Fainting Goats

horses in a stall for 5yrs, never taken out? stall never cleaned? how are they fed? if they are taken out and exercised daily, no problem, but if locked up and never outside, this is a case of cruelty. horses must exercise, good for their body and mind. pics of the horses would be interesting too.

I have had my goats since they were 8 week old. So I have been able to see them grow up. I was also told that the goats would not breed till they were at least a year. Stupid me, I trusted what the women told me!!!! That will never happen again. The one that died was only 9 1/2 weeks old so he might have had pneumonia, SIDS or something. She replaced the one that died at the end of March with another buck. So my replacement buck is what got my doe pregnant. He is beautiful though!!

No the horses have not been out!! She has her 14 year old feed them once a day. I'm always talking to them when I am in the barn taking care of my goats twice a day. Clean stalls what the heck is that!!! She doesnt even put down sawdust or wood shavings!!! Yes I do put down pine shavings in my stall!! There are mats down, but that's it in hers. In the summer months it's absolutely disgusting!! We have told her many many time to put down saw dust, wood shavings and she won't do it. She might clean out the stalls every 6 months or so. I just feel terrible for those animals!! Animal Control has been out a few times and they come after my husband and I because they are on our property. She won't sign a lease, I think for that reason. They actually don't look skinny they do look healthy, but I know that they aren't. The five years that I've been around, know body has ridden them. When I first came around she had 16.

Ok I have put some pictures of my goats out there. I'm new at this and not sure how to put them just on my post. If you can't see them please let me know and any info on how to do it would be great also.

Thanks!!

Verndawg said:

Ok I have put some pictures of my goats out there. I'm new at this and not sure how to put them just on my post. If you can't see them please let me know and any info on how to do it would be great also.

Thanks!!

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I have not seen them yet. Could you put the link here so I can see them?

Ok well call me dumb because I can't figure out how to post pics on this website. I thought that you could go to my uploads and see them. I guess you can't. So I need more help... How do I post pics????

How to post pics
http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=97

I haven't been on much lately, so I am late to the party, but would like to give you some info and ask some questions. Since you headed your posts Fainting Goats, I have a couple questions.

1. Are they pure and do they faint? stiffen up? hesitate? do you know the 1-6 fainting scale? if so, where do they fall?

2. Good news is....Fainters are extremely good on being worm and parasite resistant.

3. I raise Fainters, and I keep the pelleted and grain foods down to a minimum. During times when they are not bred, or the bucks are not in rut, I do not feed grains or pellets, only hay and graze/browse. We have found they do the best with unlimited hay. Ours is not a great quality hay that we use because we use what we can get and afford easily. It works out so that each goat eats about a sheet of hay a day, with extra at night. We keep loose minerals out for them at all times, but they do not use much of it. The Bucks do use more minerals than the does.

4. If your doe is just now a year old and is near to kidding, be sure you keep her grain and pelleted feed down to absolute minimum, because you DO NOT want what is probably going to be a single baby to get too big. Give her unlimited hay, lots of fresh water, make sure she gets exercise and watch her closely. She should do fine. Fainters are a very hardy breed and do well under all kinds of conditions.

5. I do give my goats corn, but only a handful at a time for treats.

Please feel free to PM me or post any questions that I can help with.

Good luck and keep us posted.

BJ