I Entered My Garbage Goat Into a Dairy Goat Show! | Dairy Goat VLOG
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All goats are winners to me🐐🐐🐐🐐😊
Yes!! ♥
Ignore them Heather they're probably envious of your achievements ❤
How RUDE of people to call your goats garbage goats! Your goats are doing what you need them to do and you're building your herd carefully! Good luck to your girls in the show!
Those cuties are worth putting in the time and learning! You learn all the ins and outs more from building something up, like the garden and most of life we learn more from the challenges. I can’t with Alara 😂😂so silly
Isn't she so funny? She definitely got the Lamancha personality!!
Sweet tori! I told my girls how loving she was when we met you and the goats, when getting the rabbits. My seven year old loves reading all of the goat names. ❤
Tori is incredibly sweet!! Really excited to see how she does!
Unbelievable!!!!! There is no such thing as junk or garbage goats!!!!! We love them all!!!! If I choose the goat breed I love it’s my choice. I love your goats Heather and you should be proud. When people leave negative remarks that’s called a junk or garbage remark. And what do we do with garbage. We throw it away!!!! Good job Heather keep it going!!!
Your goats look beautiful for their pictures!!
Thank you!!
So proud of you! Go get 'em girl! We started the same way in the early 70's and couldn't be happier with what we had! Blessings Kiddo!🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕🐐💚
Thanks so much for the encouragement!@
Your goats are awesome!! Look how much they love you!!!
I totally appreciate & agree with your view about 'breeding up' your goats. Long ago our 1st girls came from an auction & after years of 'up'breeding my daughter took championships in many shows. When she started her own commercial goat dairy, her best milkers were from the herd we built together. Anyone who is actively working toward improving their herd does NOT have 'garbage' goats. It's all a work in progress!! God bless!
Maaika just bought an entire herd of purebred Saanens to go into her dairy. They are gorgeous!! And I just purchased an amazing purebred Lamancha buckling from champion parents. Proof that we are still 'breeding up'!! Good luck in the show Heather! Sounds like a perfect opportunity to get good feedback on your goats!!
How inspiring! You all have been such an encouragement, I'm so glad to hear you both are doing well with your herd!! I think of you both often!
Could absolutely name this one "Dancing Elara"...LOL
Yes! She was really showing off!
As a dog groomer, just a tip, going against the hair growth, you clip 2 lenghr shorter. So far example a 4 with the grain is 9.5mm but against the grain its a 3.2mm much shorter . BUT working against the grain, do all of the goat that way so you avoid " lines" in the coat❤
Thank you so much! I watched Blue Cactus (AZ) shave her girls this way So I copied her. So far no burns!! That's a great thing to know though I had no idea about that.
I think she’s trying to get Roxie to chase her lol
Ah, you're probably right!!
How cute. We saw a different part of goaties. I love goaties. ❤❤❤
Fun! Excited to hear the results.
My herd of 7 (Nigerian dwarfs) is horned and unregistered. The start of my herd came from a breeder who originally had all registered goats but did not keep up on the paperwork. I think a lot of fancy goat people would call my goats garbage too, but I don’t see them that way at all. They provide me milk and eat up all the brush on our land. In the future I may buy registered goats because I think it would be amazing to see the lineage and work to better my girls qualities but right now they serve their purpose and I love them!
And that's what matters!! ♥♥
That's why I like horns, they make GREAT handles for catching them. 😜
RIGHT?! I looked and the virtual show accepts goats with horns!! Win!
Well Heather, you did it again, wonderful video! 💜👍💜 Aunt Beth
Thank you Aunt Beth!! ♥
There’s a difference between building your herd and buying your herd. Not to say one is better than another. Just different. I look forward to seeing the outcome of the judging! Good luck to all your pretty girls! 👏👏👏
Thank you!! ♥
How dare anyone call these beautiful babies garbage. I love them all and they aren’t even mine! You’re living my dream, friend. If I could get away withit within the city limits I would have a couple. I hope to buy my moms land out in the county and then I’ll have a few. And I know the first person I would trust to come to for those goats! I hope we get to see their finished photos and scores! Good lucky SNS goaty girls! You got this.
I'll definitely share an update!
