Posted by gregCO on January 28, 2016 at 19:50:09 from (72.168.176.102):
In Reply to: Goats posted by Donald Lehman on January 28, 2016 at 16:31:24:
They should do fine in the mow. Be sure to leave a door open so there is air movement. The ammonia will build up fast and create health issues if you don't. Use plenty of stall freshener between cleanings to help hold it down. Sweet PDZ works good. Apply it liberally to the bedding and clean often.
What is he planning on doing with the milk? Selling raw bulk or making a product? Just curious. I had a grade A goat dairy years back milking 250 head twice a day. We had our own creamery and made cheese. Any excess milk we had we would sell to another creamery for processing their products.
The price we got for our bulk milk was set at .32 per lb at the time. We could get premiums on top of that for low cell counts and high lactose and high fat. If we hit all the premiums we would get .44 per lb or $44.00 per cut weight. Worked out to just over $3.50 per gallon.
Like any dairy, inputs are high and you have to really watch it close or it will eat up any profits. Hang on tight during kidding season. Count on two kids per doe and be ready for kidding issues. Most will kid on their own with no problems, then there is the occasional one the you will be pulling stuck kids due to bad presentation, large singles, narrow pelvic structure and so on. His herd will only be as good as his breeding program and OB skills.
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