Raising Goats For Dairy || HOA Grow Your Own Food Series

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Hello everyone! We hope you enjoy our first contribution to the HOA Grow Your Own Food Series! Let us know what you think. If you would like to see the rest of the videos in the series click the link: bit.ly/33KBf19 Have a fantastic day!

[@DarrinsDaffs]

If Weed'em and Reap trusts y'all, then you're one to watch! Thanks for posting this info-packed video, told in a sane and calm manner!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Welcome!

[@mimi2-3]

Can’t wait to see the fun! New subscriber from Weed Em and reap!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Welcome!! So glad your here!

[@kaddyd1815]

Mimi 2-3 .....me too!

[@elroy8272]

Me.2, me too!! Learned alot about goats and living off the grid

[@kells4315]

Me too, hello

[@nola6269]

Found you from weed em and reap, so glad! Love your channel!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Awesome! Welcome!!

[@briannacluff346]

I've been waiting for more good channels like Weed em and Reap and they shared this one in their video. So glad they did!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Well we are glad you're here!

[@virginiareid5336]

Great overview of dairy goats. The before you buy all the way through milking, will help others learn to choose wisely.

[@oldsoulfarmlife2105]

Glad HOA is getting quality content/teachers. Keep it up LOBR!

[@dindinprivate3477]

Here from Weed'em and Reap. Interesting intro to goat ownership. Thanks.

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Awesome so glad you came!

[@joseschroeder4931]

Does anybody know if there are milk nigerian dwarfs for sale on Europe?

[@MindSetMattersTrustG]

Cool channel thanks Weed ‘em & Reap for recommendation & thanks for moderating the live births

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

It was a blast! Thanks for joining us!

[@l.williams6249]

I have only watched 4 but this is my favorite so far. After watching countless videos and reading numerous books, magazines, googles etc this was hands down the most usable info for a prospective goat owner ever. I’m an instant subscriber!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

That is the nicest thing I've heard all day! Glad this was helpful!

[@markkristynichols845]

Our goats milk was so yummy! Tasted so sweet like vanilla milk!

[@TheHoneystead]

Lol I really love your videos!!! This was so good! I need to up my game on the dairy goats!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

I'll bring you one when this craziness is over!

[@valgal0908]

Weed em & Reap said you good and I trust them. Thanks for having me.

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Welcome!!

[@tambradugger5270]

Just found ur channel from weed em & reap love you videos thank you for sharing ❤

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Absolutely! Welcome!

[@jgclark45]

Hope you all are feeling better

[@karenm6887]

Thanks to Danelle for pointing me to you. Looking forward to getting to know you.

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Welcome!

[@THXSmith]

You have to check that those things are well attached?????! OMG! So they can fall off?

[@chelemichele1524]

Oh my gosh 48 hours old such a cute little girl 😍😍... Wonderful info love how Courtney is so passionate about her goats.. Sorry your seeing me so much playing catch up 😁 Ok you probably already named dandelion buck... but I see him all I think of is Rod Stewart ... sorry Have a good evening 🌻🌻🌻

[@1870s]

All good information 👍. Great job Courtney 👏

[@EllieHeard]

This was highly informative for a twenty minute vid!

[@grubhuntersflowerchicks6092]

My 9 yr old daughter has been inspired by Weed em and Reap. We found your channel through them. She is so excited to get nigerian dwarf does as soon as we have a home built for them. Thank you for the great information. It's very helpful!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Glad you came! We try to put out some decent goat care tip videos from time to time so we can pass on what we learn. She will love seeing our goats! We have a 5, 7, and 11 year old who all help with the goats! It's great for kids!!

[@sheilashockley752]

these 2 certainly know their goats - great resource of information

[@annetrepreneurmom]

Got you from Weed 'em & Reap!

[@fionajane56]

This is a fantastic goat video👍👍👍👍👍

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Many many thanks

[@LeeCraftyHomestead]

wow! great information to know for when I find my homestead.thanks

[@richmiller9180]

One adage about goats and fencing is that if you can throw a bucket of water through it a goat can get out of it. We found that electric worked best. Chain link is good too, but we had some kids that actually climbed the chain link. Very funny to see. Also we had one doe that could open nearly every gate we tried. Still electric is best. Goats also love pine trees. We were upset at how much hay the goats wasted. We switched to alfalfa pellets and no dry hay. No waste and lots of nutrition. Also in the long run alfalfa pellets is less expensive than alfalfa hay.

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

That's the perfect adage!

[@cynthiamccoy845]

Lots of great information. Love your channel!!

[@jamieandrew-kromer8008]

Came from Weed’em and Reap. I’m in Northeastern PA. When she mentioned you are in PA I definitely had to come check you out!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Nice! Always love to meet a fellow PA resident. Thanks for watching!

