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Anonymous-0
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Or just buy a roll of fence wire, and fence them into a small area, full of weeds, vines, and junk. They won't eat real junk, but just about anything else, LOL!
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I feed my goat with a mix I have been using for years it is oats, corn and a few other things and they do well on it and the hay and fresh water. At times I wish it was easy to fence them in because I have some areas I would love them in to get rid of the black berry thorns in that area. Yep they love them and they are even very good for them
Anonymous-0
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Straight corn isn't really the best, but it's ok. They really do good on straight, whole grains, the more the better. Corn, oats, wheat, barley, whatever. And pumpkins, they love those plus it's a natural wormer.
rodgernbama
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I had Nubians.They were gentle and stayed in electric fence. Fed them shell corn. They'd rather eat tree bark and briars than grass.
Donjr has it right. Just wait til one of the little darlings sticks one of those 5" horns in between your ribs, as you so carefully haul grain out to it.
You'll look out the window some morning, and the things will be up on the hood of your new truck, with those nice sharp hooves.
Unless they were loooking in the living room window late last night with those red eyes, scaring the pee-waddin' out of you.
Aw, the little sweethearts.
You'll look out the window some morning, and the things will be up on the hood of your new truck, with those nice sharp hooves.
Unless they were loooking in the living room window late last night with those red eyes, scaring the pee-waddin' out of you.
Aw, the little sweethearts.
Have had goats off and on since I was a kid. One of your better barnyard animals.
To avoid 5 inch horns, just disbud them with an electric iron, when they're little. 30 seconds on each side, rolling the iron around, and ignore the bleating. If they already have horns when you get them, put them on the ground, knee on side of head, and saw them off with a handsaw.
For grain, just buy the cheapest cow grain you can find, and with grass hay (doesn't have to be very good), will be fine over the winter. They prefer brush to grass, which fits in nicely with most of us, who prefer grass to brush. Woven wire will keep them in. They like people better than most any animal other than dogs, and are ideal for grandkids.
Whats not to like?
To avoid 5 inch horns, just disbud them with an electric iron, when they're little. 30 seconds on each side, rolling the iron around, and ignore the bleating. If they already have horns when you get them, put them on the ground, knee on side of head, and saw them off with a handsaw.
For grain, just buy the cheapest cow grain you can find, and with grass hay (doesn't have to be very good), will be fine over the winter. They prefer brush to grass, which fits in nicely with most of us, who prefer grass to brush. Woven wire will keep them in. They like people better than most any animal other than dogs, and are ideal for grandkids.
Whats not to like?
Goats are browsers, so if you have them on pasture they will pick and choose what they eat. Usually weeds, their favorite. In the winter when pasture isn't available, any cheap cattle feed is fine. Corn is OK, and they love it but mine get very little corn. It makes their hooves grow fast and if you don't like trimming hooves then easy on the corn. Cheap hay, the stuff that no one else wants is fine too, just as long as it's not moldy.
I don't remove horns unless requested by a buyer. It's their defense system, so I look at as if the goverment taking away my guns.
Picture below taken Dec. 4, brother and sister at 1 hour old. They are now nibbling at dry feed and hay, almost a month old. Don't have a current picture, but they have grown a lot. These are Boers (meat goats).
I don't remove horns unless requested by a buyer. It's their defense system, so I look at as if the goverment taking away my guns.
Picture below taken Dec. 4, brother and sister at 1 hour old. They are now nibbling at dry feed and hay, almost a month old. Don't have a current picture, but they have grown a lot. These are Boers (meat goats).
Walt in Jaxn Tn.
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My sister and brother in law have a farm east of Grain Valley Mo. east of Kansas City Mo and have some goats, not sure what kind. Anyway they came down to Tennessee to follow me over to Fall Creek Falls to camp and hike thru the park. My sister brought along some goat milk. I did not have good memories of goat milk and decided to tough it thru and try it in my cereal in the morning. I was pleasantly surprised at how smooth it tasted instead of the sharp pungent tast of many years ago. My sister said different goats give different tasting milk. There is a show over in Millington Tn. each year called Goat Days. If you like goats, google it.
I have been considering Boer meat goats, because of the ethnic demand in this area, and every time,I get memories of goats standing in my apple trees,and cherry treelimbs, like a danged squirrel, and eating the leaves and buds off. I tried 3 milk goats back in the 60s, cause I had children, and lived on just 5 acres. When they didn't get out of good woven wire hog fence, it was because they had their heads stuck thru a fence square, and were stuck till I went and worked their horns back thru. Still like to have some, but have put a lot of money work, and yr's into my fruit orchard.
I once owned a female full sized goat. I kept her in a fenced in area of about 2000 square feet. She was stronger than my pretty tough dog, and for this reason, one must put the fence posts outside of the fence. Goats love to lean and destroy/knock down fencing. (Which means that they get loose!) I gave her away to a guy down the road who was able to keep her with more room to run around on than I was,..she is doing great.
Anonymous-0
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do they have the electric net fence for sale in your area?? Neighbor has about 8 minis that he moves around with a couple rolls of it (posts all included). Works real good (maybe just as long as they have plenty to eat) and easy to move...
Anonymous-0
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a few goats own my buddy's dad.... They get a mix of beetpulp, dried bread (all sorts) that neighbors drop off and the bakery lady gives him, cornstalks/corn that he gathers from the fields after the farmer is done, and alfalfa hay. All the goodies get chopped in a garden shredder then all is dumped in a cement mixer with beetpulp..... When there are leaves on the trees, he goes out on his scooter and trims the roadsides to bring them branches full of leaves. They all look good and you can set your watch by them. They'll line up in the yard just before feeding time and watch for him, if he don't get there on time, they start yelling til he gets there........
Anonymous-0
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Musta had my first taste from the gallon jug folks :roll:
wouldn't touch the stuff if I was starving now......
Maybe I'll try again..
I had a large herd of Toggenburg dairy goats. Treated and fed them just like a herd of dairy cows. Fed a good daiy ration and used electric fence.Had a regular goat milking parlor. If they hae good pedigrees they will milk heavy. We made goat milk cheese. I still have a lot of semen in my tank from one of the top bucks in the country. Used AI and did some ET on choice does. Incidently the proper terms are Buck and Does not Billy an Nanny. Then ther are he plain old Brush Goat that is used for reclaiming brush land.When you look a the goat world wide they provide food for moe people than sny other spiecies, ust look at all of the African and desert countries. gitib
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