If you are wanting to buy Pygmy goats, here are things that you might want to consider. If you are a beginner with buying goats and are going to keep the goat as a pet, you should probably buy a wether (castrated male) because they are usually less money than females. If you are getting a goat, make sure they are dehorned (I recommend this from experience). My goat, Zoom, is a nuisance with his horns. We keep our goats in a chain-linked fence and he puts his horns in the fence to the gait, and pushes it open. So, now we have to put bungie-cords on the gait to keep them in. Also, if your goat has horns, they know that they are there. They can become extremely aggresive. That's why I'm selling Zoom to a lady who has sheep and who used to have a Pygmy goat, but they had to sell him because he had foot rot. I'm kind of nervous about letting him go because he is my first goat that I have ever gotten, and because of the foot rot. I have also learned that there is a vaccination for foot rot that will keep them from getting it. It works for about a year, then you have to give the shot to them again.
If you are looking for a show goat, buy a female in case she grows to be a very good quality goat, and people want to buy her offsprings.
