Fantastic thread! Even though I'm not debating between cows and goats, you all were very thoughtful and thorough with the info you gave. I'm so thankful to have found y'all.
Smaller would be great, less intimidating to my city slicker children! I was going with those because of what some other site said the milk tastes like. Thinking back it was a silly way to go about it, but now I'm here so I'll have much better advice and information on hand.
Milk is my main purpose because of my daughters allergy to cow milk and everything that happens to have milk in it. I've only just started looking at breeds and which produces the tastiest milk and enough to make ice-cream, cheeses and such. So far it seems like I'd want either a Nubian or la...
Thank you everyone for the warm welcome! BYC has been awesome and I can definitely see I'll have a great time here too! I'm embarrassed to admit but I used to be addicted to Facebook, since I don't work that adds up to hours and hours a day, but between BYC and BYH I spend most my time here now...
Thank you so much for sharing. You definitely mentioned things that I would have never even considered, yet it makes sense that before you get anything, make sure it's healthy, but for far greater reasons than I thought.
Lake County Florida, Leesburg to be more precise. I don't have any herd animals yet but I joined because I've been considering getting a goat for milking, my daughter is allergic to cows milk (not lactose intolerant though). I've just started my first flock of chicks and chickens and really...
I'm looking to learn as much as I can about goats before I get one. I just started chicken raising and its a blast! So I want to venture more into farming and getting back to basics of living