Normal prices for Nubians?

[SDGsoap&dairy]

have proven fairly easy keepers

I completely agree with the other stuff you said, but are you CRAZY??!! I did note the qualifier "fairly," so I'm thinking you meant easy keepers for a Nubian ...

Don't kill me folks, I'm not hating.

 

[helmstead]

Yep, for a Nubian...if ya don't wanna see their complete skeletal anatomy! They do eat as much as my horses each meal when they're in milk... but I like my dairy goats pretty well conditioned.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Yep, for a Nubian...if ya don't wanna see their complete skeletal anatomy! They do eat as much as my horses each meal when they're in milk... but I like my dairy goats pretty well conditioned.

Gotta love 'em anyway.

 

[KellyHM]

Thanks again for all the replies! I'm assuming FF means first freshening?

My Nubians are mainly my pets (love them!). However, with that being said I would like to get into showing and milking, and would like to be able to sell kids for a decent price to recoup SOME of my expenses for feeding them. I don't expect them to pay me, but being able to sell kids for $300+ instead of $150 would be nice. I also want them disease free.

The first 2 girls I bought off Craigslist are gorgeous and good milkers, BUT they tested CAE positive and I found out later the breeder KNEW their dam had CAE and still let her raise them. However, at the time I bought them I wasn't aware of all that, so I guess I'm a little gun shy now and feel like it's worth the money to buy from someone who is a little more vigilent. (These girls will be going to their "retirement" home in the spring before any new Nubians are introduced.)

 

[mossyStone]

Here in my area Northwesten Washington State.. A well bred Nubain doe, ADGA papered tested, on milk test ect ect can go for 500.00 plus.. FF out of these herds can go for 250.00 Well bred bucks 300.00 out of proven sire and dams.

And then on craigs list you can find Nubians for 150.00 and under....


Mossy Stone Home to

Nubains and Pygora's

 

[Ariel301]

If you are looking for top quality show animals that will milk well and are guaranteed to be in good health, that looks like a nice place to go. Yeah, they're pricey...but not out of line, I'd say. I don't have anything to compare to here, I have a tough time selling registered purebred LaMancha doelings from good show bloodlines and tested for everything for $100, since the farm down the road sells "LaManchas" (i.e. elf eared goats of questionable heritage with obvious Boer style coloration--but it has an udder, so it must be a good milk goat, right?) for $20 apiece, with no paperwork, no tests, no disbudding.

 

[phoenixmama]

I agree with the previous posters...I'm in Arizona. Not too far from here we've got M's Sagebrush Acres, Six M Galaxy, Jacob's Pride...all into showing. Those kids sell for minimum of $600. We also have a couple really great grade A dairies that get some their breeding stock from these herds, and do the DHIR stuff but are in goats for the milk so kids go for $300-$400.

I paid $350 a piece for my two doelings. Lots of SG titles, Elite sires, top ten milkers, and more stars then I can count...but their mamas were first fresheners.

 

[KellyHM]

I have an appointment tomorrow to go and see the farm that I posted the link to. I'm planning on putting a deposit on a kid from very nice lines for $500 and possibly a second one out of a FF for $350. Plus the person who runs the farm has invited me over when she does her linear apprasial so I can have mine done cheap! And she's going to help me get set up with showing, DHIR, etc.

 

[phoenixmama]

I have an appointment tomorrow to go and see the farm that I posted the link to. I'm planning on putting a deposit on a kid from very nice lines for $500 and possibly a second one out of a FF for $350. Plus the person who runs the farm has invited me over when she does her linear apprasial so I can have mine done cheap! And she's going to help me get set up with showing, DHIR, etc.

Sounds like that will work out just great!

 

[savingdogs]

Why is the offspring of a first freshener worth less?