12/26/07, 08:13 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Yep - gotta pile of them (grin).
I really like their size -I'm 5'2" and 120lbs - and that makes a big difference with the bucks. If your genetics, breeding program, and culling are right, you can have nice, smaller, very productive dairy animals. I have a small doe with a beautiful udder that peaked and just over 10lbs this spring. I don't like them really small, more mid size for me - I think they need to be a mid-size rather than itty bitty size goat. It's really hard to get a bucket under those tiny ones, and then you have tiny teats to deal with. I sold a milker this summer that had smaller teats and small orifices. Ease of milking is important for me.
It takes patience to breed them, because they're so variable. Consistency in a herd will take a lot of work, but I think it's worth it.
I find they're easy to find homes for as pets or milkers - people just love them.
Cheers!
Katherine
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