[NotACelebrity]

I raise both, and mini-Nubians. If you're new to milking, Nigerians are definitely easier to train to the milk stand. My Nubians are far easier to hand milk, but they're huge and hard to handle. Mini-Nubians may be your goldilocks goats.

 

[NotACelebrity]

• I personally thought their teat size was kind of small and a bit hard to milk.
• Do you think that if I were to train the Nubian to behave on the milk stand at a young age, and get her used to being touched down there, that she would be easy to handle?

Nigerians' teats are a real inconvenience for hand milking, but their body size makes it much easier to train to a stand. They have a phenomenal udder capacity for their size, but teats the size of a cat's. I value manners over teat size. Anyhow, YES if you were to stand train a Nubian doeling, I'm sure she'd be a dream. Start early!

As I'm sure you know, goats are herd animals, keeping them happy and healthy usually means having more than one. You could always have one of each

 

[NotACelebrity]

I just saw all of your posts on the Goat Spot. I think a Nubian is what you're looking for, and I'm sure you'll be more than happy with one from the last doe you posted, especially if she throws those gorgeous dapples again next year.