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  • From: "Norma Sutton" <sweetspringfarm@gmail.com>
  • To: champpeak@yahoo.com, "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Dairy Goats
  • Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:33:10 -0400

Velma,
It depends on the line.  If your Nigerians are from lines developed for hand milking they milk real easy.  I also have LaManchas and will be breeding for mini manchas next spring.  I also have a couple of other Nigerian crosses.  I like the crosses because they seem to be much better at utilizing the forage here.
Norma

On 8/18/08, Velma Ward <champpeak@yahoo.com> wrote:
I live in South Central New Mexico and raise registered Dairy Goats. I have Lamanchas and Mini Lamanchas. The Mini's are a cross between Nigerian Dwarfs and Lamanchas. Nigerian Dwarfs are very hard to milk , thus the breeding with the larger breeds to develop a mid-sized dairy goat with an ancestry of excellent milk. My minis give me about a gallon a day during peak season. They are of very good tempermant, actually very loving and cost little to feed unless you have a great big herd. The cheese that I can make is also excellent, althouh the Grade A Dairy Standards in New Mexico make it impossible for a small farm to be able to sell milk and cheese. Other states have less strictrules that allow small farmers to market their products without having a pasteurizer that holds 200 gallons of milk. If you are interested in purchasing dairy goats, I would be happy to talk to you.





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