I'm a bit late to the party, but am really enjoying the discussion on goats and the great pics of the nice nubians. A quite a few year ago, at least 20, I had several. A couple of Alpines, Nubians, and my best milker was a Nubian/Saanen cross. I used the milk for drinking, and I also fed it to my chickens. Boy talk about great tasting chicken! Dito to the comments about the effects of different foods on the milk, but that's also true of cattle. We used to always know when the cows got into some wild onions. I thought the goats milk was much like cows milk if chilled quickly, and used within 24 hours. After that time it started to have a bit of goaty flavor. If you ever smelled the breath of a cow eating grass, you'd know where the taste of milk came from. The biggest problem I had with them was that it was so hard to find a market for the male kids. I just couldn't butcher them, although I don't think I'd have a problem with eating chevon if the opportunity arrose. There seems to be a lot of people raising Boer goats, and other types of meat goats, as I see lots of adds on Craigs List for them. I just got too attached to the fun kids to ever eat them.
