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Fencing! New high tunnel! And new spring kids of course. We can't wait until they are born. :)

Around 20 goats. 8-10 can eat at one time easily. The hinged lids keep the taller goats from reaching in from the top and pulling out all the hay. We had to put a clip to keep them down because the lamanchas would lift the top up and the hens would jump in (cozy spot) but then get stuck when...

New feeders - working out well so far! The front is made from cut pieces of goat panels (4x4 holes), sides are wood, and the top has heavy lucite covers hinged to keep out babies (and chickens!). We had the lucite around so it was free - otherwise I would have used wood. We ended up latching the...

Very cute idea. How exactly is the 2x4 supporting it? Half a bale is heavy.

It can stop and start again too. Normal.

I would keep them together in the pen for several days to ensure that mom bonds to her baby. Then when you let them out, watch carefully to see that she has indeed bonded. On the rare clueless new mother I have had to keep them penned for up to a week.

And sometimes the first fresheners really fool you - they can wait right up to the last week or two before showing anything.

I've tried the egg and mostly it works - except for one or two goats. What works best for us is I trained my LGD to guard her food. She loves her goats, but now if one even looks sideways at the dog food bowl they get a full throated growl. If they keep coming they get a growl and a snap. They...

We had a problem in our GP with panosteitis which is a long bone inflammatory condition that is common in growing pups. We used anti-inflammatories. First steriods for the pain, and then it flared once or twice after that. After she stopped growing it was no longer a problem.

My GP would chase the chickens she guarded when she was bored - around the same age. Big enough to do harm, but still immature. We borrowed someones electronic collar for a few weeks. It took 2 zaps and several years later she would never consider chasing one of the chickens she guards. They...

I use a drench nozzle that has a luer lock end. That way I can put it onto a regular luer lock syringe and toss the syringe when it is beat up.

Just make sure to keep it in the fridge.

We lost 40 chickens to a family of racoons. Since we got our livestock guardian dog (great pyrenees) 3 years ago we haven't lost one chicken. Even with a red tailed hawk family that has a nest close to the chickens each year.

We use battery operated electronic zappers. Electrocutes even the biggest rats. They crawl into the trap to reach the food (dog food, sunflower seeds, goat chow...), and when they are touching both the front and rear metal plate they get zapped. They are safe to use and no poison needed.

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I have one buckling Honey Meadows MY Xip It for sale out of Rosasharn SP Mercury (son of national champion Rosasharn Eclipse) and Pocket Sized TB Xara (ADGA Linear Appraisal VEEE 90 ). Xip is a long buckling with a nice topline, excellent rear legset and very wide flat rump. His dam scored 35...