As a breeder - not my job but hobby but it takes a lot of time & £'s - Letting out, checking, feeding, taking to billy 5 months ago, taking again if it doesn't work first time, feed, worming, lice/etc spray, vet bill for 2 kiddings, hours watching, waiting and making sure they are ok, upgrading accommodation, water buckets, hay racks, personally I am a little afraid to add up amount of money I've spent - £250 is less than the cost of a laptop and my wee goats will still be around when I've had to replace the one I'm on now 3 x over - I am not breeding to make money just a part of our wee small holding and I love them to bits - I guess it's a bit like any other animal - if you want a registered well breed German Shepard puppy your looking at £500+ I believe - once it's 2 years old and needs a new home its a different story - but do you want the animal from as young as possible or happy with older. Over 10 years ago I bought my first owl - cost of owl £150 - cost of aviary £550 - timber self build - life span 35 years - therefore cost so look after for 35 year will be way more any initial cost - getting off soap box now but do wonder at quibbling over a few ££ when the overall cost throughout the lifetime of the animal will be way way more.
Topic: Pygmy goats in Scotland (Read 13604 times)
