Let me tell you a little bit about how we got started into goats. I wasn't expecting
to get into it quite so far. I was looking for a way to naturally "clean" our pastures
from the coarse mesquite and other nuisance weeds. I was also trying to find a
dependable source of income that would not compete for food with our Spanish
Mustang Horses.
I started looking into what it would take to raise meat goats. I found two goats
from a student of mine who said they raise them and had some to sell. I knew from
the reading, that I started doing, that one didn't do really well, they are herd
animals like our horses. We started with Belle, a Nubian mix and Gretta, a Boer
mix. Gretta was expecting when we got her and she had two fine little boys.
(Gretta and her boys headed to the butcher very shortly.) Knowing that a herd of
one is not a herd we started looking for bucks, Spanish bucks to be exact, along
came Al.
My husband got a Belgian Malinois puppy and heard
that goat milk really helped them develop....so, he
lovingly suggested dairy goats. Being a teacher by
profession, I started researching what it would mean
getting into dairy. I quickly decided on the Nigerian's
because of their size and amount of production. They
also have a higher milk fat content which I thought would be good for the puppies.
I found and fell in love with Daffy from the Pecan Hollow Farm. My husband and I
both agreed we needed good stock. She has won several awards as a Junior doe.
Once we agreed on one we got 3 more from the same place. Daffy was joined by
Tricity, Iris and Waltz Across Texas (Spanky for short).
I didn't want to give up on the Spanish Goats but they are very hard to find. I
wanted good known stock. I went to the International Goat Research Center
located on the Prairie View A & M campus and came up with Antonio and Maria to
start my Spanish flock.
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