Loved the goat video and I am so excited that you get to enter some of your BEAUTIFUL goats in a virtual show. Thanks for taking the high road to the naysayers that talk bad about your BEAUTIFUL goats. Your BEAUTIFUL goats are so blessed to have such a loving, caring, compassionate and wonderful family that raises them on an awesome farm! ♥
Hugs! Thanks so much ♥
Heather, I am not by any means a goat person. I think your goats are beautiful and have a wonderful personality. Don’t let anyone tell you that you have trash goats. That is just being hateful in my opinion. Seems that people nowadays are out to bring their fellow humans down instead of building them up. You just keep doing and trying till it gets where you want it. Thanks for all your videos
Thank you so much!
We think you have nice goats, regardless of "show quality status. "
Thanks so much! ❤️❤️
I’m so happy to see you shave a goat lol I’ve been wanting to shave S’mores. You’ve taught me Yet another thing! Thank you!❤❤
I think she’s beautiful 4:33
Thanks so much!! Shaving them is a little itchy but fun!
@@SageandStoneHomestead i think it will be a lot like giving my dog her haircut.😊
I personally have no interest in raising goats but I have been so impressed by you. I really admire how intelligent you are and how you are ableble to articulate your ideas and beliefs. I could not agree more with you about the challenge and the satisfaction of creating something exceptional from less. The idea of being able to develop an exceptional herd by your own hands and with your own hard work is a great achievement. Buying a fancy goat and winning prizes is for the sake of winning prizes. Taking your ordinary goats and refining their qualities through hard work, intelligence and loving care of them is for the sake of becoming a master at your art. I love to see how much you love them. It shines through.
Thank you SO much! ♥
Oh I would love to enter a virtual show just to get feedback on my goats. I don’t have the time/energy/desire to bring my goats to a show but virtual feedback sounds so great for all the reasons you mentioned. I’ve only had goats for 2 years. So much to learn and you’re my favorite channel. ❤
Awe thanks so much!!
Yay for the milk getting better!! Woohoo! Elara is so cute! She's having so much fun. I considered entering the show, but didn't. I love your reasoning - to see how your goats stack up against each other. I'll consider entering the next one! It would be fun to see how the ones that are registered do.
They do it twice a year, there's always next time if you get the itch! ♥
Thoughts and Prayers.Thank you for sharing. Love and Blessings.
Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘
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I really enjoy your videos. The goats are so entertaining and I like how you are going about your journey.😊
Thanks so much! 😊♥
Tizzy is so elegant ❤
Thank you!
Don’t ever let anyone tell you u ur goats are garbage they are beautiful and amazing goat and u do a really good job with them maybe that person was just jealous that they don’t have the same relationship with there goats as you do yours .keep
Up the good work girl :)
Amazing video.your goats are looking good
Thank you!!
I didn't realize there were "goat snobs". Your goats look good to me. For your goats, I think the most important quality is the taste of their milk (and being able to maintain condition while in milk).
Yes!! We have some heavy producers and keeping their condition is a challenge!
Hi, this is Brenda from Alabama. Just wanted to let you know I just love your goats. Your a winner no matter what anyone thinks.
Hi Brenda! Thanks so much!
What the?! 😮 I can’t believe some people and the nerve they have! You did a great job shaving! You know the ADGA National show is in Kentucky this year? You should try to go and watch. You’ll meet other breeders and be able to see what judges are looking for. Your kids might enjoy it and think about getting into 4H and showing. It’s really fun ❤
YES I think it's held in Louisville?? We thought about going to watch!!
@@SageandStoneHomestead yep! July 13-19
Garbage goat?!? Seriously? The audacity lol. Your goats have purpose and they do very well at it. That is like the same mentality as buying a 250,000 sports car because it's fast, parking it in a garage and saying "yeah but look how perfect it is". I love your goats. You are doing an amazing thing with your breeding for parasite resistance and I think there is a lot of value in that.
What's funny is if I sold the "garbage goat" people would poop on that new owner who's proud of their first goat. It's a cycle that needs to stop. Breeding up is possible. The goat world needs more breeders that built herds from "nothing" with their own skill and knowledge. We have to start somewhere!
@SageandStoneHomestead I completely agree! We've built our herd from them and we have had good parasite resistance and super yummy milk. I'm not overly concerned with rump angles and such, a good milkable udder and a healthy goat are what I'm after. In fact my "mutt" goats are some of my best milkers 😅
@@daughterofmyabbaso true!!!
Who said that?! Good grief!
I see it like a quilt. Do I want to buy your quilt or create my own? It's why I knit socks. Then they are perfect. For me!
