In the last 3 days we have had two batches of goat herds delivered to the Farm. Today, our total goat herd number has reached 45. There are two bucks among the herd, one a Boer and the other an Anglo Nuvian. We intend to improve the stocks using these two bucks, as most of the does are either percentage Boers or Anglo Nuvians, and a sprinkling of Saanens. Maybe we should get a Saanen buck too soon. The new arrivals of 17 among these are Anglo Nuvians, and they are BIG.
The additional numbers though are creating new problems: we need new housings, more forages for feeds, and those eartags must now be had soonest. This time around we shall build more and bigger goat houses for the future increase of the herd number. With two kiddings per year, the number should hit our desired 300 by next year.
We could then do our Dairying operations soonest. For now the idea is to increase the herds.
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