Recent content by Sinistershelly

I love soap.. I am new at it and became an addict very quickly. The first batch I made, well a friend mostly made while teaching me, its a cold process soap. Next pay day I am gonna get a few batches of melt and pour. I cant wait. On the left the 2 square ones are made with animal fat, it was...

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My goat housing is very simple, for now. They go in when they want but spend most days up top sunning. Those houses are perfect for their size. Right now they share a area with the ducks. I had to make a lower lip at the bottom of the bigger house so the ducks wouldn't go in there and dirty up...

We got a few inches but nothing insane. The wind is the thing that gets us most. It can be very annoying, lol. The goats did good, they stayed inside, but the ducks sure had fun playing in it.

Another Coloradan here. Im out in Ellicott, outside the springs. Fairly new to goats, had them about 6 months now and so excited. Can't wait to meet more Colorado folks near by with goaties :)

So wood shavings are ok for goats? I would much prefer to use them myself but I was told not to because the goats would eat it and get sick. If thats not true, Im going with shavings then.

I looked around the site and didn't really find much on goat house/shelters. I was wondering if you all could share yours and maybe help me, and possibly others, with some ideas on how to build ours. Right now I am just using a simple plywood house but it seems too boring to me and I'm getting a...

Well they don't get more than a cup a day. I had read this on fiasco farms feed guide. I did not even know it was so unsafe for boys to have grain. Like I said, still new and learning. Thank you for pointing that out. Should I stop them completely then from having grain?

Thats funny but you may be right in your last statement, Im not sure. The place she came from didn't look horrible it could have been a habbit to compete for food since she was in with a few others as well, who knows. I wrote the owners and told them and they were happy to take her back so she...

Well this particular one is pretty mean to the dwarfs. She goes out of her way to butt and bite them. She wont even let them eat their own food. I know animals will normally display that aggression if they were here first but she is the new one and acting like that.

I dont doubt that at all. I meant trying a different breed for the milk. I know no matter what there will be dominance issues, its the same with my chickens too. Im just gonna need to divide their living space is all. No biggy

Hi everyone, newby here with a question. My family and I have been wanting to get a dairy goat for consumption. I just got a togg which I was told is not the best tasting raw. There is a lady down the road from me with 3 pregnant does, Nubian, LaMancha, and boer. What do you think I should go with?

Thank you everyone. It looks like I may need to give back the togg anyways. She has been pretty aggressive with the lil guys, butting them and biting them. She wont even let them eat. The hubby has to stand outside and monitor during grain time so she wont run over and eat the boys food. I do...