
06/17/08, 03:51 PM
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Caprice Acres
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: MI
Posts: 11,232
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Just a goat's breed or cross is not enough to base a price on.
Conformation? You can get an ugly doe for 50.00 that will have kidding problems, a pendulous udder, or teeny impossible to milk teats - or you can pay 300.00 and get a first freshener that is built to produce for years and years and years. Now I know this isn't set in stone but generally this is the trend. 'cource, you need to know what good conformation/bad conformation looks like.
Milking history? Milk lineage? Has it been milked - is it trained to a milkstand?
Good mother? (if you don't pull kids)
Disease status (CL, CAE, Johne's testing A MUST in my book)
Behavior/horn status/reason for selling?
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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.
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