Anyone interested in fiber goats? (Maryland, USA)

This is my first year breeding Nigoras, and I have three soon to be wethers to rehome.
So, what are nigoras? They are a cross between the dairy breed Nigerian dwarfs and the fiber producing angoras. You end up with a goat that produces both milk and a beautiful long staple cashmere.
Obviously the wethers won’t do much in the milk department, but their fiber should be lovely. One of them was born to a doe with a slightly shorter staple wool that sheds every spring and doesn’t mat. The other two come from a doe with longer staple wool that mats up as it sheds, so is best shorn rather than combed. The sire was on the lighter end, so all of them may end up with the comb-able type fleece. Also worth noting: cashmere fiber needs to be dehaired, or it is prickly. There are mills you can ship it to, or you can do it yourself with mini fiber combs.
For homesteading though, I find them extremely useful as brush clearers. I know they often get a bad rap, but mine have been awesome: they have a permanent shed and paddock made from sheep/goat panels, and they are trained to go back there each night. During the day, I use electronet with an old car battery to pen them in all the places I want cleared. They love wild rose, porcelains berry, kudzu, brambles, poison ivy, oriental bittersweet, honeysuckle, and most broadleaf saplings (not pawpaw or tree of heaven). My hundred feet of electronet will enclose an area that will feed two goats for 5-7 days and 6 goats for 2 days (hence my meed to downsize!)
If you are interested in getting started with nigora wethers, pm me. I would be open to working with you in the fiber side to get it processed and maybe find a market for it. If you have questions about the way I keep them, I am happy to answer on the thread!

Almost forgot - pictures!!!
The wooly ones are the parents in fleece.

Your goats are lovely.

I live in mohair country so I am used to seeing these kinds of lovely goats.

Having a cross between a dairy goat and a fiber goat sure has its benefits.

Thank you for sharing your lovely story of how to raise goats fo milk, fiber and weed control.

Hi Lina!
I'm not currently set up enough to take any goats this year but I hopefully will be in the spring if you have any wethers then!  I want goats for fiber and brush clearing/land maintenance so I've been looking at pygoras but haven't done much research on nigoras yet.  How cold hardy are they?  I'm up in southern VT zone 5b.  Thanks!

Andy Marion wrote:Hi Lina!
I'm not currently set up enough to take any goats this year but I hopefully will be in the spring if you have any wethers then!  I want goats for fiber and brush clearing/land maintenance so I've been looking at pygoras but haven't done much research on nigoras yet.  How cold hardy are they?  I'm up in southern VT zone 5b.  Thanks!

Hi Andy! Hopefully in the spring I will have a nee set of babies!
I don’t see why they wouldn’t do fine in zone 5b - you would have to provide them shelter, maybe a 4 sided shed instead of the 3 sided one I have, but their coats are pretty solid.
Good luck getting things set up, and reach out ti me when you are ready! There may even be someone closer to you with wethers for sale.