Unbelievable offer on a pair of breeders

Spelling and punctuation aside (proof read over the posts in which people state that they refuse folks on their spelling and punctuation!)...

I charge an incredibly fair price for my livestock. I am not in a pyramid scheme to eke out the last brass farthing for my goats.

If you want to pick up whatever is at the sale barn, then have a nut. But don't think I'm going to charge less for my well-bred, well-fed, disease-free herd because there are inferior animals for sale somewhere..

You get what you pay for.

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Je ne suis pas Alice

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Exactly!! I feel the same way.
I have been known, however to donate (or sell VERY reasonably priced) a well bred, registered doeling to a promising 4-H kid to build a nice herd with. In Michigan, there is a program for doing just that. My daughter got her start many years ago using that program.... she got a nice Oberhasli doe.

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Exactly. It's like everything else in life: You do your best to give a little more than you get, y'know?

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Je ne suis pas Alice

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It's important to remember that reputable breeders, whether they show or not have a lot invested in their herds. Asking higher prices for higher quality animals is a way to at least partially recoup this investment.

If someone invests more in their herd than their herd's worth for selling as a slaughter or milking animal, is it feasible to pass those "losses" on to the consumers?...........I guess so. That's why people are able to sell animals for more money right?

I've noticed on my local craigslist a huge number of people who consistantly have cattle and goats on there that are offered as high quality animals. Some of those critters have just recently lost the glue that was holding their sale barn sticker on from the last sale. I know, I know..........Not all people on craigslist are trying to take advantage of buyers. It's just hard for me to see the rationale in giving more for an animal than what I could sell it to recoop costs at the sale barn.

Animals are not and should not be like a new car. (You drive them off the lot and see them loose a high percentage of their value immediately.)

I'm detecting a lot of animosity on this issue and not trying to stir anymore up. It's just that I'm voicing my opinion on what a critters worth.

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Francismilker

"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" James 5:16

Wow, didn't realize there were so many comments under deleting for bad grammar/punctuation.

I am only going to assume you haven't dealt with too many spam or just silly emails from Craigslist ads. It's not like she proof reads every email with a fine tooth comb BUT if it comes in with horrifically bad grammar with NO name and very odd ball questions, these are MUCH better being deleted. After you chase these kinds of emails down you realize that 99% of them are not worth your time.

For the record my husband and another daughter are very dyslexic, however, that still doesn't excuse sending horrifically bad formatted emails. There are free programs to install on your computer or you can run everything through Word if need be. I have had to explain to my husband that sending decently formatted emails DO make a difference. I can tell you with 100% certainty that for those that it matters, it matters. Details count.

p.s. this wasn't directed at any particular post, just a general answer

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Idleness is leisure gone to seed

On the goat price's, it just depends on why people are keeping goats (or any animal). There are NO right or wrong reasons for keeping animals. People keep them as show animals (most of our herd are show animals), family milk animals, production animals, pasture pets, or some cross between all of these. People pay different prices for different uses. I sell grade animals out of my show animals if it wasn't a good breeding or we have some just plain good family milk animals, we price accordingly. We usually have a waiting list for our animals, so usually it is a moot point as far as Craigslist goes, although for various reasons we do sell on there sometimes.

Personally, when I buy animals, I want to buy from a GOOD breeder (yes, the definition is debatable what a "good" breeder entails but it just has the be the right definition for me). I will pay for a healthy, disease free, show quality animal. I would never buy from the sale barns, I just wouldn't, not that it is bad or wrong, just not for me. We raise our goats for a specific reason (which is always changing!) and right now sale barns just don't fit in to that. We want to add Nigerians to our herd of LaMancha's and I have been researching to find a good herd to buy from. If anyone knows of good ones in Oregon let me know

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Idleness is leisure gone to seed

I simply can't say it better than Pony. I really like that - I might steal the quote to put on my website!

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Dona Barski

"Breed the best, eat the rest"

Caprice Acres

French and American Alpines. CAE, Johnes neg herd. Abscess free. LA, DHIR.