Talk me down people...Edit, I didn't get her :(

[miss_thenorth]

so I was looking on kijiji this afternoon, and there is an ad for a saanen doe IN MILK, ftf, having freshened on Feb 14 of this year, for sale for $100.

Ok, I have a calf who won't be able to be bred until this summer. and two sheep in with my two horses. What's a goat, right?

edit b/c I forgot a 'b'

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

so I was looking on kijiji this afternoon, and there is an ad for a saanen doe IN MILK, ftf, having freshened on Feb 14 of this year, for sale for $100.

Ok, I have a calf who won't be able to be bred until this summer. and two sheep in with my two horses. What's a goat, right?

edit b/c I forgot a 'b'

I'm not going to be much help, LOL!
Here, that goat would have a price tag of $350.

 

[MorelCabin]

Of course you need a goat...the kids would love it...

 

[freemotion]

Yowza! Grab that!!!! She would pay her keep and her cost very quickly. You could sell her once you have a cow in milk, and make out like a bandit.

 

[Sunny]

I dont have goats. But have been pricing them.

Seems like a good deal.. Maybe one that is to good to be true.
Before purchase I would have her tested for the two diseases that goats get. I think one is CAE.. Cant remember the other one...

I know.. Im no help either.. I didnt talk you down.. LOL

 

[miss_thenorth]

I emailed the guy, she had only one kid, she is used to being with a donkey, and sheep. so she would essentially be ok with my horses and sheep. ( and cow). She is used to being hand milked. she comes when called by name (Cher) hwo long does a saanen milk out? I could milk her almost until the cow calves, right?

 

[big brown horse]

Saanens, aren't they great milkers? Isn't that what Vita is? (I would be driving home right now with a big goat in my back seat if I was up there!)

 

[miss_thenorth]

I dont have goats. But have been pricing them.

Seems like a good deal.. Maybe one that is to good to be true.
Before purchase I would have her tested for the two diseases that goats get. I think one is CAE.. Cant remember the other one...

I know.. Im no help either.. I didnt talk you down.. LOL

CAE, and CL. they don't affect the milk though, right?

Are they transferrable to sheep? Other than that, I am not overly concerned about that.

 

[miss_thenorth]

Saanens, aren't they great milkers? Isn't that what Vita is? (I would be driving home right now with a big goat in my back seat if I was up there!)

Yes , they ARE the milk goats., I am emailing the guy right now. I'm not crazy right?

 

[freemotion]

Saanens are often used in commercial dairies and are big producers. Do you know if the kid is on her or if they are milking her? I'd want to milk her. I hope they are not going to sell her away from a nursing kid that is not even a month old. But....she should lactate for several months. Some will keep going as long as you keep milking, as long as two years or even more! I bet Mya would've gone on indefinitely. Ksalvagno has one that is very difficult to dry up, too. But it is an individual thing, not a breed thing, as far as I know (within the dairy breeds.) If you can keep her going, you could still sell her in milk and do quite well!

So if the cow is bred in say, June, calves in March.....it is conceivable (hee-hee) that she will still be lactating, if you don't breed her and you feed her well. And if this is not her first time. She will likely reduce her output, but it will still likely provide for your household.

Do you know how old she is? Anything else about her? Pics?