[@theresawheeler4566]

Awesome video! Thank you for sharing your videos! 💓

[@sherrycaldwell2447]

Great job, guys! Who would have thought you'd be doing this 4 years ago?? Your knowledge is outstanding.

[@nr6949]

Wow you’ll are so very informative, I appreciate you’ll sooooo much! I’m forwarding this videos to my husband NOOOW! ❤️

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Courtney is a walking text book! Hahaha

[@eco35758]

Good job, lots to learn, wish I had of had something like this when I first started with my goats.

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Same!!

[@teresapetty]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge about goats.

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Most definitely!

[@rebeccainspiringhope4357]

Love you guys. Very informative.

[@thevalentines3]

Thanks guys! This is super helpful. We are really considering Nigerian dwarfs 😀

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

They are amazing!

[@tracybradshaw1362]

Well done!Thank you!

[@SunnieDIY]

Hey just came over from Weed'em and Reap. Lol "they just showed up". Awesome lol

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Thanks for watching! And they did.... I swear 🤣

[@SunnieDIY]

@@LifeOnBeagleRoad almost done with the video its playing while I'm typing back. We had alpine and alpine mix and a lamancha when I had gotten goats. It was a bad first year. Olivia my alpine got listeriosis etc. Learned sooooo much that year but it broke me. I gave those that were ok to my friend and I have just barely been able to think I could have them again. Wish I'd seen this first. I did learn a lot through my massive failure and I dont regret knowing our goats we had it just hurt so bad losing her farming has loss but this.... This was in a really horrible way. I didnt trust my instincts and listened to the vet and it got her killed. She was getting better but then he finally contacted me back and gave me bad advice. I dont blame him most vets dont even work with goats. Vets know what they are taught and their experience teaches them more in time. I had trusted my instincts enough to start treating her for listeriosis after reading the Tennessee meat goat page when it came up when I listed her symptoms. It was for sure listeriosis. He decided maybe it's a brain worm based on her not having a fever (after one check, after she'd been on antibiotics for 2 or 3 days not dead and slowly but surely getting better bit by bit). He wanted me to deworm her three times in a row. She had already been dewormed the day before but he insisted yes another three days. By the second of his days third day in actuality she started having seizures she was overdosing. He said keep giving it to her finish his third day.... She had seizure after seizure and we had her put down she almost broke her leg. She was my buddy, I should have trusted my instincts and kept treating her for listeriosis. It would have been a long recovery but it would have been worth it. She was trying to fight it. She wouldnt lay her head down she would rest it on things. She wasnt going to let face paralysis and blindness stop her... I felt I let her down big time. My grandfather is a retired vet and my gma I'm the caregiver now of was a vet tech. I've lived around people who treat animals my whole life. Some things come to me easier. I'm able to filter bs from important useful info and understand some basic medical terminology which helps me understand the papers I read up on about studies when I need reference to treat my animals for basic things. I just let it all go and followed him blindly even when my instincts said no more she is overdosing. See with encephalitic issues you need to medicate more to pass the blood brain barrier but there is such a thing as too much. The dewormer was too much and people are too laxed with them. He said it was safeguard so it would be hard to overdose her truly on it..... hard isnt impossible. That 3rd/second of his days I should have stopped. I've learned how to best prevent it now, if I ever get goats again I'm going to get a microscope and fecal testing slides. She was vulnerable because her worm (normal basic worm) load was too high and the natural dewormer we used didnt work. Which could happen to any dewormer natural or chemical. They adapt etc and over worming (doing so on a regular schedule when say they may not actually need it it's just being done on schedule) can help them gain tolerance to the dewormer. Best way to know is to do fecal tests which are cheap but I then found out some people do it themselves. It's so much cheaper in the long run and super effecient since if you can you are more likely to check small suspicions if you can check yourself versus having to get it to a lab. I also learned going big right out of the gate was a bad idea. I could handle Olivia's testing me as a 150lbs maybe 160lbs goat. My kid however doesnt pay attention as many kids dont. So having her get loose in the yard and my kid walk out and see her loose only to run inside could have gone worse. Also next time around I would choose disbudded goats. Olivia was my buddy but she was a bad herd queen she was very jealous. So instead of normal butting here and there to the others she would ram them into walls. Which was a huge concern for my kid, though shes an older kid and could avoid her it was just a lot more stress than it all had to be. To do it all again I'd get the scope, get the slides, get nigerian dwarves (Philo her sisters milk wasnt very sweet but she gave nearly a gallon her first freshening, good lines for an alpine but still), disbursed, and I'd have meds on hand for emergencies. Much of it has a decent shelf life and scrambling to get the right things last minute takes precious time in an emergency. The goal would be never to have it happen again but it could be something I have no experience in next time like this was for me and I'd just rather have some things on hand. Alpines test too for sure Olivia stomped the first fence I made to the ground, proudly, waited for me to see her than hopped on it some more lol. She found the weak spot and it all came apart. I used cattle panels but she was big so I figured it would be ok. First time fence builder I didnt do it even remotely right lol. Before she found the weak spot she would lean on it around the perimeter looking for it. Lol.

