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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: Pinecooler on May 22, 2016, 09:56:06 am

Title: WTD: goats in aberdeenshire, young, old, male or female
Post by: Pinecooler on May 22, 2016, 09:56:06 am

Looking for some goats to take care of an area of rough land.

Ideally looking for a breed that could be used for milk, meat or both.

Not fussed about rare or pure breed, just looking for reasonably priced animals.

As per subject not too fussed about sex or age.

Title: Re: WTD: goats in aberdeenshire, young, old, or female
Post by: verdifish on May 22, 2016, 11:54:06 am

Whats reasonably priced? 

Title: Re: WTD: goats in aberdeenshire, young, old, or female
Post by: harmony on May 22, 2016, 12:47:32 pm

Goats are presently very good trade in the South

Title: Re: WTD: goats in aberdeenshire, young, old, or female
Post by: Pinecooler on May 22, 2016, 01:54:00 pm

Reasonably priced? Not sure really. Have seen some female saanen kids going for £70 each, and some female pygmy kids going for 250. It'd be at the lower end of that scale that I'd consider.

The price of goats always surprises me. Considering how comparatively little you can pickup weaners and lambs for.

Title: Re: WTD: goats in aberdeenshire, young, old, or female
Post by: clydesdaleclopper on May 22, 2016, 03:28:24 pm

Quote from: Pinecooler on May 22, 2016, 01:54:00 pm

The price of goats always surprises me. Considering how comparatively little you can pickup weaners and lambs for.

Well unlike pigs goats only tend to have 2 offspring for a start. They are also more expensive to feed than sheep. If people don't keep their own billy goat they have to pay a £40 service fee to get them mated. Then there is the cost of disbudding (currently about £60 a time with my vet).

Title: Re: WTD: goats in aberdeenshire, young, old, or female
Post by: Pinecooler on May 22, 2016, 03:58:18 pm

I'm not questioning the prices I just said that it surprises me.

As per my post I've seen a few kids going for the £70 mark but they are either quite far away or have already sold. Just looking for something closer to home.

Title: Re: WTD: goats in aberdeenshire, young, old, or female
Post by: verdifish on May 22, 2016, 05:12:20 pm

If you find more than you need for that price can you let me know please.

Title: Re: WTD: goats in aberdeenshire, young, old, male or female
Post by: Roxy on May 29, 2016, 02:07:08 pm

I have just bottle fed 3 kids, and taking into account milk, feed and hay, worming and jabs, I sell my females for £130 each. More if registered,

Title: Re: WTD: goats in aberdeenshire, young, old, male or female
Post by: aess35 on May 29, 2016, 11:21:25 pm

Hi there you still looking for goats

Title: Re: WTD: goats in aberdeenshire, young, old, male or female
Post by: Pinecooler on May 30, 2016, 06:20:35 am

No I managed to pick up 3 kids yesterday: a saanen billy, a saanen girl and a togganberg for the target price I was looking for.

Title: Re: WTD: goats in aberdeenshire, young, old, male or female
Post by: verdifish on May 30, 2016, 05:35:53 pm

We are! 

Title: Re: WTD: goats in aberdeenshire, young, old, male or female
Post by: aess35 on May 30, 2016, 09:22:18 pm

What kind of goats you want