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Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your answers. I've been busy over the holidays and just got back to work yesterday and finally had a minute to check byh.com again. I have read over each post carefully and I think you all have excellent info and advice. I think my new plan is to...

Congrats!!!!! :love:love

Thank you kindly, that site has a lot of great info. Wonderful. I have been doing research into it, and since kids are hot sellers in my area I think I would be able to sell them for decent money. I haven't wrote up a business plan though, which I definitely should. Selling soap might be...

That cow was revenging you from beyond the grave! :frow

It really depends on your area, check out craigslist.ca or equine.com or one of the sale sites and check out what similar animals are selling for. Personally, I would put him up for $150 with an inspection of the property as a must. Make sure the people can support him. Anything you can do to...

I have no idea from those pics, but she sure does look gorgeous. :)

At a barn I used to work at, we had a pony about that high and when the mares were in heat they would get down hill waiting for him and he would get a running head start and... well it was quite hilarious. He was gelded but boy oh boy did he try.

Hello everyone! I am about to purchase a small herd of Saanens, purebred with great pedigree. Part of the money I am using to purchase them is a loan from my darling mother. Now, my mother has talked to someone who owns a commercial goat dairy. He told her how there is no money in milk and...

Thank you one and all for your replies! I am so excited to get into goats, and I feel Saanens are a good breed to start with. Glad to hear everyone else has had good experiences with them! I have an update on the fencing, I thought both paddocks had barbed wire but one does not and it has a...

You know, I may just force hubby to help me take apart some of the barbed wire and replace it. It really is numbingly cold but I'd hate myself if something happened to the girls and it was preventable. How many strands should I have up to keep goats in?

Thanks for the welcome, I look forward to being here!! Jealous of those not covered in snow. *sigh* Winter IS pretty though.

I appreciate your honesty, I am very concerned about barbed wire and predators and take it very seriously. The safe spot is an area previously used to herd cattle into to prepare for transporting or just to work with them. It's not huge, the goats wouldn't have a ton of room in it, but it has...

Guys sorry to intrude on this thread (congrats by the way!:weee) But I am getting some unbred Saanen does shortly after New Years and I was wondering if there is any chance I could still persuade them to be bred? I read some places November is whe they go into heat, then some say autumn to...

Very good points. Again, did a bit more research into it and the male llama could even try to mate the female goats! Will be looking into a female llama for sure with a history of guarding. Curious if anyone is into Saanen genetics, I am getting a doe that has Hy-crest Juno's Jacklyn in her...

That doeling is fancy!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, super cute!! Congrats!

Thanks for the post. Getting into goats, I do know that I will be faced with culling. Not excited about it, but it's inevitable.

Oh my what a cutie! Congrats on your new one.

Thanks for your reply. :) Yes, it is absolutely frigid here and I asked hubby if we could take off the barbed and well, the look he gave me shut me up about it. We have two wires of barbed and 4 of electric. I almost want to wait til spring to buy the goats because of this but I am getting a...

Hi there, My name is Trix (childhood nickname that stuck!) and I hail from Ontario. I'm excited to be a member, I started off on the backyardchickens forum when we recently got chickens, and moved on over here now that we are getting goats! Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy and Safe New...