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05-16-2021, 08:36 PM
Hi,
We are fairly new to goats (4years). My oldest wanted to do goats for 4H and I wanted to make goat milk soap. We bought a Nubian wether kid as companion to Nubain doe kid. Nubain doe ended up with Founder at 1 year of age (our mistake). The company sold us moldy grain and upon returning it, all goat grain was moldy so husband bought sheep grain after seeing it was similar but not similar enough apparently. We also bought a Market Boer this first year. This one was hard at fair time. The nubain wether was shown when he was 1.5 years old as a wagon cart goat.
Fast forward 2 more years and my next daughter wanted to also do goats for 4H. We then bought a market Boer doe (our hearts could not send her to market once fair time came around so we kept her for breeding) and another Nubian dairy goat (Shelly).
Last year, we tried to see if Shelly would go into heat by a urine soaked rag from a neighbor's nubain goat dairy farm. Shelly wanted nothing to do with it. We was way too busy to try much harder with breeding her or the Boer. We did not go to fair last year d/t covid restrictions.
This year they are too old for breeding class without actually being bred for 4H showing (If they are 3 years old, they have to be bred to show). So, I signed my daughters up to show Nubain wether as cart goat, Nubain doe as pack goat, and Boer as pack goat so they could still participate in the fair. As I am researching, neither of these breeds are good representations of pack/cart goats. My Nubain wether was so good and calm right off the bat pulling wagon but we have not hooked him up in almost 2 years. We will be working with all them on pack/cart starting soon. Fair is end of August through Labor Day.
Question...Do I try to find my own bucks and make a pasture for them or use the dairy farm from down the road to breed (Nubain goats)? Making goat milk soap
Should I try to cross breed with a goat that would be good as pack/cart and milk production?
We can use our goats for pack/cart but around here is mostly flat farm land. Husband does cut wood and we could use them for that purpose. My oldest did enjoy doing harness cart the one year she did it but, she couldn't last year because of the obvious. My other daughter will be new to pack goat this year.
How should I move forward? I need to plan now for breeding purposes and getting a pasture set up if I go that route.
We are fairly new to goats (4years). My oldest wanted to do goats for 4H and I wanted to make goat milk soap. We bought a Nubian wether kid as companion to Nubain doe kid. Nubain doe ended up with Founder at 1 year of age (our mistake). The company sold us moldy grain and upon returning it, all goat grain was moldy so husband bought sheep grain after seeing it was similar but not similar enough apparently. We also bought a Market Boer this first year. This one was hard at fair time. The nubain wether was shown when he was 1.5 years old as a wagon cart goat.
Fast forward 2 more years and my next daughter wanted to also do goats for 4H. We then bought a market Boer doe (our hearts could not send her to market once fair time came around so we kept her for breeding) and another Nubian dairy goat (Shelly).
Last year, we tried to see if Shelly would go into heat by a urine soaked rag from a neighbor's nubain goat dairy farm. Shelly wanted nothing to do with it. We was way too busy to try much harder with breeding her or the Boer. We did not go to fair last year d/t covid restrictions.
This year they are too old for breeding class without actually being bred for 4H showing (If they are 3 years old, they have to be bred to show). So, I signed my daughters up to show Nubain wether as cart goat, Nubain doe as pack goat, and Boer as pack goat so they could still participate in the fair. As I am researching, neither of these breeds are good representations of pack/cart goats. My Nubain wether was so good and calm right off the bat pulling wagon but we have not hooked him up in almost 2 years. We will be working with all them on pack/cart starting soon. Fair is end of August through Labor Day.
Question...Do I try to find my own bucks and make a pasture for them or use the dairy farm from down the road to breed (Nubain goats)? Making goat milk soap
Should I try to cross breed with a goat that would be good as pack/cart and milk production?
We can use our goats for pack/cart but around here is mostly flat farm land. Husband does cut wood and we could use them for that purpose. My oldest did enjoy doing harness cart the one year she did it but, she couldn't last year because of the obvious. My other daughter will be new to pack goat this year.
How should I move forward? I need to plan now for breeding purposes and getting a pasture set up if I go that route.