milk goat, when you've been given good advice that includes other options.

We're glad to have another goat owner on the board! Enjoy your goats, and we'll try to help when you need us.

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Sorry I try to retain what I read. Sometimes I get confused. In my opinion 16 is to young to drive and you have to be at least 18 to be a herbalist. I am almost 19 actually. Oh and I didn't want to do the other options that's all. Another milk goat would help in other areas. Like I am want to make cheese to help save my family money. Make soap to sell. I knew there were other options but thought this the best. Ecspecially with me not liking to use cows milk though I've had to. I don't like using replacer as it isn't good for them. Well anyways I got the goat if the deal can be arranged with the guy.

Sorry I act so young then. Are you telling me to grow up? Hehehe!

Nope, not telling you to. It will happen naturally without my input! :banana02:

Goats are addictive. It's always easy to find reasons to get more, but often the cost of getting the goat, caring for the goat, and then getting the supplies to do the other projects (cheese and soap) runs kind of high. Especially if you don't do those projects LONG term.

It takes space and equipment to do either of those. I have a BIG kitchen, and when I make cheese, the cheese takes over.

I looked at the soap project and decided against it. You would almost need a separate building for that.

I have spend MUCH more money on goats, feed, buildings, supplies, equipment, etc., than I will ever recoup with milk and cheese.

Just my two cents!

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A lot of truth. I have been debating doing soap. However we are definantly doing cheese. In my area cheese I think would sell quite nicely. Plus our family uses a quite a bit of cheese.

Do you know what laws govern cheesemaking in your area?

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Yes I do. You have to have a commerical kitchen and it has to be pasturized. I am definantly going to look and see if theres more than that. However this is all I read and was told by the agriculture people.

Do you realize how much it costs to put in a commercial kitchen?

Also look into the requirements on what your milking parlor may be.

Here in Texas, I figured it would cost me about $40,000 to build what the state requires. That's just the milking parlor, not the kitchen.

In previous discussions of this, some of us on the board figured you would have to have a herd of 80 milking does to make any profit at all. That's after the first years of getting everything paid off.

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What are you thinking cheese sells for though? In our area cheese is exspensive.

To funny what you don't notice when your driving by and just seeing a goat udder. This goat is one eyed. Which I don't care I have a three eared goat a one horned goat a goat who only put her lipstick on one side . She has a uneven udder both have milk. They never milked her out as they said it was hard. I told her that that was the colostrum . She didn't even know what that was. So could the lopsided udder be due to never being milked? Wouldn't she have dried up by now? She is an older goat to. They are thinking about giving it to me free or cheap like $25 bucks. I want to breed her to get a doeling with good milk lines like hers. Then I will let her retire. For now she feeds Buckaroo and Rose. I bet no one can guess her name. CHEWY you read right hahaha who would name their goat chewy hehehe. And she wasn't for eating neither.

Buying from someone apparently goat (or mammal, if they don't know what colostrum is) ignorant person would make me really worry about diseases this goat may have and give to the others.

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I know I am thinking about it. I do want to call her and let her in on what it is. If she doesn't know that maybe she needs other basic goat info as well.

I didn't get it they want $75 for a one eyed old not to mention horned (I don't mind but they usually knock the price down for that as well as a missing eyeball) I don't know what breed it is doesn't look pure bred. If I were to guess a Saanen/Alpine. I figured at free or cheap I couldn't buy milk for that. Well I rather buy a Saanen for $150. She is very old and they didn't know if she could kid again to throw me a doeling.