Reasons why sokoto red hardly survive in the south.

1. Distance: Without food and water, in some instances, some goats survive on papers and nylons used in rapping contents eaten in the truck by passengers so distance without adequate food and water supply stresses them a lot and this made most of them develop a bad health opening up underlying sicknesses.

2. Change in weather and food ration: this is self explanatory, see I'm not in the mood to type this night, just watch the video, I must warn you that it's very graphic, you may subscribe to my channel if you like. I'm Mide also known as MideMrPossible and I'm an animal lover, breeder and I'm currently building a ranch, a model to be presented to the government as soon as we break-even so that the project can be replicated in several states hence we end extreme hunger and poverty.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_ipynPWz6c

Clearly this topic about northern Nigerian goat breeds belongs in the agriculture section of this forum. That said the OP is to be commended for bringing the topic of goat farming to the attention of Nairaland's readers.

Nigerian dwarf goats are currently in great demand with farmers all over the USA and EU. Primarily, they are farmed for their milk and not for their meat, however, there is enormous potential for the farming of goats that remains under-exploited in Nigeria where these breeds originate. Here is just one of numerous Youtube videos about milking Nigerian dwarf goats.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9NbedNizN8

The most efficient method of milking Nigerian Dwarf Goats is with a machine, as shown in this video clip. The milk of these goats is reportedly far more nutritious than cow milk, and goat milk can also be used to make excellent cheese that is high in protein and ideally suited for vegetarian diets.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR69EKkfLLk

This final video clip was posted by a couple in the USA who share their top five reasons for raising Nigerian dwarf goats.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjttVFVPhGc