Recent content by terri9630

Thanks. I was thinking of making a plywood liner for under the lid. I can make it a little long to cover the edge. I need to see how they attatch under the cage. We have problems with bobcats. They cant get TO the cages, but I've had a rabbit panic and kill it's self from the stress...

A bit late I know, but how do you attatch the nest to the bottom of the cage? Have you used the optional cover? How do those attatch?

I googled free bull calf and came up with this. Free calves add is at the bottom below the PETA sounding paragraph. http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2009/02/386045.shtml

Sounds like a dairy. We used to be able to buy the bull calves for almost, and sometimes, nothing.

I wouldn't count on the dairies making a lot of money on this. They have been subsidized and haven't really felt the effects of the higher feed prices. In the past year we have had 3 local dairies shut down and the news reported that this year, state wide, over 50 dairies have gone out of...

Thanks y'all. These are my first goats and they are so funny. The kids are hilarious trying to jump around. I just have to learn everything......

My doe had twins on Sat. They are both nursing on one side leaving the other side full. I have been moving them to the full side when I go out in the morning but as soon as I let them go they go to the other side. The neglected side is full. Once the kids are done I've been milking the doe...

What is cob? I just got my first goats so I'm reading up on other peoples problems and how they corrected/treated them.

Is it your property? If so I'd call the elect company holler about them killing your forage and see if they will cover some hay. One of the ranchers nearby was able to get them to supply him with some after a similar incident. It didn't replace what was killed, but it helped.

Our friends and neighbors have learned that nothing is free. When we butchered our pig everyone said we should have a big cook out for the neighborhood. It never dawned on them that we had to PAY for the animal, feed and butchering. Once they saw the numbers they quit asking.

Why not mount it with a gate hinge? The kind used on stock gates and chain link. Then it can swing either way without changing anything.

Thanks. I found some Lamanchas near me. I'd prefer the smaller goats but this breeder is only 10 miles from me and can/will help if I need it.

Thanks y'all. Now I just need to find some small goats. I was thinking of getting a couple of Dwarf Nigerians. That way I have more than one for company and off set breeding/milking without being inundated with milk. I was talking to a guy about a mother/daughter pair but he never got back...

Thank you. I've looked at the Dexters but as we live in the desert all feed will have to be provided and a 120lb goat will eat far less than a 600 pound cow. I'd rather have a cow, but not when hay is up to $400 a ton and rising. We generally drink a gallon of 2% and a gal of skim a week~week...

I'd like to get a milk goat. Hubby wants to know how much fat is in it. He drinks skim milk and the kids and I drink 2%. Is there a way to remove some of the fat from the milk? I know you can make cheese from goats milk, but can you make butter? I'd like a milk cow but I don't need that...