Quote Originally Posted by badger View Post
talk about ignorant, here I'm thinking you can milk a goat without her being pregnant How long will they milk for? And how do you process the raw milk for consumption? Is there a site or a book that will answer all my questions?
They usually stay in milk until it's time to kid again and then you'd want to give them a couple of months off before birth to build up their strength. The Nigerian Dwarfs will give milk almost all year if you don't dry them off for kidding (or so we've been told).

Actually, there is a great site for goat info - www.fiascofarm.com We learned a lot from Molly and a lot from both trial and error and from frantic google searches in the middle of the night.

The book Natural Goat Care by Pat Coleby is also highly recommended. We have it and have read it - great stuff.