Nigoras?

LearningLife · #1 10/30/11, 10:36 PM

I'm really interested in eventually raising some breed of fiber goat. I've been looking around online and found some information on Nigoras (ND x Angora). Does anyone here have any experience with or information on these? In a perfect world, these would be a great way to get the milk and fiber I'd like to have.

Cannon_Farms · #2 10/31/11, 03:06 PM

Angoras tend to be on the less hardy side, the crossing of them typically doesnt make for good fiber or a lot of it, when crossing its a crap shoot.
You can get some quality alpacas males of course quite reasonably as it seems everyone has had males born. Suri alpacas are getting very cheap, llamas are also not so much in demand right now.

Olivia67 · #3 12/02/11, 05:23 PM

I breed Nigoras and my customers love that they can get milk and fiber from them. You can see pics of them on my website at http://www.animalinstinctsnfp.com They are small but the fiber they produce is worth some $$$ because it's similar to cashmere. I've seen it go for $28 an ounce after it's been cleaned.