r/goats

Hi! Im newish to goats and have a question. I want to breed my goats and want to know yalls opinions on this. I have a 4 wethers, and am planning on getting a Billy to breed with my girls. My wethers and girls are all turned out together/housed. All do fine. Obviously a Billy will be different? Is the Billy and wethers gonna fight? I have a neighbor who is saying just throw them all out and watch and if they bicker then separate them. But want to make sure im not missing anything. My neighbors an older lady who has had goats for maybe 40+ yrs, but she says things like shes never vaccinated her goats before, so i don't want to take her information to heart. Lol thanks!

I'm a first-time goat owner and I'm getting 2 possibly bred nigerian dwarf goats and while I've done extensive research, I know that there's a lot that research doesn't tell you to prepare for. What should I actually know/expect?

Hi! My girl is about 10 months what are the signs to look for when she is about to go into heat? She has a white mucous discharge coming out at the moment and it’s the first time I’m seeing this.

We recently got ourselves 13 acres of heacily overgrown brush/forest/utility easements, none of it flat. We already got 3 ND goats, a nanny and her two doelings.

What I want to know is, how do I turn goats onto income? I was thinking about maybe some meat goats, but everywhere I look, they are massively overpriced compared to what one could reasonably sell them for at a sale barn. Is the only option to buy in and pray for successful breeding with lots of twins and triplets?