Raising Dairy Goats : Benefits of Raising Dairy Goats

[nguyenduchung1108]

soooooo cuteeeeeee

[sHAd0W11591]

Do goats produce milk on their own, or only when pregnant?

[trabuco9]

@sHAd0W11591 if there is people who eat goat cheese and drink goat milk, of course they produce milk without the need of pregnancy, think a little man.

[ricklorieba]

Goat cheese is the best cheese there is.

[moles2000]

Goat milk has a smaller fat globule, so it is easier to digest. The fat is naturally homogenized so the fat stays suspended in the milk.  Homogenization in store bought milk makes it undigestable.

[ulymac]

I want to raise a dairy goat no more than one and I have no clue where to start.

[maxrocks1]

This guy is hilariously awesome. I also love how he's almost permanently cuddling a little white kid :-P

[moles2000]

@maxrocks1 That's because they are soo cuddly, baby goats are easy to love on!!!

[bradleyc79]

wow

[marie2264]

Thank you for this series, my family is curious about raising goats one day and your videos have been very helpful and informative :)

[roarul]

This goat is sooo cute! It is sooo sweeet.

[bitterballoffrogs]

Thanks for your response.

What sort of barn do you need for a few or four nannies over the winter (I was thinking of West Coast Newfoundland, very windy, salt water blow) and do they have a mating season or is it just anytime they feel like it, like humans?

[yankeegurl62]

they come into season...or actually 'heat'...

[gokory]

@bitterballoffrogs most dairy breeds go into heat in fall when the days get shorter

this pertains to lamanchas, saanen. alpines, oberhasli, and even nubians despite the fact that they're from north africa, boer goats, kikos, nigereian dwarfs and pygmys plus savanna goats breed in all seasons but winter for the most part

[Gloc998]

can i ask something? some people are allergic to dairy products right? i came here to ask if you can drink GOATS milk. because i have watched an anime about BREAD where a part there explains that some people cant eat bread with Cows milk. But the main character was smart enough to think of an alternative. A Goats Milk Bread. when he made it, those people that cant eat cows milk liked the bread with goats milk... so does goats milk have any allergic elements???

[yankeegurl62]

ask your doctor, but my grandson has allergys to cow's milk...it's a protien thing...and cows milk makes him real sick..hives, belly ache, the whole nine yards...NOT goats milk...and he loves the taste...AND he gets the health benifits of goats milk...ask you doctor..and try it...

[bitterballoffrogs]

I've milked "wild" or "free range" goats out at Joe's place outside of Meridan, Mississippi.

We had to wrangle the goat and then tie her to a tree root to milk her, all the while fighting off the billies, who seemed to know a good bondage situation when they saw it.

Anyway, I might be in a position to have enough land to keep a few animals. Do goats get along with ducks?

How do goats do in the snow? How high a fence?

[kalecgos978]

goats are really hardy animals so they will do great in many tough conditions. so snow wont be a problem.

goats are ok with ducks.......

they dont fight or anything but the ducks can spread this waterfowl diesease to other animals.

u can have even half an acre and have a few goats.

also goats need about a fence tht is 5 ft.(you can get away with 4 1/2 ft. but dont go with anything lower then tht or they will escape!)

hope the info helped

[sgtmelisa]

Good Question?

[gokory]

how do u make your living from goats?escpecially hand milking....