Garbage goats??? That is hilarious! I was thinking, did she find them tethered to a dumpster?? Another mans garbage is another mans treasure haha! I can't believe someone called your goats garbage. I am really excited to hyperfocus on all of your goat videos. We just relocated to our 6 acre farm, and I am preparing for goats. I need to catch up on your content too! I am experienced with chickens, ducks, cats, and dogs. So this will be a new journey for us, and I have always wanted goats. All the babies look healthy 😍.
Thank you so much!! I have a goat husbandry playlist on the channel plus quite a few playlists covering the births we've been able to attend! Congrats!!
I hardly every watch goat TH-camrs “show” videos, but this garbage title had me 😂😂
Haha hope you enjoyed this relaxed version of a show!!!
@@SageandStoneHomesteadI did ❤❤
I love your goat videos. I'm glad you didn't give into the snobby/trashy goat breeder people.
Agree that your goats are beautiful and so fun. TY for your vids. I always find them fascinating.
Wow, people really are that derogatory about your goats? How rude! It's great hearing that the B complex sorted out the bitter milk issue. That will be some vital point-of-reference information now for other milk goat owners. I totally appreciate the merits of an 'introvert's show'. I would have so been up for all that instead of having to get up at 4.30am to trek my horses to a show full of people, spend all day there, and the rest. I do miss it sometimes, and socialising with the friends we made, but these days, I totally see the appeal of 'showing from home'.
Yes I can appreciate the live shows too for sure, they each have their perks! I haven't been to a show since I was a kid, and it was a horse show!
Just a tip when you’re taking pictures, make sure you choose a solid, smooth background… Any horizontal lines in your background will make any topline (No matter how straight) look wonky. Good job🥰!!
Ohhhh good point! Great tip, thank you so much!
I think the virtual show sounds like a fabulous idea (introvert that I am aside, haha) exactly for the reasons you mentioned, getting feedback from a 3rd party who is trained, etc. Being able to look at your own herd with some input from different eyes and being able to take their assessment into account when making decisions. Super valuable to get perspectives when working on your own herd with certain characteristics (nice hand milking, good volume, parasite resistant, etc) that you want for your herd. I bet they will love the shorter hair for the heat, they look so sleek and shiny too - gorgeous! Elara's fight dance is cute, looks like even with some heirarchy balancing that Foxy is blending in with the herd nicely. So awesome that the cobalt and B12 is helping with Talia and Breezy's milk, such good info for others who may encounter same situation.
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Elara is so animated. It's lovely to see her personality blossoming!!
How rude that someone would say that about your goats! It was probably a show person, they can be very nasty. I think your goats are lovely and you take excellent care of them.
Yes I think it was. They aren't all that way. I'm friends with quite a few people with show herds. Some get pretty uppity though!!
A virtual goat show sounds awesome! I take care of my mom which I'm honoured to do, but I don't get out much lol.. this will be fun.
Garbage goats? No such thing.... it's like me And my garden, which I lovingly call an experimental garden.... and everyone who knows me ask me hows the experimental garden coming along? Hahaha. I may not be a great gardener and my produce may not be store worthy, but it is to me and those I share it with. Makes sense?
..Alora is so gorgeous and oh my so cute....♡happy feet!!
Tizzy is a pretty goat.
Thank you so much!! A LOT of great produce is refused by stores because it's a little off in shape or color or size... doesn't mean it's not excellent food!! Same goes for goats. They can be a little "off" as far as standards go, and still be a great asset to a homestead!!
I know zero about goats, and never felt any curiosity, but i love that i found your channel and i get to learn a lot of that world and now im very invested to know eveything about them, everything you let us know about breeding and milking and keeping them is interesting to me. The fact that i know and follow some of them from birth helps too. You are amazing heather and so down to earth. You are a ray of light and warmth in many of our days. All my love ❤
You are so kind! Thanks so much ♥♥
I'm really impressed with your down to earthness, you're friendly smile, & kindness. I've learn something new with each video I watch. We've only shown in 4H, that's challenging enough. TY Heather.
OK. I LOVE this video. YES. YES & YES! Grow your own dairy goat :) And there aint nothin" wrong with s friendly backyard milker either. I had no idea that virtual goat shows existed, I love this! And rids you of biosecurity concerns...just love it.
Thanks Robin!! ♥♥
I appreciate your view of "building a goat herd". I feel like in the goat world, most ppl can have instant herd success if they have loads of money, and buy already "made" goats...I don't have that $ so am looking to do the same as you from quality but affordable animals. Thankfully I was blessed with a beautiful buck to help improve our herd for a VERY affordable price.
