Hi Anke,
Thanks for the info. No the girls aren't registered. We wanted goats for enjoyment and didn't go the whole hog on looking for registered, etc. We wanted smallish, dairy, friendly, healthy - and within our budget! : )
As for the reason for sale - eventually - it wasn't to preclude anything, just saying in case selling them for a purpose might mean certain requirements beforehand. So if someone asked - well if you're going to sell them for meat, you'll need... I just don't know so I was only mentioning to say - the intention is pets, if that makes sense?
I've no intention on breeding lots and lots of goats. As I'd like to cycle them eventually - so that I can get a source of milk, I'd not imagine normally needing to breed more than 1 at any one time. And even then, I'll be over-run with milk (I think) for 18 months! But if I don't want to hit the same one each time, and give them a breather in-between - my 1st breed has to be all 3, otherwise I get into health risks if I let them go till next season which they;d be in their 3rd year. They only hit 1 year in April this year, so they are effectively right now, in their 2nd year. Next autumn, they'll be 2 and well into their 3rd year, and that could be risky for a 1st kidding?
So I think I've resigned myself - mostly - to a full load this year...or considering doing 2 early autumn and 1 later autumn/early spring.... But definitely do not want to breed a lot of kids - not wanting to do that for all kinds of reasons, not least of which, that you have to sell them, and I will never be able to use that much milk on my own!