HankTheTank and Ownedby3alpacas Journal

[SmallFarmGirl]

MIlk, meat, cart... consider?

 

[HankTheTank]

I know I couldn't do meat goats, I get waaay too attatched...I'm pretty sure I'd rather have a wether, just to keep any breeding plan I have simpler, and so I have two pairs of a wether and a doe (I guess I'm OCD about that, everyone has to be even ) I'd love to cart train him, but I don't know if I could manage it. Sometimes I tend to lose motivation for things....I'd love to have a cart goat though, Hank can already carry a pack. I'm planning on taking him for a walk on the Appalachian Trail (part of it is right near my house). And since I take my goats to Community Day as a sort of petting zoo, a cart goat would be pretty cool. Anyway, these are some of my considerations....basically what's been on craigslist recently

http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/grd/2960556237.html

http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/grd/2960557003.html

http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/grd/2945230824.html

and I emailed a farm that was supposedly selling excess bucklings pretty cheap but they never got back to me

What do you all think? Does anyone on here have cart goats? Is there any way to make the harnesses and things, since it seems to be very expensive?

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

Go for the nigora goat kid... he's smaller than the LaManchas and he makes me melt...

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

He can pulll a little cart and ....

 

[HankTheTank]

And him and Hank could pull together!!! Wouldn't he overheat real easy though?

 

[Ownedby3alpacas]

Go for the nigora goat kid... he's smaller than the LaManchas and he makes me melt...

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

And him and Hank could pull together!!! Wouldn't he overheat real easy though?

Shave him down and use the fur./wool for some craft! He'll be fine if you give him a clipping.

 

[HankTheTank]

I couldn't keep him shaved all the time, could I? They only gety sheared how many times a year? Ownedby3alpacas, you ought to know this, your the fleece person....

 

[Ownedby3alpacas]

I couldn't keep him shaved all the time, could I? They only gety sheared how many times a year? Ownedby3alpacas, you ought to know this, your the fleece person....

until we learn how to use the fiber i don't care what you do. keep him clipped all summer if it would make him more comfortable....

 

[HankTheTank]

Hmmm...interesting, interesting...you want to email, or should I?