Also your doe is very pretty, and I am excited to see what sort of official feedback you get from the Show.😊
The virtual show sounds like an awesome opportunity!! As for the snobbery you have encountered, some people really have a skewed outlook on life. You have beautiful goats that are awesome at providing for your family. As for the show, you just might have some ribbons coming your way! Tizzy was looking quite regal standing there like a champion!! Best wishes! Stay safe!!🙏❤
We will see!! She did so great standing there and I think Shindy and Fury look great too. I am so interested to see what the judges think and how the triplets stack up against each other. :)
So so cute! I love them!❤
What fun and hopefully informative. Thanks for the update on the milk flavor help.
I have never clicked faster🤣
LOL Hopefully the video met your expectations!! ♥
I can't believe people would say that about your goats. So RUDE!!! Just know that there are waaaaaaay more people who love you and your goats, so ignore the haters. ❤❤❤
I'm excited to hear the follow-up!!
I'll let you know for sure!!
I think the virtual show is a fabulous idea, not just for getting feedback on the show-quality of your goats, but also in being able to stay on the farm, you are avoiding the stresses (of travel and the show atmosphere) on the goats as well as avoiding the potential for bringing in vectors from outside the farm onto the farm. Seeing Tori and Foxy next to each other, they appear pretty similar in size - funny how THEY'RE not buddies yet. I got lots of giggles in watching Elara dance and play with Foxy, though - I absolutely would get NO work done if I had this happening right outside my house. LOL
It's pretty awesome I get to be out there and watch it with my camera and it's technically work getting done lol!!
Loved the end, so much fun. I don't know goats but have had people bad mouth my animals in the past, so I wanted to say I am sorry that people can't be nice. Good luck in the show and I hope that you are able to learn a lot from the results. I think that you are doing an awesome thing in creating a good homestead goat. Keep up the good work.
As far as Homestead dairy goats are concerned, You have done an excellent job!
May YAH Bless
Thank you!
You have a lovely herd. People can be so stuck up when it comes to goats and how they’re bred and registered. Some people just genuinely love goats and want the nutritious milk and all that a goat can provide and still be a responsible owner and breeder without having the best of the best. I love the playful goat that was dancing around (Alara) did you call her? She looks just like one of my girls. So cute! 🥰 I like that you just enjoy what you have and take good care of all of it. Good luck at the show! ❤
Thank you so much!! Yes that's Elara. I don't think I put her name on the screen like I usually do! Her personality has really been shining through lately! ♥♥
You will learn so much! This is exciting! And your attitude is commendable! ❤
Thank you so much!!
Hi Heather. Is the show open to any breed of goats?
Because I am going to be breeding Kalahari Red goats.
Have a great day.
No it's mini versions of the standard dairy goat breeds, the MDGA website has a list of goat breeds! :)
No it's just for the miniature breeds of the standard dairy goats. There is a list on the MDGA website :)
We have some registries here (NL/EU) that will come on site to judge (sheep, but also horses that i know of), but this is an interesting option when distances are much larger.
On the foto making though : keep contrast in mind. So dark goat + dark background + dark clothed human + shade = difficult to make out shape of goat problem.
White sheet or some such to present dark animals in front (and light ish color for you) makes it much easier to judge the animal properly (and in reverse for light goats, patterns are bit more tricky).
Great point! Thank you so much! ♥ We have appraisals too where someone comes out to judge in person!
Heather, this is a great video, I haven't shown dairy goats in years. But I do have show and heavy milking production Alpine's. You're doing a great job. I wish I would of known about this show. I might of wanted to do that for my herd. Thank you for sharing. Till next time God Bless.
I am not sure if other registries do a virtual show, but the MDGA is for minis and nigerians and they host the virtual show twice a year :) June and Sept
@@SageandStoneHomestead right, I wish you all the luck Heather. You go get them.
If those are mini I wonder how big the regular size is
Lamanchas vary from about 120lbs to over 200lbs!! Some breeders breed them bigger while others tend to stay on the smaller side of things. My Nigerian buck is big so his offspring are big. Tizzy is over 80 lbs right now, pushing 100. We have another F1 mini lamancha that is barely 45 lbs :)
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Is there a cost to MDGA for membership? I have dual registration for most of my goats through ADGA and AGS. I am not pleased with ADGA, however. Too expensive! I think your goats are beautiful. You do an amazing job caring for them. Our babies this year are struggling. I have had two put down the last two days. And they ALL have been fighting parasites and anemia. NEVER have I in all my years of goats had such a problem.
