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We have the opportunity to get a pig (pot belly/ mother-reg. size boar/ father). What size would you think the piglet will get. (Mother is 40 lbs./ Father is unknown.) Also, what are the problems we might incur if we put the pig in the goat pen with 2 Nigerian Dwarf goats?)

New to goats. We have 6 1/2 mo. Old Nigerian Dwarf Doe and Wether who have been on various types of Hay (peanut, T&A, etc.) and Noble Goat Feed up until now. 1) Can we switch to Hay only? We don't plan on breeding/ milking the female- these are pets only. They are in the same living/ feeding...

I was wondering about sand...we use that for our chicken coop and it works GREAT! I am just having a "stink" problem with our rabbits and new goats (one wether and a doe). It's not in their houses but in the goat pen (poo/pee) and under the rabbit cage. Maybe the sand will help dry/ ammonia??

We only have 2 Nigerian Dwarf Goats (5 mos. old) ...and they live in a nice sized pen 10x32 with house 6x4 ft.... We live in Florida...and it is Winter NOW...and it still STINKS! How can I control that...I like things fairly neat and clean, as I'm sure most of us do. Do you rake and shovel...

Sorry! Busy building the pen :)! Can't figure out how to add pictures here???

We are picking up our 3 month old KIDS today :D!! They will be in a 24x6 penned area w/ shelter that backs up to a drainage ditch/fenced though. I am VERY concerned about poisonous plants that will grow up to/ through the fence on the backside. Should I be?? Or would fence growth be minimal...

Picking up our KIDS in an hour :D!! Warthog- Would you say you notice any difference in your bottlefed's "tameness" toward people and your 4 month old you got?

Thank you all so much! We are picking up our pair (wether/ chosen and doeling / too choose) on Saturday from the farm!!! The owner says the prettier doe (12 wks.) is more shy...the other (we didn't want a white one), of course, is very friendly. With your experience...would you say that at 3...

OMGoodness, Jodie... You couldn't have posted a BETTER picture to make me think twice!? LOL.

Thanks, Warthog :). Also, great advice. I can imagine (now) all those scenarios. A neighbor down the road stakes his out once in a while...but not to a tree. Not sure if it was a cinder (sp?) block or what, but it didn't look like anything much to get tangled up on. That is why I thought...

That's also great, much-wanted information. Thank you !!! PS- Liked your "Whether or not" pun ;).

Wesley Chapel here :)!

ME! I just sent you a friend request on FB, too. I am in Wesley Chapel :).

Thanks, again.

Thank you. I know we live in an agricultural residential subdivision and are allowed chickens. (Several neighbors have horses, and two neighbors have goats.) I am assuming- yes. I have heard- no bucks. I am just trying to decide betweeen the combo of two does or a doe and a wether. We very...