question about lamanchas

crookedoak · #1 07/21/12, 06:49 AM

So I have had this lamancha doe for a week now. She is 75% lamancha and 25% saanan. I didn't think I would. ever like them because of the little ears. I love this goat! She oozes personality! Are all lamanchas like this? She will lay down in front of my front door like a dog. She is in love with my 5 year old son. I have thought about getting another one come later on this year,but I can't seem to find any. Are they that hard to find. I live in the northwest corner of Alabama. I don't mind a day road trip for someone I like.
erin

Ford Zoo · #2 07/21/12, 07:25 AM

Sounds like you found a keeper! Where are the pics?

Ford Zoo · #3 07/21/12, 07:29 AM

Have you checked or posted in the "For Sale" sticky at the top of the page?

Alice In TX/MO · #4 07/21/12, 07:31 AM

I will have some kids available next spring.

Ranger · #5 07/21/12, 07:38 AM

Yep, that's what they are like! That's why so many of us are in love with them.

LoneStrChic23 · #6 07/21/12, 07:39 AM

Yep, they are personality oozers

My buck will roll on his side so you can scratch his belly... I used to think they were weird looking, but now I can't believe I ever thought that!

question about lamanchas - Goats

Nothing but cuteness there!!

You could join the Yahoo group Lamancha Talk and post a "want ad" & I'm sure you'll be flooded with options, and you might try looking on the breed clubs website for breeders near you American LaMancha Club Home And of course, there may be a member here who is close enough for you too

Donna1982 · #7 07/21/12, 09:25 AM

Yes that is them for you. My boyfriend was a 100 % Boer man. He loved their ears, and looks and couldn't warm up to a LaMancha. Now that I have more of them and he can see they are dogs in goats suit he loves them more then the almighty Boer lol.

They are harder to find I say then a meat breed but a lot of dairy goats are harder to find then meat breeds. Keep looking you will find another sooner or later. Then you will find more, and more and more. Because you can't stop at just two...

coso · #8 07/21/12, 10:13 AM

Look at the American LaMancha Club website. See if there is any one nearby !! American LaMancha Club Home

I know Cayd's Castle has some nice LaManchas !!

hurryiml8 · #9 07/21/12, 10:23 AM

I had owned pygmy goats at one time and just couldn't tame them much (the previous owner did not try to tame any of the kids). Well, this spring I bought two Lamancha doelings and can't believe the difference. They are so friendly! I go to the pasture and call them and they just run as hard as they can to me. I fell in love with their tiny ears at the fair several years ago and knew that's what I wanted. I hope you find more.
Karen

chewie · #10 07/21/12, 10:58 AM

and, if I understand correctly, their milk is very similar to nubians, (super creamy). is this correct?? I think my next doe, (long time down the road) might be a lamancha. and I cannot believe I am saying that!! but I'll give up ears to gain what so many claim LM's give them. I would like to hear more about them??

LoneStrChic23 · #11 07/21/12, 11:53 AM

Yes, very creamy milk. I could taste the difference between the Lamancha's milk & my Alpines, even though my Alpine's milk is much richer than store bought whole milk.

The Tin Mom · #12 07/21/12, 12:29 PM

We love them! We have four doelings and seven does. Each has a unique personality.

We do have to sell at least two doelings and three to four does, but are having a hard time deciding which ones we can part with!

If you are interested in knowing more about them, pm me. I just came in from watching them and going over which ones to keep and whether I can handle milking seven does twice a day next spring or not..... Sadly, the workload this past spring and the drought made the answer "no", so three of my girls need to find new homes...

ETA: I have said since we bought our first two that Lamanchas are better than dogs. We have had them three years and I still say that.

GoldenWood Farm · #13 07/21/12, 01:26 PM

Yep those LaMancha's are oozers of personality

. I fell in love 10yrs ago and haven't looked back since then. I have had Nigerians, Alpines, and Oberhasli or two, Nubians, Boers and nothing has come close in personality to my loving sweet LaManchas. They truly are the goat person's goat

. I second everyone else, go on the LaMancha Talk and ask on there about near by breeders.

Chewie you should come to the dark side...get LaManchas....

.

Justine

Bambitski · #14 07/21/12, 01:38 PM

I have to admit, I love my nigies. But.......my mini lamancha, she has the best personality. And the cutest little way to talk. So much quieter than my nigies. I dont plan on getting rid of my nigies, but eventually I hope to find some full blooded lamanchas for my crew. May have to look Alice up in the spring.

prairiedog · #15 07/21/12, 03:29 PM

They are great the only kind we would have.

Oat Bucket Farm · #16 07/21/12, 03:42 PM

I love my Manchas, but due to the drought (two years of drought have hit things hard out here), we too are looking for homes for them. Hay is just to hard to find and too expensive and all of the other feed keeps going up in cost too. Plus for time reasons, we need to do something different. I will be sad to see them go, but unlike the last time we had to sell goats, this isn't an emergency sell off. It's a decision we came to after much deliberation.

chewie · #17 07/21/12, 03:54 PM

when I can, I do believe that I would like to get one--but that is looong down the road. I wish I could, really I do. and if the one doe doesn't clear up her funky milk, well, I really dont' want to think that way!!....

but I have enjoyed the info.

Kshobbit · #18 07/21/12, 07:15 PM

I too love my LaMancha goats. I was very very fortunate to get 6 big bales of prairie hay from a friend, otherwise i would be like Tin Mom and Oak Bucket and be forced to sell. I have 3 milkers, one very very sweet buck (Chewie) and 2 doelings. That is too many but will try to keep them as long as possible. If we run out of water, that will change everything.
I was a die hard Nubian lover until my first LaMancha.

The Tin Mom · #19 07/21/12, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Kshobbit

I too love my LaMancha goats. I was very very fortunate to get 6 big bales of prairie hay from a friend, otherwise i would be like Tin Mom and Oak Bucket and be forced to sell. I have 3 milkers, one very very sweet buck (Chewie) and 2 doelings. That is too many but will try to keep them as long as possible. If we run out of water, that will change everything.
I was a die hard Nubian lover until my first LaMancha.

KSHobbit, Don't know if you saw the post, but we lost Chewie's dam about a month ago. She was a wonderful, sweet, easy going doe, with probably the best or second best udder I have ever seen. At the time we lost her, she had been milked through since Chewie was born, about thirteen months, and was still producing almost a gallon once a day He is the only kid she had that is still breedable. When times get better and we can expand our herd again, I would love to have some of Cami's line back in our herd.

The Tin Mom · #20 07/21/12, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Oat Bucket Farm

I love my Manchas, but due to the drought (two years of drought have hit things hard out here), we too are looking for homes for them. Hay is just to hard to find and too expensive and all of the other feed keeps going up in cost too. Plus for time reasons, we need to do something different. I will be sad to see them go, but unlike the last time we had to sell goats, this isn't an emergency sell off. It's a decision we came to after much deliberation.

We are right behind you. We were planning to keep all of our girls and maybe even add one or two, until Dh called the hay supplier while I was busy with the fair this week. Now, we need to figure out which ones we can feed on browse and who we can bear to let go. Ouch.