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So addicted! Hubs is, too, now. We aren't "farm" folk, but we're getting there! My garden is coming along nicely. My chickens are laying like crazy. My ducks are big and healthy. And my goats are adjusting well so far. At least I know who to blame! :gig

I have nubian/nigerian/boer crosses. I've had them just a couple of weeks. They do come running any time they hear the gate. I'll start rattling the bucket - haha! They are still little (4 months old). The 5' fence is very high to them. I *think* I'm in good shape now. If I dusnt live between...

Done! And the little darlings haven't even tested the fence. Better safe than sorry, though! Never having had goats, I'm learning as I go. They are absolutely adorable with great personalities (although one has a problem with one of the others). We are keeping them in a smallish area for now...

Thanks. I'm on it!

You folks are great! I really appreciate it! One escaped from their fenced area (my gate was not goat-proof - she squeezed out). She ran straight up toward the highway. I chased her and scared her away from the road. Chased her up a steep embankment onto a levy, and down again. Took me about 2...

Alright. If I run electric inside the fence @ shoulder height, will is "discourage" the goats leaning on the fence? I hear tell that they'll push t-posts over. This is a small area - I'm thinking just a couple thousand square feet. I just don't want to have to build the thing twice. Know...

That's kinda what I figured about the holes. Thanks! Okie dokie! Gonna get started on that fence first thing in the morning. Shouldn't be too hard. This'll be their "home" paddock, so it won't be a huge job. We have plans to use them for weed control in a couple of trouble spots on the property.

I tend to overthink these things, so I could use some more experienced, less paranoid people to chime in. I currently have 4 doelings. They are in our chicken pasture now, but they are getting mighty big and the chickens are judgmental divas, so we're fencing off another area of the property...

I am also new at this, so I am intrested in hearing others' thoughts on this. I was planning 6ft woven wire with t-posts. I may even go 8' with hot wire up high and down low because of coyotes.

I have read it, and I will ask her! I know others have it a lot worse than I do. I rarely complain, but it feels good to let off some steam! Haha!

I can imagine parents are frustrated! I would probably go crazy if I was in their situation! It's a bad situation for everyone. I just wish parents wouldn't take it out on me. I'm just doing what I'm told. I'd much rather be in the classroom. One district not far from ours reopened at the...

That is also part of my plan. If I can learn how. Oh my goodness. There is so much to LEARN. I feel like a babe in the woods. Haha!

Not a farmer by any stretch of the imagination, but COVID has affected me. I just recovered from being sick with it nearly a month. It was not like the regular flu for me. I never had a fever or the cough, but I lost my sense of smell and taste and ended up with a chest wall infection that had...

*GASP* (that's me coming up for air) That's my plan. I'd get LGD, but hubby is dead set against it. Llamas are a compromise. I'm still toying with the idea of just getting goats. I'm still not sure, and I have a tendency to overthink things. Lol! Thank you for the response! Now back to...

Thanks for the kind welcome! I'm reading like crazy. So much good, practical info here.

Excellent advice about gates!!! Thank you! We are installing 6, maybe 8ft woven wire field fence with hotwire down low and up high. We will start construction once the weather is a little drier. We had a mountain lion kill 2 llamas about 10 miles from here back in 2016. It's rare, but it does...

How about starting a herd? Don't yet have one. That's what I'm planning for 2021! Goats and maybe llamas. We'll see...

Hi, Cathy! Maybe I could pick your brain about llamas. I am considering adopting a couple. I'm in NorCal, too! Just joined BYH myself. Looking forward to this adventure!

Hi, everyone! Total noob here, just trying to learn best practices for raising goats and possibly llamas. I really am clueless, so I'm here to learn! I live in Nevada County, CA. I have a very small 3-acre property that I am looking to homestead. I have a grad total of 9 gateway drugs...