Posted on 08/18/2017 4:12:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If you consider buying a farm or you already have some field and want to use it for this purpose, you would need to know about 10 easiest goat breeds to raise.
First of all, you need to know why to choose goats instead of cows, pigs, or sheep? They give the same product as these three breeds, but products of cows, pigs, and sheep are more in demand.
Well, that is true, but, when you look at the numbers, you will see that raising goats is more profitable and better in every matter than keeping these three. First of all, goats give milk, meat, leather, fur, and dung. On the other hand, these three breeds give meat, while only cow gives us milk, and only sheep gives the wool. And pigs? They are only used for their meat and that’s all. By raising goats, you get three in one.
The second thing is the expenses you would have. Each of these animals has different nutrition and require different care, which means that you will spend more time and money than with goats.
And the third, but also the most important thing of all, the products of goats, even though not that much in demand, but are much healthier than any of these other’s farm breeds, especially the milk. The only reason why people don’t rush into stores or on farms to buy fresh goat products is the lack of knowledge the society in general has regarding these creatures.
Their biggest pros are the milk. First of all, it is a lot healthier. It lacks in proteins that cause milk allergy that is very frequent for toddlers, which is why their parents completely forbid every milk product even though, especially kids, need it because of their proper growth and development. Besides that, goat milk is digested a lot easier than the cow milk, the percentage of fat is low, and the most important, goat milk is completely TBC free.
If you are looking forward to bringing the whole production to the next level, you will be happy to know that, even in this case, it is more profitable for you to raise goats. The amount of milk is being counted by comparing the body mass to the milk production ability. While cows produce 5-6 times milk as their body mass, the goat produces about 10 times as much milk as their body mass. Although the body mass of cows is bigger than with goats, these results are still remarkable.
So what are the 10 easiest goat breeds to raise? Click on it and find out.
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I like goats but cannot imagine living with one in the house.
How do you separate the men from the goats in Saudi Arabia?
With a crowbar, of course!
Thank you, thank you very much! I’m here all week. Try the veal!
Alpaca tastes like.... alpaca. It really has a flavor all it's own. Not a bit like chicken. :)
It is very low in fat. Treat it pretty much the way you would venison.
I don’t know where you came about your knowledge...but my goats ate EVERYTHING!
And they weren’t starved, either.
Wow! I had never heard of fainting goats.
Thanks for the link.
:-)
Don’t forget being able to market your goats in your general area. There are areas where people have goats and there is a good market for them. Where I am there are none to few raising goats at any given time. Several people have tried to raise goats in large numbers here over the years and all have failed. The goats do well here but marketing them is hard and expensive. Buyers looking for goats/goat products to purchase don’t come to this area, we are off the beaten path and our closest livestock auction never has enough goats to attract serious buyers to their sales.
Goats really do work well in the right locations.
I would think Dearborn, Michigan or Alexandria, Virginia would be swimming in goats.
My sister was born premature during WWII and she could not tolerate milk. Doctors told my parents they could do nothing and she could not thrive, sent her home not expecting her to live. Told my parents to just love her until she passed.
My dad and grandfather were raising sheep and had Basque herders working for them. One of the older Basque men told my dad to feed her fresh goat milk right out of the goat and not add anything. It worked! My dad or mom had to literally milk the goat for each feeding for her but she not only survived she thrived on it. She did have some respiratory and other issues from being a preemie but the feeding issue was solved.
My mother said the doctors were amazed and called her a miracle baby, yet did not start recommending goat milk for other babies. My mother never understood why goats milk was not promoted here especially for children.
Look up fainting goats on youtube. Anything that scares them causes them to faint.
I know people who raised their kids on goat milk because they could not tolerate anything else as infants, even the formulas etc.
I think goat’s milk is under rated. It is very healthy and far easier to digest than cows milk. Especially for the little ones. I am sure many have used it, I have never heard of a doctor recommending it though. My oldest daughter is a nurse and said she learned in nursing school that it was the best alternate to human breast milk out there. Then she told me she had never heard a doctor recommend it. Does not make sense.
I think the solution to the problems in the Middle East is to somehow make them all go back to herding goats in the desert. They were not able to cause so much trouble then.
The medical community does not take nutrition seriously.
They’d rather prescribe a pill.
This guy looks like my Casper; the Friendly Goat.
Jack, his brother, is dead.
He died Tuesday evening at Purdue’s Large Animal Hospital
He was on an iv but the medicine was not working
First diagnosis is kidney failure
I donated his body for an autopsy and for vet students to learn from
Wife and I went there today to say goodbye to him
He just looked like he was sleeping
He was a little more than 9 1/2 years old,
Being born early 2008
Thank you all for praying and especially my grand-daughter for being extra helpful in giving him treats and loving while we were gone on vacation.
The vet said even getting him help sooner wouldn’t have saved him. They said if he was human, he’d be on dialysis.
They said they’d let me know what the results of the autopsy reveal.
He was a good goat and my favorite. He was the Alpha and we interacted a lot together.
This guy looks like my Casper; the Friendly Goat.
I’d post pictures but they are being held for ransom by PHOTOBUCKET
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Goats are incredibly susceptible to GI parasites and sometimes require monthly deworming. They are far more labor intensive to raise then cattle and the constant need to deworm them is not without expense.
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