First some background info. About 4 years ago we put the kids into 4-H. Started looking at taking goats, but couldn't find anyone with experience to help us. End up passing on animals the first year. Didn't like the club - they were boring and didn't do anything. We switched clubs. Found one we like - much larger, much more involved, and they had almost every type of animal represented. We also found a guy that I went to school with and really like (and trusted) that raised and sold 4-H goats. So we went back to the goats. First year we bought 2 Boer wethers and took them to the fair. Did pretty well. Last year then we bought 2 more Boer wethers and a Boer doe for breeding and an Alpine Dairy doe for breeding. So after all was said and done. We've had the 2 does all winters. Then in early February my wife and daughter had a brain fart and we bought a Pygmy that we've been bottle feeding. Then about 3 weeks ago we bought an Alpine that had been bred with my buddy that we bought our other goats from buck. She had her babies last Tuesday. She had a little buck and a little doe. So now we are up to 6 goats. We are also buying 4 more Boers (2 wethers, 2 does) as soon as they are ready so we will be up to 10 goats. We've been slowly gathering everything up we need and doing a lot of reading and learning. Still have a few things we need to get, but it is going pretty well so far and having a lot of fun. Thought I would attach a few pictures. Thse are our 1 year old Alpine and Boer. My daughter Ally was working with them for a science fair project over the winter.
Goal for this summer is to build a new barn for them as the current 8x16 shed isn't going to cut it this summer. Would like to go BIG, but budget constraints will probably keep it around 30x36.
BTW, the Alpine's (the tan one) name is Alaina. The Boer's (brown and white) name is Callie.
So far all of our goats (other than the Pygmy) are either registered with the American Dairy Goat Association or the American Boer Goat Association. We will try to keep anything used for breeding or milking registered. Anything raised for meat won't be.
Goal for this summer is to build a new barn for them as the current 8x16 shed isn't going to cut it this summer. Would like to go BIG, but budget constraints will probably keep it around 30x36.
BTW, the Alpine's (the tan one) name is Alaina. The Boer's (brown and white) name is Callie.
So far all of our goats (other than the Pygmy) are either registered with the American Dairy Goat Association or the American Boer Goat Association. We will try to keep anything used for breeding or milking registered. Anything raised for meat won't be.
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