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I've been having trouble uploading photos, and today I was finally able to do it again. So, I wanted to show y'all that we are finally able to chain our goats out to browse on our too tall grass. They aren't making huge progress though, because they are being so dainty about how they nibble at a blade of grass at a time.
This is Leon on his maiden voyage. He was totally in heaven! Initially we bought only one 15' dog tie out chain, because we weren't sure how the screw in anchor would hold in the soggy ground. It turned out the screw grabbed the wet clay (which is under 6-8" of sandy loam soil) and is holding tight. So, we went out and bought 3 more chains ($5.88 at the local farm store) and tie down anchors (on sale at Harbor Freight for $2.99 )
Here is Zan enjoying his browse, while the dog's look on through the fence. You should have heard the commotion when we started taking the goats out of the livestock pen! they DID NOT LIKE us taking THEIR GOATS out of the pen! although they did settle down once the were hooked up th the chain, browsing contently.
This is Little Guy. He is picked on most by the other goats (heat butted away from food and attention by us), and therefore most timid. We are working to let the others know he is special to us, however, he tends to not let use near him, and us a challenge to get a leash on to take him out to browse. The first time I took him out, he screamed, like I was killing him. But, as soon as he realirealized there was grass to eat, he wasn't afraid anymore.
Leon browsing. This shows how long the grass is and how pretty his coloring is.
Leon and Zig browsing after getting all four chains hooked up. The challenge was to not overlap browsing area too much. The area they are browsing is a bit limited, because w have discharge sprayrs for the aerobic septic system, and thy can't eat that grass.
Leon and Zig again . . .
This is Leon on his maiden voyage. He was totally in heaven! Initially we bought only one 15' dog tie out chain, because we weren't sure how the screw in anchor would hold in the soggy ground. It turned out the screw grabbed the wet clay (which is under 6-8" of sandy loam soil) and is holding tight. So, we went out and bought 3 more chains ($5.88 at the local farm store) and tie down anchors (on sale at Harbor Freight for $2.99 )
Here is Zan enjoying his browse, while the dog's look on through the fence. You should have heard the commotion when we started taking the goats out of the livestock pen! they DID NOT LIKE us taking THEIR GOATS out of the pen! although they did settle down once the were hooked up th the chain, browsing contently.
This is Little Guy. He is picked on most by the other goats (heat butted away from food and attention by us), and therefore most timid. We are working to let the others know he is special to us, however, he tends to not let use near him, and us a challenge to get a leash on to take him out to browse. The first time I took him out, he screamed, like I was killing him. But, as soon as he realirealized there was grass to eat, he wasn't afraid anymore.
Leon browsing. This shows how long the grass is and how pretty his coloring is.
Leon and Zig browsing after getting all four chains hooked up. The challenge was to not overlap browsing area too much. The area they are browsing is a bit limited, because w have discharge sprayrs for the aerobic septic system, and thy can't eat that grass.
Leon and Zig again . . .