Yes it's an annual fee much like the other registries! I forget what it was... maybe $25? The goats have to have at least one registered parent from one of the other registries to be recorded grade.
Also last year was our year for anemia and parasites! Some years are just awful!!
Buying someone else’s ‘star’ means you miss out on all the knowledge you gain from doing the ground work yourself.
Keep doing you!
I can’t believe how rude some people can be. ❤
It's pretty bold but the internet gives a lot of people some kind of free pass to bully others behind a screen. ♥
I disagree. I have no problem buying someone else's star because I don't have the time or money to put into it. It doesn't mean I haven't learned along the way. It means that I know what quality is and I want to breed it into my herd.
@@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759 we do both. I know I need certain traits and other herds have built those in so I've purchased some outside genetics to achieve what I want with my baseline goats :) I think that's kind of like an express way to herd build!
@@hickoryhillinthebigwoods-r759 I meant that she wouldn’t learn about what traits pass along to make a better goat from her stock. There is always learning to be done. And just when you think you’ve got to figured out, goats will find a way to make sure there is still more to learn 🤣
@elainehinton2860 For sure! My apologies for misunderstanding. It is a learning process for sure.
My goats are garbage goats. 😆 They are mixed breed goats, but they are Nubian style. I breed for milk quality and color if I can. My foundation stock has a beautiful, unusual color pattern that I have never seen before. I am trying to make the color pattern more common.
Nubians have some of the BEST colors I've seen! Them and certain meat goats like Boer and Kiko can have beautiful colors and patterns too!!
@@SageandStoneHomestead My foundation dam is a red/tan front, black back, with small white spots all over her. I was told these spots aren't considered moon spots.
I'll bet that a lot of the reason behind your family's shift to homesteading is self-actualisation, which is something nearly impossible to get working in the corporate world. 'Garbage goats' or not, just buying in some random goat to achieve some other person's idea of 'good' would run contrary to the whole point of homesteading. Being able to create and resolve and evolve right on your own doorstep, every single day, is an incredible experience, and something that many people in cities and suburbs rarely get to experience.
I think too many get caught up in wanting to achieve the ends (which is what our corporatist world is all about), forgetting the joy in the journey. Your 'garbage goats' have great lives, and having them enables you and your family to have great lives too. Anyone who thinks goat shopping is the best way to achieve happiness and self-actualisation might be better suited for a job at the mall.
Very well said!!
When you give the fortified b vitamin injection for off tasting taste, did you have to do one injection or did you have to do it more than once. Thanks
With Talia I gave her two. It may not have been necessary but I gave one on video and another the next day. Good thing about the B complex is any excess b vitamins come out in urine so they don't build up in a negative way. Breezy just had 1 injection.
Thanks so much!! Definitely good to know😊
Mine have been called the same, and I have heard just sell and buy better as well. But like you I don’t want to do that. I hear a lot about Nubian lines are lacking, x, y, z, and I’m like, why would I want to buy a problem when I can breed for better in all that too. I have Nubians yes lol.
It’s rewarding to put in the time and effort to “breed up”!
Hi, just wondering how you get on with their feet, given that your ground is wet. We're on very wet ground too, and while three of our goats (Saanen mother and two kids) are fine and have good feet, the other two (mother and daughter, Saanen Nubian cross, purchased as adults) have terrible feet. We'll never be able to breed those two. Do you have to do much trimming, etc?
Tizzy's feet (in this video) were trimmed last in March. I try to get them every 2 months. I will say genetics play a massive role in how they do on their feet! We only ever had a hint of hoof rot one time, and it was right after we got our first goats. Naylor's Hoof N Heal was a lifesaver for that situation, and you can also look into supplementing with zinc to build a strong hoof wall! ♥
@@SageandStoneHomestead Thanks, I'll look into the zinc issue :)
you have lovely goats, apparently, you have been talking to garbage people.
Oh my why would anyone ever refer to any animal as garbage, that is extremely gross and offensive.perfect or not they are beautiful
Personally I’m a big fan of garbage goats.
Same!! LOL
Oh Heather your arm looks so painful.
It looks a lot worse than it feels!! ❤️
Garbage goat??
I explained that I don't think my goats are garbage but I've had them called that by certain people.
@@SageandStoneHomestead ummmm those certain people need to stay in their own lane..."Mind your business Karen. We got this, thanks."
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