Holly Atchison

We have been considering getting a goat for our daughter Lili because she
saw a lilygoat at a friends house and just fell in love with it. We live
in Portugal and they are really cheap here and I would love her to be able
to bottle feed it from a baby. Does anyone know how much they are in
general for vet bills? I do not want to take on a HUGE expense with this
goat. Small expense ok....we just can't afford a lot of big vet bills for
what will be a pet for the most part. I really want to do this for her
though because I think it would be a great learning experience for both my
girls. Does anyone have any other experience with goats they would like to
share with someone who has never had one???? <big cheesy PLEASE grin>

Holly


>From: Corallyn Berger <hape2day@...>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] cows and a rant [long]
>Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 20:50:17 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>
> > A cow is a large expense and often comes with large
> > vet bills.
> > Maybe get a newborn heifer and bottle feed her so
> > that she is
> > tame, then she will be easy to handle when you
> > eventually milk
> > her. If she had a male calf, that can be raised for
> > beef. A problem
> > these days is finding a cow with teats long enough
> > to get a hold of,
> > they have been bred for shorter teats for milking
> > machines.
> >
> > A goat may be a better option for a dairy animal,
> > they don't hurt
> > you as much if they inadvertently stand on your
> > toes, and are so
> > easy for children to handle, even my four year old
> > can milk our goat.
> >
>
>I don't know where she got her beef cow but she paid
>$30 for it. She got it as a new born, I think it was
>no more than a week old. I plan to do something
>simmilar for my beef cow. Later I plan to have the
>milk cow. I have never had goats milk and have heard
>opposing views on the flavor. I have considered a goat
>instead but don't know much about them. Are there
>stores that sell goats milk so I could try it before I
>make a decission on an animal? Corallyn
>
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