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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Wannabeesmallholder on April 19, 2022, 10:40:57 pm

Title: Pygmy Goats
Post by: Wannabeesmallholder on April 19, 2022, 10:40:57 pm

Please excuse my ignorance and sorry if this is a daft question.. But Pigmy goats what are they for?

I Like them they look really cute etc. But what can be practically done with them, can they be milked or used for meat?

Or are they more of a pet for pedigree breeding  ???

Title: Re: Pygmy Goats
Post by: macgro7 on April 20, 2022, 12:17:05 am

You could theoretically use anything for meat, including a guine apig  :roflanim:
But realistically pygmy goats are almost exclusively pets

Title: Re: Pygmy Goats
Post by: Kiran on April 20, 2022, 07:09:37 am

My sister and her family have 3, they are purely pets, however a positive by product is that they eat all sorts of cuttings and brambles (pretty much anything but grass) and their waste makes excellent compost

Title: Re: Pygmy Goats
Post by: Anke on April 20, 2022, 09:13:57 am

In this part of the world Pygmies are pure pets, in the US the slightly bigger Dwarf Nigerian (different breed) is used for high butterfat milk and apparently makes excellent cheese.


If you are looking for a smaller but productive house/smallholding goat - Golden Guernseys are a good choice.


Pygmies are very difficult to keep to their enclosure...