Is a 5 hour drive worth it?

[wintrrwolf]

Have a lady I have been talking to. (yes i got my state tax return) she has a CAE/CL free herd. She is offering me a tri-colored 5 month old buck reg. with ADGA for 125 and a 4 yr old ADGA reg nanny proven breeder and milker for 150. After talking with her and asking her tons of questions (thanks to you guys) I am down to deciding if a 5 hour drive one way would be worth it??? Then 5 hours back with 1 or 2 goats in the back of my SUV?? geez its a long road trip.
Good idea or no?
I would have two bucks to work with and possible another nanny...

Oh both are Nigerian dwarf

[FarmerChick]

5 hrs one way
wow the gas alone is expensive...makes those goats alot more in cost..LOL
an SUV? wow.

for me personally---no I would not do a 10 hr. trip for 2 goats.
just too long of a day to be off the farm for me to handle that trip---if I go 5 hrs. I want to hit the beach and relax for a long weekend..haha

[lasergrl]

I drove 4 hours for my Laurel haven buckling so whats one more hour

[Jay27]

I paid $450 and drove 2 hours for my 9 month old Nigerian buck. He is out of MN and MI state fair champions and will really put an udder on a line.

I paid $450 and drove 1.5 hours for a 5 year old doe and her 3 month old daughter. Also out of winning state fair lines. ($200 momma, $300 for daughter, $50 package discount).

Sounds like a fair deal to me. The price on the doe is reasonable. I'm willing to spend a bit more on a buck than a doe since the buck is the only way to really improve your herd. You are stuck with your doe's genetics, so if you want to make an improvement in udder or body, it has to be done via the buck's genetics.

[Natural Beauty Farm]

LOL, just drove 11 hrs one way for Buck and Doe. Will be driving 18hrs in March to pick up some kids. Last summer I put over 20K miles on my truck for the girls.

[FarmerChick]

wow--lol--amazing how far people will go to get critters..lol

I guess lucky for me all my boer stock came from "kinda" local farms. farthest I drove one way for most of my stock was 2 hrs. I bought the herd---65 does at one time.

[KimM]

Now THAT is love!!

Originally Posted by Natural Beauty Farm

LOL, just drove 11 hrs one way for Buck and Doe. Will be driving 18hrs in March to pick up some kids. Last summer I put over 20K miles on my truck for the girls.

[Goat Servant]

We made several 10 hrtrips (both ways stopping for gas etc) forour foundation herd & breedings a few times.
It was well worth it for us!
When you find the stock you want & the person to do business withtheres no regrets!

[bcadybug]

If you want them... then I say GO FOR IT! I'd make that drive...

[billooo2]

I am in Ohio. My "foundation" animals came from the state of Washington....no,I did not make the drive.
I have driven 12+ hours to New England, 12 hour drive to North Carolina....one NC trip with a "detour" through eastern Virginia to pick up a buck. I made a 6 hour trip to southern West Virginia.
I regularly make 4 1/2 hour drives to Indiana.
More long drives are on the agenda for this year.
It all depends.........do you really want the bloodlines?????.......or do you just want bloodlines that are within a certain driving distance????
The answer lies in what you want..........and where are the bloodlines living that you want.

[dosthouhavemilk]

I've done trips to MI (4+ hours one way for a week old buckling), down to TN (8 hours one way for two bucks, three does), out to MO (for one doe, but I was visiting a friend in KS anyways) and I plan a trip to TX here in the next two years. That will be for picking up a goat(s) and for visiting online goat friends, so a vacation in addition.
Didn't you know? Goat people are nuts.

[susanne]

trey hope you like what you got
i drove 3200 miles roundtrip three times and one time it was even more, don't know exact but was michigan to oregon. the smaller trips (texas, alabama, oklahoma) i don't even count LOL
was it worth it? you bet it was

[Minelson]

Road trip!!! Yeee-ha!!!

[ragingbull]

I have done 2 12 hour trips and 2 14 hour trips to get healthy and quality animals. It has been well worth it.

[copperpennykids]

For quality clean stock that is what you want - Yes!

You could post, here and on dairy goat groups (SaanenTalk, Nubian talk, Goatride - all Yahoo groups, I think) and offer to transport clean goats or puppies for a modest fee - $50.00-$100.00 depending on distance and hassle. Could pay for a lot of gas.

[Wolf Flower]

Originally Posted by wintrrwolf

Then 5 hours back with 1 or 2 goats in the back of my SUV?? geez its a long road trip.

With NDs, it should be a piece of cake. Intermediate size vari-kennels and lots of shavings, and there you go.

I used to drive my full-grown Nubian and Alpine wethers around in the back of my minivan. I had taken all the back seats out, of course. I used a tarp and lots of shavings and I STILL find goat berries in there years later! It did amuse passersby to see a goat with its head hanging out the window, though.

[duckidaho]

I'll be traveling a bit to pick up goats this spring. But not in an SUV. We just drove 5 hrs each way for a hunting dog because we wanted what the breeder offered that others couldn't.

[firefly81]

i say TIME FOR A ROAD TRIP!!!!

we have several times drove far for the goats that we wanted.i think the longest trip was 9 hours one way.

[canadiangirl]

I'm in the decision process of flying a buckling coast to coast. Expensive but I'm sure it would be worth it.

[susanne]

all my goats traveled in my pt cruiser
we adjusted it a bit, tok back seat out and it is very comfy for the animals.