07/24/10, 11:00 AM
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II Corinthians 5:7
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Virginia
Posts: 8,102
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Twospirit, it sounds as though you are wanting goats as a permanent addition to a large variety of animals you already enjoy. I would suggest you "start" with a good "dairy" doe as you can get and a buck from a "meat" group. Yes in these times you will pay more than what quality goats sold for in years past; however, as mentioned above, you do get what you pay for. (Just be sure you do a little research on the owner/herd you are interested in purchasing from. I doubt you would want any diseases brought in.)
I personally have raised Alpines, Toggenburgs, Boers & Nubians. They each have nice qualities. My "milk" preference was the Togg; however, Nubians have a lot of cream I enjoy too. Since we butcher what we do not sell each year, we brought in a Boer to see what the difference would be meat wise. Boers derfinately have more meat, which is a plus. We finally decided our preference for "duel purposes" (milk & meat) were Nubians. Nubians have a personality we enjoy, are good sized (150+ lbs does; 250 lbs bucks) for meat processing & give more than enough milk (10 lbs over a 10-month lactation) for our purposes. (I might add my Nubians have a "protective" attitude I like too.)
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