New to the goat world

Welcome!! This place is perfect to learn everything you will ever need to know. April is a good time for her to kid because you won't have to worry about cold weather...I have most of mine due in March. I have dairy goats, but do not milk them so unfortunately I can't tell you much about the milking aspect. There is a link underneath the "stickies" that will tell you everything you need to have for kidding! Good luck and we are glad you are here! :thumbup:

Thank you. so far ive found all this to be very helpful since i only have about 5 months to get her and myself ready. So thank you, im really enjoying this "community":dance:

welcome!

this forum is great to gather information. also, check out Fiasco Farms. they have TONS of great info.

this site is super helpful, ive already gathered alot of information. I found this site called caprinesupply.com and they have a basic milking kit which is perfect for me. :type:

Hoegger Supply and Premier One are two more companies you might want to check out. For vaccinations, needles, syringes and general vet supplies visit Jeffers or PBS Animal Health. Welcome to the forum and good luck with your goats!

Welcome to TGS! I would say for starters, read,read,read! You will learn so much on here, your head will spin! But eventually it sinks in with repetition, and if you have any specific questions there are really good folks on here that have a plethora of info and experience and will help you out.

Oh, and do you have a buddy for her? Goats are herd animals and need at least one friend

Yes she does have a buddy shes a alpine/nubian cross and they get along great. I also have a alpine wether but i have to find him a home, he is very mean to the other goats and im scared that he will mistreat the kids when they are born.

Aww, that's too bad about the wether... but hopefully the girls will do just fine

Petunia_0013 said:

Yes she does have a buddy shes a alpine/nubian cross and they get along great. I also have a alpine wether but i have to find him a home, he is very mean to the other goats and im scared that he will mistreat the kids when they are born.

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I would be putting him in the freezer instead of passing on a problem animal.

Ya i think they will do fine, they really enjoy being with my horse so they are really never too lonely. :smile:

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I would be putting him in the freezer instead of passing on a problem animal.

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The people that are taking him will be "putting him in the freezer" but i was trying to word it nicely.

hahaha...that is putting it nicely

Ya it is better than "murdering" haha. I just got a little attached to him and dont really want that image in my head. Although i better get used to it, my dad wants to raise meat goats.

Goat meat is delicious. I have processed one of mine that I was close to, but it turned out ok. I just let it stay in the freezer for a bit before using it. Now I don't name the babies I have and am hoping that will make it easier as well.

Ive only tried goat meat once but it was very good. Thats actually what got my dad to wantmeat goats and youre right i think the best way to do it is not naming them.:grin:

Yep. No names and give them a good life. Then you know you're meat is healthy and clean. I love it...I also buy sheep (I prefer not to call it lamb because everyone thinks of a baby sheep) from a friend of mine and that is delicious as well. I no longer purchase beef due to cost and how they are treated so the sheep/goat meat replaces that

Yes ive heard that sheep is very good. And see we will be moving in a couple months to where we will have more room for our animals, thats exactly why we want to get started on oir farm, i mean people used to live off their animals so why cant we? And like you said the cost of everything is going up, just another reason to raise your own animals. Whats the saying? No farms, no food.:smile:

Welcome from Washington state! I have some milkers and some meat goats... A few months ago we put a couple of wethers into the freezer... And they have been delicious! I called them "the BBQ boys" from the time they were born