The Poultry Keeper

farmercoop · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: Lilac - New Milking Goat - Saanen

Hi all

Just thought id upload pictures of my new goat, shes a white saanen and is giving around 5 plus pints a day, she is basically a bombproof goat, fine with foot trimming, fine with milking, stands like a statue without food or being tied up, shes small so easy to handle and doesn't eat much, shes only golden Guernsey size, shes quiet, as you've probably gathered i love her! ha-ha

can thoroughly recommend the saanens, especially if you can find a smaller one, they are so calm and docile, i Will try and upload pictures tomorrow!

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

looking forward to that it's lovely to see pics Cool

farmercoop · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:55 pm Post subject:

she is nice, completely different to the nubian i had!

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

are you back at 3 then

farmercoop · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:04 pm Post subject:

just the two kids and the saanen, did a straight swop with the saanen for the nubian, i just didnt get on with her!

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

happens sometimes we are not all made the same and neither are the animals ,love to see pics tomorrow is she an saanen as opposed to a british saanen

farmercoop · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject:

to be honest, all i know is one is the taller sort, and shes not that one, shes the smaller type of sannen, i think its the actual saanen, she is gourjous though!

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

the bs is a much bigger goat ,than the s ,lower milk yield but less feed the original one from Switzerland Wink

,then we breed the bs from that in britian same as the togg ,you get the british togg and the togg Wink

farmercoop · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject:

oo i see, the one i have now doesnt eat alot, and she is giving around 5 pints, but is only gurnsey sized!

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

that sounds right they are rarer than the bs Wink

farmercoop · Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject:

thats good then, i really do enjoy her!

Teasal · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject:

I have only ever had the big breeds for some reason. My first goat was a big Toggenburg, then I had a big British Alpine which I took to a BS Billy. That produced two big white BS kids. That BS nanny was enormous, almost as big as the billy. The Alpine was crossed with another BS Billy, and this time had a small nanny and a big billy, but these were both like the Alpine mum!! Also had a lovely Nubian, she was really quiet to handle ...

Only have the two Nubian boys now, and they are also very tall.

farmercoop · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:07 pm Post subject:

heres the pics, sorry about the delay!!!!

Teasal · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:48 pm Post subject:

Lilac is gorgeous - love the beard. And such a sensible size - mine were all the size of Shetland ponies.

I want to have more milking nannies now if only to keep my farm cats in milk!!

May look out for a couple looking for a good home for life. I was shocked to see how expensive goats have gone nowadays!!

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

she looks lovely Wink