Myo-More Homestead

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That's exactly right✌🏻💛

🐐 Goats are more than farm animals. They help clear unwanted brush, produce nutritious milk, enrich the soil naturally, and thrive in challenging environments. Their versatility makes them a valuable part of sustainable and regenerative farming systems.

A hardworking animal that supports productivity, sustainability, and self-sufficiency.

Our sweet lil boys left to their new home yesterday. Luckily they got to go together as wethers to be spoiled w**d eaters 🥰

All the Quackers having a Homestead security meeting 😆

Which is your favorite breed?

From the high milk producing Saanen goats of Switzerland to the hardy Boer goats of South Africa and the prized Cashmere goats of Central Asia, goat breeds have developed around the world to adapt to different environments and farming needs.

Discover the origins of some of the world's most well known goat breeds and learn how geography, culture, and selective breeding helped shape these remarkable animals.

Which goat breed is most common in your area?

Honey goat cheese 😋 Delicious and easy!

Please don’t offer a lower price when purchasing goats from breeders. A lot of thought and effort go into pricing and a lot of time and effort go into raising goats.

PS: I am only charging $100 for wethers right now 🤪

ChatGPT estimates for dam raised and bottle kids:

🌼Nigerian Dwarf goat doe raising twin kids — estimated total cost from breeding through weaning (including feed, housing, labor, and medical costs):

Breeding:

* Stud fee or buck upkeep allocation: $50–100
* Extra feed during breeding: $5–10

Pregnancy (5 months):

* Hay: about $50
* Grain during last trimester: $10–15
* Minerals, loose salt, baking soda: $10–15

Lactation & raising twins:

* Hay: about $45
* Dairy grain: $35–40
* Kid feed/hay creep consumption: $10–20
* Vaccines/coccidia prevention: $20–40

Housing & bedding:

* Straw/shavings: $40–100
* Barn, fencing, feeders, waterers, electric, equipment wear allocation: $75–250

Medical:

* Routine deworming, vaccines, supplements: $35–90
* Average emergency/illness reserve (mastitis, coccidia, pneumonia, dystocia, etc.): $50–300

Labor:

* Feeding, watering, cleaning, kidding checks, hoof care, health monitoring, bottle help if needed
* Estimated 40–70 hours total from breeding through weaning
* At $15/hour: $600–1,050

Estimated TOTAL true cost from breeding through weaning twins:
$1,035–2,125 total
($520–1,060 per kid)

🌸Nigerian Dwarf goat doe with twin kids pulled at birth and bottle raised — estimated total cost from breeding through weaning (including feed, milk feeding, milking twice daily, housing, labor, and medical costs):

Breeding:

* Stud fee or buck upkeep allocation: $50–100
* Extra feed during breeding season: $5–10

Pregnancy (5 months):

* Hay: about $50
* Grain during last trimester: $10–15
* Minerals, loose salt, baking soda: $10–15

Kidding & lactation:

* Increased grain for milking doe twice daily: $50–70
* Lactation hay increase: $55–65
* Milking supplies (filters, teat dip, sanitizer, towels, bottles/ni***es): $25–75

Bottle feeding twins:

* Kids consume roughly 35–50 gallons total milk before weaning
* If feeding doe milk, feed cost already covered through increased lactation feed
* Starter grain/hay for kids: $20–40
* Electrolytes, bottles, ni***es, cleaning supplies: $15–40

Housing & bedding:

* Kidding pen bedding: $15–30
* Kid pen bedding/heating/electric allocation: $40–120
* Barn/fencing/equipment depreciation allocation: $75–250

Medical & prevention:

* CD&T vaccines: $10–20
* Coccidia prevention/treatment: $15–40
* Deworming/supplements: $10–30
* Average illness/emergency reserve (scours, pneumonia, mastitis, etc.): $75–350

Labor:

* Feeding/watering/cleaning doe: included
* Milking twice daily: ~10–20 min/day for ~75 days
* Bottle feeding 2–3x daily, washing bottles, kid care, health checks: substantial additional time
* Estimated total labor: 70–120 hours from breeding through weaning
* At $15/hour: $1,050–1,800

Estimated TOTAL true cost from breeding through weaning bottle-raised twins:
~$1,575–3,025 total

Approximate cost per kid:
~$790–1,515 per kid