LEARN MORE AT: http://www.BeckysHomestead.com In this homesteading video Becky visits a goat farm to pick out her dairy goats. Becky also reads a letter from…
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25 Responses to How to Visit a Goat Farm & Pick Out a Baby Goat for Goat Milk & Goat Cheese
I dream about the same thing.
Add a fish pond, grains, produce and garden crops.
I am with you. I just might to get my dream to come true soon. My friend is going to help me with it. He is one hell of a friend. Granted he is going to make a profit but not much. He is more about helping me do this.Friends like this are hard to come by.
Oh, by the way, one thing to look for is uneven udders. This can be an early sign of mastitis. With goats that nurse their kids, it can just be damage to the udders due to the kids or the kids are not nursing evenly or the doe is not being milked out completely on one side, but it better to be safe than sorry. If you look at the black doe in the video, she has an uneven udder. Way to go on your homestead, though. It looks great!
WRONG! We pull babies to prevent the possibility of CAE in our herd. I test ANUALLY for CAE. I vaccinate for TB anually as well as overeaters. (YES there is a vaccine). We bottle raise all of your babies from milk we milk from our does. Bottle fed kids are MUCH easier to handle and much less work in you herd than dam raised kids. DO NOT buy from some one who cannot not show you written test results. But, no, good dairies so not pull to avoid testing.
I too would love to have a couple baby Nigerian Dwarf milking goats and hope to within the next year. I noticed you too two little babies for milking. I can only assume you then bred them to start the milking process, did you keep the babies or sell them?
I’d LOVE to live that life style. Unfortunately, if I sold everything I have…I’d just have nothing 🙂 Certainly couldn’t afford to buy land, build house, and survive on just my desires. Hats off to you !!!
I dream about the same thing.
Add a fish pond, grains, produce and garden crops.
Salomon Snow
June 3, 2013 at 4:02 pm
They are herd animals and do better with other goats.
Charles Upton
June 3, 2013 at 4:19 pm
Do you always need two goats? Or is one milk goat sufficient for just getting started. Or do you have to have two so they don’t get lonely?
GentleHeart001
June 3, 2013 at 4:49 pm
long horns? do you mean leg horns?
grace bujnowski
June 3, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Geim
jmanier100
June 3, 2013 at 5:17 pm
I am with you. I just might to get my dream to come true soon. My friend is going to help me with it. He is one hell of a friend. Granted he is going to make a profit but not much. He is more about helping me do this.Friends like this are hard to come by.
Mad Max
June 3, 2013 at 5:43 pm
me too….single? lol
Bee Farmer
June 3, 2013 at 6:31 pm
Lovely!
gart97
June 3, 2013 at 6:32 pm
What a nice video! I’ve only kept goats for a few years but I would suggest your video if I had a friend looking for goats for the first time
Melody DeLury
June 3, 2013 at 7:03 pm
Where are they located, I googled them and found something in Fl, is that them. Thanks
r7mart
June 3, 2013 at 7:07 pm
super
VijayDecent
June 3, 2013 at 8:03 pm
Oh, by the way, one thing to look for is uneven udders. This can be an early sign of mastitis. With goats that nurse their kids, it can just be damage to the udders due to the kids or the kids are not nursing evenly or the doe is not being milked out completely on one side, but it better to be safe than sorry. If you look at the black doe in the video, she has an uneven udder. Way to go on your homestead, though. It looks great!
Zizkamaus
June 3, 2013 at 8:55 pm
WRONG! We pull babies to prevent the possibility of CAE in our herd. I test ANUALLY for CAE. I vaccinate for TB anually as well as overeaters. (YES there is a vaccine). We bottle raise all of your babies from milk we milk from our does. Bottle fed kids are MUCH easier to handle and much less work in you herd than dam raised kids. DO NOT buy from some one who cannot not show you written test results. But, no, good dairies so not pull to avoid testing.
Zizkamaus
June 3, 2013 at 9:46 pm
Live smart, work smart and pursue your dreams. You will accomplish what you desire most! Good luck!
juufa72
June 3, 2013 at 10:10 pm
I too would love to have a couple baby Nigerian Dwarf milking goats and hope to within the next year. I noticed you too two little babies for milking. I can only assume you then bred them to start the milking process, did you keep the babies or sell them?
I’d LOVE to live that life style. Unfortunately, if I sold everything I have…I’d just have nothing 🙂 Certainly couldn’t afford to buy land, build house, and survive on just my desires. Hats off to you !!!
ky prepper
June 3, 2013 at 10:14 pm
Everyday I dream of owning land in the country, maybe even off a dirt road. I want goats, chickens, the whole shabang.
Nubian Locs
June 3, 2013 at 10:18 pm
what kind of facilities do you need to keep them?
bodhisattva99
June 3, 2013 at 11:08 pm
how much land do you need to support a small herd? what kind of land?
bodhisattva99
June 3, 2013 at 11:48 pm
nubians are the best for milk IMO
Phorcydes T
June 3, 2013 at 11:58 pm
I just love goats!
Shannen Bananerzz
June 4, 2013 at 12:22 am
Becky, you have the life aI would like for me and my wife. May God keep you and your animals healthy and happy.
alejonsu
June 4, 2013 at 12:28 am
you should use a mic. it is hard to hear
Farmer Nate
June 4, 2013 at 1:03 am
Just finished posting a video about picking out a dairy goat breed that’s right for you. It’s on our channel you should check it out! Thanks!
ByTheTreeFarmGoods
June 4, 2013 at 1:16 am
Does Cat/Kat have a youtube channel?
quailjailss
June 4, 2013 at 2:09 am
” i know ya love me” haha
your vids are a delight plus helpful !
thank you for investing in others.
sisterv2009
June 4, 2013 at 3:08 am