I have my feed cost per doe at $219 per head. I feed round bales so I have $98 a year per doe in hay and my show feed I buy I get for $10.88 a bag if I buy a ton at a time. So I have $121 a year in feed per doe but to get my kids to yearlings I have another $200 in each kid so if they have twins my break even is roughly $350 per yearling doe but for wethers at weaning is $200 figuring in creep feed. People need to realize their costs and buyers need to realize goats aren’t cheap even at the sale barn.

What you're pointing out about the cost is why I said what I commented on the "first kids of 2021," I believe , where I left a message. I just don't have that kind of money plus the other necessities they need like vet checks, pens to birth in, fencing to hold them while they're out in the field grazing, barrels w/ lids to store their feed, water pails, feed troughs (I think that's how it's spelled), vitamins, bedding, birthing boxes, ect... It just wouldn't be fair nor logical to the goats to get them w/o being able to afford them properly! I'm glad you made this video, I've got a much better understanding about the cost of just one goat and because I've got a better idea about the cost of food for 2 goats (times 2) Thanx so much!

Great assessment here.

Good video

Good basic run down, My wife and I need to run our numbers over again. The vast population in our area think goats should be $75-100 and almost can't fathom paying $300 for a supposed weed eater.

What should you be spending on your initial goats to start out?

Man where can i get hay for $5 a bale!?! Lol twice that fot second cut in my neck of the woods. Alfalfa #1 runs about $15 for a 3strand bale

Wow i spend about 18.00 for a 70-lb maybe 80-lb bale of Alfalfa hay I don't trust are local hay suppliers as they buy there hay locally and are area don't have good hay. so i think it is well worth the price. Although right now i only have 3 Lamancha Dairy goats. I will be picking up 1 pure bred Boer buck and 3 to 5 pure bred Registered Boer doe's the buck is registered as well. But this buck is only 2 weeks old but he is built like a tank just like his father. His father is pushing 200-lbs at a year old so i can't wait to see what this buck is going to be when he is 6 months old. His name is Tubs and it fits him. I can't wait to pick him up end of August next month. I had one boer doe before but she was very poor quality and didn't even produce any kids i think she couldn't or she never gave me any before i sold her i was going to eat her but i told the person i bought her from i wouldn't so i rehomed her. But I plan on weathering all the buck kids and raising them up for meat I don't sell buck kids as they tend to either be abused or killed inhumanely or they get tossed from home to home and i can't bare to see that for them so i would rather raise the bucks humanely and butcher them for my own meat sense I LOVE goat meat.

Unless I missed it, what about your time? No one should work for pennies, or nothing/per hour. Good job!