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<blockquote data-quote="Ready_fire_aim" data-source="post: 4113721" data-attributes="member: 50626"><p>Dairy goats? I wouldn’t recommend starting with that. Typically the milk producing breeds are a lot more expensive and obviously require way more work. </p><p></p><p>Goats can be very sensitive to parasites. As others have stated, you have to catch them every few months for routine health maintenance. </p><p></p><p>I do hair sheep. Purely for meat. They are even lower maintenance than goats. </p><p></p><p>It’s definitely all about having the proper set ups though. Good fencing. Catch pen. I have my different paddocks all connected so I can easily move them onto fresh sections of ground. As you grow, you will learn what you need to do to accommodate your situation. </p><p></p><p>With hair sheep I recommend people start small. Maybe just buy a couple of weathers to raise for a season then butcher. You will learn a lot. You will find the flaws of your fencing and infrastructure. You’ll find out if you really like dealing with animals or not. Etc… then if you wind up liking it, go ahead and get some females and start overwintering and breeding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ready_fire_aim, post: 4113721, member: 50626"] Dairy goats? I wouldn’t recommend starting with that. Typically the milk producing breeds are a lot more expensive and obviously require way more work. Goats can be very sensitive to parasites. As others have stated, you have to catch them every few months for routine health maintenance. I do hair sheep. Purely for meat. They are even lower maintenance than goats. It’s definitely all about having the proper set ups though. Good fencing. Catch pen. I have my different paddocks all connected so I can easily move them onto fresh sections of ground. As you grow, you will learn what you need to do to accommodate your situation. With hair sheep I recommend people start small. Maybe just buy a couple of weathers to raise for a season then butcher. You will learn a lot. You will find the flaws of your fencing and infrastructure. You’ll find out if you really like dealing with animals or not. Etc… then if you wind up liking it, go ahead and get some females and start overwintering and breeding. [/QUOTE]
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