[@dawnvierra4063]

Good "food" for thought😂. I enjoy all your goat subjects

[@wastelandacres3423]

You have gotten me so excited for our Xena to kid!! She's getting quite an udder & will be a FF. She is 3/4 Myotonic & 1/4 Nigerian, so unsure on how her milk situation or taste will be! Alas....in a few months, a few Nigerians will be bred!! LOL!! I miss goat cheese!!!!!!!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Ohhh keep me posted, I'd be interested to know about the milk.

[@wastelandacres3423]

@@LifeOnBeagleRoad will do!!!

[@denisestone8491]

Lmao. GREAT VIDEO! Amazing information that I hope to retain but probably will not...Thank you for the video!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

You'll just have to watch again. lol!

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

Very good video! I have meat goats (Kiko), but I understand that they are a dual purpose breed and actually produce some decent milk. Once I have my infrastructure complete and I have more time, I hope to find a good candidate in my herd to train for milking.

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

It's just as you'd expect... the calmer ones do better on the milk stand.

[@lesleyharris3198]

Great info, shame I can't have goats, landlord would say no, and we use a lot of goats products.

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Now that we have goats, I am not sure how we could live without them.

[@lauriesbella1252]

I am new to you. I was sent over by Weed em Reap..

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Awesome so glad you came!

[@JordenFly]

I loved all the information that y’all shared in this video. I have been wanting to get goats but my wife doesn’t like store bought goats milk. So I wasn’t sure if it would be worth it and if it would taste different and better than store bought. I just started with chickens this year so now I’m going to learn about goats and hopefully start raising them next 😊😊. Again thank y’all for sharing and I will definitely be watching more.

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

No comparison to store bought goats milk! Can't wait to hear about your goat journey.

[@peri-sue6973]

Hi dropped by to check you guys out via Weed ‘em and Reap. Looking forward to binge watching your channel ! Gave you👍and subscribed!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Awesome so glad you came!

[@heavenly-dreamsdairygoats]

I can’t believe you didn’t have Alpine in your list. Mine girls are high butter fat. Yeah 3.5- 4.8 which is high for alpines I’m on milk test monthly so I know what each of my milking doe produces. Yes Nigerians are the hugest butter fat, then Nubians are 2nd, Alpine are 3rd for sure!! But your videos has a lot of Facts!! I just love your channel. Stay safe. God Bless

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

That is high! And your soaps are amazing!!

[@THXSmith]

You have to check that those things are well attached?? So they can fall off?

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Well, not fall off but become very saggy!

[@belloscabrosfarmingwithtra3441]

Beautifull. Which type of breed do you have.

[@heavenly-dreamsdairygoats]

GOAT FARMING they have the small dairy breed Nigerians they are great for small areas and those who are looking for family milk supply. Hope that helps

[@christinaoklaohio7926]

❤️

[@aaronlepisto255]

Hi Courtney are saneen a good goat . I rescued some last year and I'am thinking about breeding them .

[@heartofthematterfarm3944]

Saanen are very good milkers.

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Yes! Great milkers.

[@heavenly-dreamsdairygoats]

They are the Holstein goat of the dairy goat’s. They milk a ton but have low butter fat. You can still make cheese and butter, ice cream. But you will have tons of milk.

[@farmlife9601]

Does the milk still taste good after couple days in the fridge or does it taste different

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Still tastes great. Has a smooth, semi sweet taste. It's not overpowering it's just enough.

[@farmlife9601]

@@LifeOnBeagleRoad thank you for the response

[@totallynotweird]

Me eating oreos while watching this: How did they-

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

🤣

[@darylcampbell3244]

Thanks almost to much information! Lol

[@DavidBretz30]

Came from weed em reap

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Thanks for watching!

[@tracybruring8440]

CAN BE fence testers? hahahaha

[@darwins823]

Came from weed em n reap

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Glad to have you!

[@Kim-yt7mr]

FIRST

[@HeartSoilFarm]

:)

[@annetrepreneurmom]

Got you from Weed 'em & Reap!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Glad to have you!

[@annetrepreneurmom]

Got you from Weed 'em & Reap!

[@LifeOnBeagleRoad]

Welcome!