There is no better addition to the suburban lifestyle than the dairy goat, or more clearly goats. Each goat needs ten square feet of shed or barn space and a minimal amount of yard space. Goat milk, pretty much tastes like cow milk. The fat content will vary with such things as air temperature, diet and goat age. A single milking goat will get lonely and blue, so it needs a companion goat of either a non-milking female or non-breeding male. Most goats aren't stinky, but breeding males can be a bit smelly.( I know what that's like). The angora goat might make a nice companion goat. They can be sheared for the wool, I think.
Goats need to be milked every twelve hours. They can be a bit wiggly I hear and hard to milk until you get the hang of it. You might get a gallon of milk a day out of a nice dairy goat.
Someone told me this stuff. I'm sure there's more to it. But it was enough to pique my interest. Does it pique yours?
Ideally you could trade in your lawn mower for the starter goat. No point in cutting the grass when you have a goat standing by, ready to turn it into milk.
ReplyDeleteThen there's the matter of goat by-products. With phosphorous prices rising by 150% since 2007, how's the local suburban squire supposed to fertilize his veggie garden?
God help me, but this whole thing is starting to sound more and more attractive!