Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
Aww hope she feels better. Glad the vet caught it.
Definitely disbud. I HAVE been stabbed by those horns on a boer cross wether (those who say those back curved horns can't hurt can tell that to the wound in my leg) and DH almost had his eye popped by the same when we were trimming hooves. Then this year, we had a meat doe kid and seriously forgot to disbud in the choas of moving and selling. I have to get the blasted dip out of the fence daily! A few more months and she is in the freezer and I won't forget again.
$100! That is pricey! You could buy a really nice iron to do it yourself for that cost.
Definitely disbud. I HAVE been stabbed by those horns on a boer cross wether (those who say those back curved horns can't hurt can tell that to the wound in my leg) and DH almost had his eye popped by the same when we were trimming hooves. Then this year, we had a meat doe kid and seriously forgot to disbud in the choas of moving and selling. I have to get the blasted dip out of the fence daily! A few more months and she is in the freezer and I won't forget again.
$100! That is pricey! You could buy a really nice iron to do it yourself for that cost.
My parents didn't mind the four lambs last year in the house but this goat I swear pees and poops MORE than the lambs! She's also more active and bouncy and if you are sitting at the kitchen table she will jump up behind you on the seat or if you are facing away from the table, but still on the seat, she's gotten into the habit of jumping on your shoulders... lil turd. She is definitely a handful and I can't wait until she goes outside. (As of right now she can slip through the gate and go right back up to the door and maaaaas her head off, so she's inside at least until the lambs arrive.) The dogs are scared of her because she jumps all over the place and doesn't pay attention to where she's jumping so she'll jump and bounce on top of the dogs haha. The dogs are tolerant of her, they don't growl or bite, but you can tell they don't have the patience so they come and snuggle up close to us on the couch hoping we'll protect them but honestly we are just as much of a target for the bouncing baby goat as they are!! hahaha.
