I've had several horses in my time, including three yearlings I raised and worked with. Never a weanling though or a mule! Should be fun or pure heck. Lol at least I have a trainer that I know saved in my contacts. That lil bugger is much smart than a horse though. I wonder if he is going to be...
Thank you OneFineAcre! I can't wait to bring him home. I've never owned one so young before! Any tips? He will be 4 months old when I get to pick him up.
When he is ready I'm going to send him to my trainer and have him broke for trail riding. We have a wonderful nature preserve that has several horse trails, just a 15 minute drive from the house. So far he is doing very well with halter breaking! If he shows potential...I might even take him fox...
Picking him up the first week of October at weaning. Little guy is going to need a name! Really don't want one of the standard mule names, so no blanco, john, jim, jack, beau, etc. I like odd names like Preacher, Governor, Bishop, etc. Any suggestions are welcome.
It looks like the pipes have a pretty sizable width to them...I would be concerned about the goats falling in. might put a wire screen and a couple (sp?) To keep the cut end of the screen from being a scratch hazard.
Chewing won't be a big problem usually, rubbing on though is a possibility.
For just pets and slaughter goats I wouldn't worry to much about a horizontal fold.....but...If you are selling them for slaughter, vs your own meat source, they tend to go at lower prices than a cosmetically appeasing goat. When selling a female with folded ears her price is dramatically...