Guest guest Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 hi rebecca - your goat will appreciate and be much happier if she has a friend. They will absolutely need a place to get into out of the weather as goats hate to get wet. You might need to check with the ordinances where you live to make sure you can have a goat in your backyard. Check out the list of plants that are poisonous to goats (just google it) so you can remove any of them that you might have growing in your yard. Also, if you have any favorite trees, you should think seriously about putting a fence around them that is far enough away from the trunk to keep the goats away from chewing on the bark - they like bark. Just a simple circular fence at least 4 feet away from the tree trunk will be good to preserve the life of your tree. Consider with your two goats to stagger their breeding program so one is dried off from milking shortly after the second one has kidded and is in milk for you again. IF you are wise in your goat purchases, you can actually ask/expect your lovely goats to produce for more than one milking season and not have to breed them every year. Of course, if you have this opportunity arise, you won't be staggering them for some portion of that extended lactation. Hope my info is helpful. Have a great day and I hope you can get some goats!! susan fitts davis www.southerntouchfarm.com Mississippi Home of Bayberry, the 2010 ADGA National Reserve Grand Champion Oberhasli Senior Doe backyard dairy goat Hi! I am moving and I can't find a source for raw milk. Would it be a lot of trouble for me to keep a dairy goat in my backyard? Would I need a little house for the goat or just a shaded area? Would the goat be sad to live by itself? Thanks for any advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Well said. The other common thing people find is that all those volunteers to help milk disappear very quickly once the novelty wears off. Or the goats decide that the new person is not their milker and they show their displeasure at the change in routine. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.‎"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."Kurtis Stavenwww.wildthingorganics.ca You need two goats. They are herd animals and one by itself would be miserable. If your goal is to have healthy raw milk, you need to think about the well being of the animal that it comes from. TOP notch nutrition and minerals, comfortable draft free shelter, room to roam about and exercise and a companion. Take away any of these and your quality of milk drops. The other thing to think about is that the goat needs to be milked 2 x a day EVERY single day. You take no vacations, no over nighters.....your whole lifestyle changes. Are you ready to make the commitment? Goats are wonderful animals and can be lots of fun if you want to do that sort of thing.. They can be a terrible pain and cause lots of trouble if you truely don't enjoy everything that goes along with a dairy animal. Rhonda.....milking goats now for 13 years and looking to do it for another 13 if not more. backyard dairy goat Hi! I am moving and I can't find a source for raw milk. Would it be a lot of trouble for me to keep a dairy goat in my backyard? Would I need a little house for the goat or just a shaded area? Would the goat be sad to live by itself? Thanks for any advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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