Recent content by outlawfarmer

Good luck. I like your ideas. I've got many of the same ideas. Still a work in progress. We move them around our property them plant veggies in area they till for us. I wouldn't worry much about housing size and looks as they rarely use it. They need a dry spot to get off the mud. Mine love...

I used it for momma and twin milk goats, but had to staple welded wire over outside or the babies squeezed through. Then when the babies got bigger they could jump out. Cattle panels and lots of metal post to keep them from pushing it down is what worked

I raised pigs once before but had them butchered when the snow began to fly. This time I got some fall piglets about 10weeks or 11weeks now... We will get snow in NH off and on in a couple months and then JANUARY through March it will be 1'-3' deep. So I am 'WINTERING' Pigs without a big...

I guess I will swap her for another. Thanks

Got two piglets approx 8weeks old. Got them home and one looked like he had a nail head or round scab on him at mid back, figured I'd deal withit in morning. This morning that circle was gone and little blood had come out. I got hydrogen peroxide and scrubbed it clean in the cut and it looks...

I'm useing old garden hose cut into section and trees as posts. Every so often ill use aa fiberglass pole bwhen there's a gully or hill etc. Anyone else triied this?

Dug out the electric fence charger and started getting goats used to it. Went around and put posts in backgrounyesterday and today. Got a few more to get planted then its either string wire or mesh. Welded wire is so much cheaper than woven. Electric fence wire is cheapest of all so well see

Saturday night 930p dogs flipped out and my kid says he saw 2 coyote near goat pen. Shotgun....search...made noise.... back to bed... Monday afternoon neighbor drove by and stated she saw one coyote on hill overlooking pen. Now its Wednesday and what should I do besides buy more ammo?

So far this works for three dairy goats. Also if they eat and chew shelter it could be u need a mineral block

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NsvRCdArDjY As u can see in youtube clip above the twins and mom are doing fine now... It was one tit that was hot and wife and I kept working it out a few times per day. It seemed after watching she was only pushing boys off if they grabbed the right tit. Anyways...

Thanks my wife thought she felt warm spot and hard spot so we've been trying to massage and milk it out a couple times per day. Any other suggestions

They were born thursday night. And we want to milk her. We wonder if she has sensitive nipples or something. But also how long after weened can I put then back together without them trying for milk

I have two bucklings and Momma goat together. At times she doesn't want to nurse and other times she will. We are learing as we go. My question is.... when we wean them I have to put them in a different area to sleep and play or they will keep trying for milk. Then I want to castrate them...

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