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suomi

Joined: 10 Oct 2006
Posts: 91
Location: Finland

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 07 1:37 pm Post subject: A Goat question?
Hi, just looking for some advice from all you great knowledgable Goat people out there. We are looking for a goat that gives good milk yeild,tasty meat,good tempered and can with stand the cold? we live in Finland and have temperatures down to minus 20 in the winter!!! we do have a barn so housing is no problem. looking forward to reading your suggestions......... Thanks.

lassemista

Joined: 28 Sep 2006
Posts: 608
Location: suffolk

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 07 1:56 pm Post subject:

The goat experts will be along soon - I'm going to look at what may become my first goats on Sunday. I have chosen English goats because they sound really tough and hardy. Someone (I think on here) has them on a Scottish island, but I don't know about minus 20!! They do have the undercoat that some of the highly bred milkers don't have so that would help. They don't give a commercial yield, but I think it will be enough for me.
Temperament?? Watch this space!
Andrea.

milkmaid

Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 551
Location: western isles

Posted: Fri Jan 05, 07 4:50 pm Post subject:

not an expert yep i have old english

that moved into the goatshed a few years ago

,and i live on a on a scottish island

mine have been out in minus 12 ,with out a problem i had the problem i was turning blue they where grazing
temperment

,i love them ,mine don't seem to jump to much
slightly fiesty ,that's the fact that there where only a couple left
and as the feral goats that escaped where mainly cottagers goats they have been used to sort of recreate the breed ,as it was more or less extict ,when the higher yeilding swiss goats came in to the country people wanted a higher yeild ,my goats clear reeds heather ,anything really ,not a lot of concentrate one scoop a day ,and one bale of hay ,although they often prefer straw ,is there a local breed for your area or country i know there are icelandic goats ,very shaggy

carn't remember how much milk ,i also know there are lots of local swedish breeds which might be suitable
lassemista good choice

suz

fenwoman

Joined: 12 Dec 2005
Posts: 509
Location: Tydd St giles

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 07 1:50 pm Post subject:
Personally I would be looking to find out what goats are kept locally and are able to withstands those temperatures. why not the local Finnish landrace breed? https://www.tiho-hannover.de/einricht/zucht/eaap/descript/358.htm I will PM you the details of a Finnish goat breeder.

suomi

Joined: 10 Oct 2006
Posts: 91
Location: Finland

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 07 11:24 am Post subject: Goats.
Thanks everyone for your help and info. I have been asking around and have found an Eco Village not too far from us,they have goats, so we are off for a visit in the next couple of weeks. Will keep you posted........ Nicola.

milkmaid

Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 551
Location: western isles

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 07 6:07 pm Post subject:
how where the old english you had a look at lassemista

lassemista

Joined: 28 Sep 2006
Posts: 608
Location: suffolk

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 11:41 am Post subject:
Not been handled much, but look sound enough. They are registered grade C, which my friend says is OK. They are staying with the breeder to visit her billy, and while I sort out my shed and fence (Stalag 1 A). Then hopefully have babies and milk in the summer. If anyone has any useful equipment they want to get rid of I am in the market. Lay awake last night planning fences Andrea.

milkmaid

Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 551
Location: western isles

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 07 8:55 pm Post subject:
sounds good ,they'll soon settle

lassemista

Joined: 28 Sep 2006
Posts: 608
Location: suffolk

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 07 9:09 am Post subject:
I hope so - I'm planning to take a week off work to settle them in.

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