rachels.haven's Journal

[rachels.haven]

I discovered today that one of the things my goats loved to eat the most in TN was something called "greenbrier". I found it in a local park and used a plant ID app and matched it to its Wikipedia article. Our pasture is devoid of it, but if it wasn't, the goats would find it and be going back every day to strip it back, eating vines, tendrils, leaves, and thorns like they used to. It grew really aggressively. If I didn't have goats I think I'd hate it. I bet it has a lot of protein. I bet they miss it.

 

[Mini Horses]

Honeysuckle & plantain here they love it!

 

[fuzzi]

I discovered today that one of the things my goats loved to eat the most in TN was something called "greenbrier". I found it in a local park and used a plant ID app and matched it to its Wikipedia article. Our pasture is devoid of it, but if it wasn't, the goats would find it and be going back every day to strip it back, eating vines, tendrils, leaves, and thorns like they used to. It grew really aggressively. If I didn't have goats I think I'd hate it. I bet it has a lot of protein. I bet they miss it.

Green brier pops up all over, here.

 

[farmerjan]

I think @Baymule "loved it" at her previous place

 

[Baymule]

My sheep ate it up as far as they could reach. It was a solid wall all the way up to the tree tops. We machete chopped it at ground level and pulled it down. The sheep ate it. They didn’t eat the thorny big part of the vines but they stripped leaves and ate the smaller stems. Then they kept it down by eating the sprouts.

I Hate Green Briars!

My husband would love a back hoe or some big man toy.. But, you are right. It would just sit there after the novelty wore off.

www.theeasygarden.com

 

[rachels.haven]

Grr time.
Electric netting behind the "arena" to make a baby goat grow out/intense buck pasture (not at the same time obviously).
Number of rolls already owned and recently acquired not sufficient. Ugh, more $$$ spent tonight. That wasn't in my plan. And the price has been upped-not my favorite.
...Grr. Did it anyway though.
We still need to get a shelter for it so not sure an extra pair of nets is worth complaining about when that expense is still looming. Plan is for Dator and Pepper, my intense Lamanchas, over there during rut and set it up so I have to go in as little as possible. Anyone else get spicy and they will be added. They won't be able to see the does anymore. HOpefully it will be chiller that way.

 

[rachels.haven]

Hmm, Shaun's Houdan rooster looks female. And he's still very docile. He's got a very pale face, no comb and no waddle development when all the other males are turning bright red. I'm still expecting him to color up and crow, but I'm suspicious.

 

[rachels.haven]

Here's another positive. My messed up pedigree white Nigerian, Beaul, got his pedigree cleared today and he came back from UC Davis as the buck I bought him to be...and his "half" brother is actually a full brother. The ND pair of twins he threw this year were thick and growthy...and squatty, just like his genetics code for. I think he'll get used. He should carry long teats that point straight down and socked on udders. His fertility last round wasn't great, but our nutrition program is different and we may have had CVV sweep through so I'm opting to give him another chance to cover my Oberon daughters. So we'll have more SugarMoon x FarmOldesouth kids.

 

[rachels.haven]

Healthy baby chicks, direct from McMurray in Iowa. Eating and drinking with no shenanigans.

 

[HomeOnTheRange]

What kind are they?