Take a minute to read this....

[Key]

http://www.boergoats.com/clean/articleads.php?art=856


I don't know the author, but I thought he did an excellent job with this article. As a "goat-addicted" person who loves reading about goats.... I always want to simplify my farm process but never at the cost of my goats health. I think you'll enjoy the article (even if you don't agree!!!)

[Sher]

Great read Key. And guess what? I believe in it. This is how I raise my goats...except I feed alfalfa hay. It's not for everybody though..ya gotta believe that goats and God pretty much had things worked out. And the urge to change things, including the goats environment, feed, etc. only makes the goat's survivability on its own less and dependency on us more.

Thanks!

[tltater]

It seems like the ideal way to go as far as meat goats are concerned but this isn't something for the dairy. Not that the natural feeding wouldn't be better for them, but tainted tasting milk, and wild goats don't work for the dairy breeders.

If I was in it for meat goats, this seems to be the ideal way to go.

Thanks for the great read!

Tracy
Southwestern, NY

[fishhead]

It makes a person wonder about the goats in countries other than the US. Their genetics are probably a lot different than the olympic ready ones that are raised here. Lower production but much less inputs so under the right conditions the profit is probably greater as a result.

[annie716]

This was a good read and pretty close to what I'd like my herd to be like. We've had extremely cold weather and does kidding and I haven't been able to resist the urge to help to make sure they make it. Over the weekend I was here to help 2 out,but on Monday came home to twins that were born and doing great without any intervention from me. Same thing today, a first timer with a nice little buckling. They are meat, boer x of course not dairy but I guess the point is, if I want them to be self sufficient in most areas I need to stop meddling and believe in the survival of the fittest if I want to build in that direction. I know that we would have lost 2 from the experienced 4-h project doe cuz she could have cared less about her kids and acutally even held one down and I'm sure was trying to kill it, so to acheive the goal there should be no second thoughts about culling her. I guess that will be the hard part for me until we have more numbers...

[TC]

That was really a good read, thanks for the link.