Author Topic: Milking Goats or goatlings wanted.  (Read 2589 times)

Crofter

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • Isle of Lewis
  • We'll get there!
    • Ravenstar
Milking Goats or goatlings wanted.
« on: July 06, 2013, 03:14:30 pm »
Hi all.

We will be looking to increase our goats at the end of the summer and will be looking for two or three milkers, in kid does or goatlings.
We would like goats with a reasonable milk yield and though breed is not critical we probably wouldn't want Anglo Nubians.
Life would be a lot simpler if we can find stock in Scotland (We're on the Isle of Lewis) but would travel to get them if they were what we wanted.

Any and all help welcome, including details of people you know who we could contact.

Dave
Comfortable B&B on a working Croft on the Isle of Lewis. www.Ravenstar.co.uk

clydesdaleclopper

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • Aberdeenshire
Re: Milking Goats or goatlings wanted.
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2013, 08:31:46 pm »
You could try Sylvia Mearns near Aberdeen. She is part of the Grampian Goat Club. We got a nice BS from her.
Our holding has Anglo Nubian and British Toggenburg goats, Gotland sheep, Franconian Geese, Blue Swedish ducks, a whole load of mongrel hens and two semi-feral children.

fiestyredhead331

  • Joined Sep 2012
  • NW Highlands
    • Facebook
Re: Milking Goats or goatlings wanted.
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2013, 09:06:49 pm »
try Sinne goats, look them up on facebook, they are near stornoway, I'm coming over to get kids from them in a couple of weeks  :wave:
keeper of goats, sheep, pigs, ducks, chickens, turkeys, dogs, cats, goldfish and children, just don't ask me which is the most work!

Anke

  • Joined Dec 2009
  • St Boswells, Scottish Borders
Re: Milking Goats or goatlings wanted.
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2013, 09:54:43 pm »
Hi Dave - just advertised recently my BT nanny Lochinvar Beech and her goatling daughter. Please look further down. Nanny is 4 years old, will need to be kidded again next spring. Milk recorded last year - 1305kgs and butterfats never dropped below 4%. Currently running through on 3.5ltrs per day.
 
Her goatling daughter Alewater Cornelia also by good sire - Guilden Cherokee.
 
I could arrange to get them in-kid for you, but would probably not be able to do so before end of September. I have used the Guilden herd near Dundee for my BT's.

Crofter

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • Isle of Lewis
  • We'll get there!
    • Ravenstar
Re: Milking Goats or goatlings wanted.
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2013, 01:17:38 pm »
Thank you folks!

I'll PM you Anke.

Dave
Comfortable B&B on a working Croft on the Isle of Lewis. www.Ravenstar.co.uk

 

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