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Never heard of that, but have heard about putting red pepper flakes for whatever reason...
 

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I can not imagine why putting a spice in their crop would add thermal heat.
 

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hate that shabang is being a pia LS. remember that she and dippin' dot are litter sisters and dot always was the meeker of the two. it doesn't surprise me that bang picks on dots kid since she is low goat on the totem pole. doesn't make it right but easier to understand. six goats in that hoop house is kind of crowded and would create stress between them all imo. did you ever get something to hook bang up while everyone eats like I suggested? that will make for less tension at feeding time. hope she calms down after she kids.
@Pastor Dave I've heard of folks feeding the red pepper flakes to chickens to help them stay warm, suppose to make them lay better in the winter. not ever done it so have no clue if it works. hopefully someone on here will try it and let us know.
 

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Idk abt red pepper flakes, but I guess they used some black pepper in the water to just make them feel a little warmer. The gal that told me is early 60's, and she was a kid when her mother did this in Winter time. Just curious if anyone else had heard this or done it.
 

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Temps here have been above 60 all day. Almost 9pm and outside temp is still 61°f. Anticipated low tonight is 58 with highs back up in the high 60s tomorrow. I kept the wood stove going today with the damper closed right down anticipating I might want to add just a little heat tonight. Looks like I'm going to let it burn out. I'm sitting here right now back in the computer room with a window wide open as it's now at 78°f in the house and I'm sweating. My how a few days changes things.

Goats are getting fatter... Gotta believe they've been bred. Will try to get some pics next sunny day and let the guessing begin ;) No way the first can go much before 3/25 as that's when the buck was introduced, so still a couple months to go.
 

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It was warm here today too. At least when we get frozen weather, it never lasts long. Yes! We want pics of your goats!!
 

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It sure warmed up here today too...it's 57° on the front porch at 10pm....the ducks were happy to get back in their pool. The goats were glad that the cold white stuff all melted overnite and they were able to scavenge for acorns....the frigid temps have set back the rye grass, so the warmer days should help it to recover some. The variety I sowed this year is suppose to recover faster than others, so we'll see if it does....:)
 
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