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.