If you are considering buying a goat, buy it. After all, she consumes much less feed than a cow. This is the most unpretentious animal in the household. You can endlessly talk about the healing qualities of goat milk. But besides milk, the goat gives wool, fluff, meat. Goat dung is much more useful as a fertilizer for the garden than any other. In short, do not ask what is the use of a goat. The benefits are great. The main thing is to choose the right goat.
Instructions
Step 1
It is not worth buying a goat in a hurry in the market. It is better to visit the goat farm beforehand. Here you can not only see the conditions in which the animals are kept, but also look at the parents. Such an important quality as milk yield depends on the breeding line. Choose a goat with good heredity.
Step 2
Offspring of breeding goats from good producers is not cheap, but it is better than keeping two or three animals with mediocre or even low milk yield. After all, first of all, you buy a goat for its milk.
Step 3
Don't buy goats from a closely related mix. Such animals do not have a high milk yield and are often marked by internal deformity.
Step 4
When buying an animal, pay attention to the appearance, condition of the coat, reaction to others. An old or sick goat looks depressed, with a saggy belly, the hair of such animals is dull and matted.
Step 5
Give the animal a crouton. The young goat will quickly gnaw it, and the old one will spend a long time in the mouth and only then swallow it.
Step 6
A healthy goat has quiet breathing, a clean nose, bright eyes and a good shiny coat.
Step 7
Pay attention to the udder. It should be firm, pear-shaped, and the nipples should be of medium size, comfortable for milking. Check your nipples. Sometimes goats have "blind" nipples or, conversely, with a double hole. Any deviations in the shape of the udder from the norm are a reason to refuse the purchase.
Step 8
Scratch the goat between the horns and sniff your hand. It has been noticed that an animal that does not have an unpleasant odor produces more delicious milk.
Step 9
When buying a young goat at the age of 2-3 months, make sure that it is not bisexual. Hermaphroditism in goats is not uncommon, and one should not expect high milk yield from such an animal. A good goat should have distinct sexual characteristics, outwardly should be "feminine" and not have a goat type of behavior.
Step 10
Choose a larger animal in the litter. Such goats are distinguished by good health and higher milk production. The skeleton of young goats is generally similar to the skeleton of an adult goat, but the legs of the young are longer and the head is more graceful. An animal that is too fragile in appearance, with short legs, seems graceful and petite, but with age it will not become your real nurse. Such a goat will remain sickly and frail.
