Posted by GregCO on January 24, 2012 at 18:43:12 from (75.196.254.115):
In Reply to: GOATS posted by JR FRYE on January 24, 2012 at 10:49:54:
We have been raising dairy goats for quite some time now. I think they are great animals to have around. At our peak we had 200 head on a dairy milking twice a day in a 12 up parlor. Milking was the best part of the day. Just me and the girls trying to scratch out a living, but I enjoy milking. Some people don't. They are a little too smart for their own good though and good fences are a must or you will make your self crazy trying to keep them in. They quickly figure out weak spots and gate latches. Good quality alfalfa and a 12% to 16% grain mix is all they need along with a good loose mineral. Be careful with too much corn. They can founder just like a horse and be crippled for life. My grain mix has rolled corn in it. They don't digest whole corn well so it is a waste and hard on teeth. As for the bucks and weathers, don't feed grass hay and grain. It increases chances of urinary stones and can end their life quickly due to the calcium to phosphorus ratios being out of balance. If you are going to feed grass to the boys feed no grain. If you feed alfalfa a little grain for them is okay. If you are milking the girls feed good alfalfa and grain and they will make great milk. All breedings were planned via live cover or AI. We would hand breed or AI all the doe's each fall and would run a cover buck in with them after that just to be sure. The milk never changed flavors just because there was a cover buck in the pen. We would milk the girls up to six weeks before kidding and then dry them off and give them a rest. Some refused to dry off and would milk straight through. The dairy is gone now, but we still have a small herd at home (30 head) and enjoy the milk, cheese, ice cream, and meat. Can't imagine life without them. Just a sucker I guess.
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