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I was actually trying to milk for consumption. I'll try milking more and hope I didn't let it go too long. So how could you tell he would be a fence jumper? And what would you look for in a buck?

3-4 times a day? I've only been milking morning and night... should I do more?

So how do you get friendly, easy to handle bucks, since that's my next buy? At least Myrtle isn't aggressive. I rigged a sheet sling today, and it wasn't too much trouble. And she is coming around. Since we got her, she has started to let us pet her, and she follows us around the field, albeit...

Good information, thanks

It would be a pity to lose my first in milk goat before I get to have some. I had planned on replacing both her and Lilly when they all have babies, hopefully girls. I am going to have nothing but bottle babies from now on, it's just so much easier.

We made the decision to sell him as a bottle baby after a few days. Myrtle has an extremely skittish attitude towards people, and no one wants that, let alone in a boy. He was bought by a woman to keep as a wether pet. I have been milking her for two days. It has been both easy and difficult...

Iodine yes, mom had him when I wasn't there. I don't see anything on the ground... now what? Have no idea. I will need to spend more time in the goat barn. I have more pictures, it's just a pain to upload on mobile.

Yeah, I've seen him nurse a bunch

So what do I do now? He looks fine, mom looks fine, but that doesn't mean anything with goats

So sorry! Here he is... https://imgur.com/gallery/iDcVg

Sooooo myrtle was pregnant. I walked out to a surprise billy this morning.

Great advice, thanks!

So we have bought a house. It's 2.5 acres, fenced with nice fencing (though we need to cross fence- goats on the deck doesn't sound like fun :rolleyes:) The land looks like nice horse pasture, but I'm not seeing much in the way of foraging. What can I plant/do to make this goaty paradise?

Florida looks surprisingly like minnesota woods, minus the palms, of course. And tupelo honey is actually mostly grown in georgia. You get some along the florida state line, but not really. Agreed. I would probably just sell them for scrap. As long as one is in move-in condition, it's all I...

Yes. If you click "8 acres" on my previous post, you can actually see the area we're looking. We've got a list of about 18 houses that would work for our (and the surprise goat's :lol:) needs, but for the price, that's the coolest one, imo.

No clue. I'm not going to do a blood test until a few months have passed and I can do all the goats blood test. Or I might just do it when I have to load them up to the new property. Who knows. Right now it's still impossible to touch myrtle, but Lily lets me run hands all over her when she eats.

Not a Nam vet, he worked with nuclear radiation, and has white matter on the brain. It's not a clear cut MS case, but he seems to be responding to the drugs. It was one heck of a road to getting service connected, though. Hats off to my mother who kept filing, and filing and filing. God help a...

Well, they're mostly mobile homes, and the property isn't fenced, many of which need work. But the land is at least double what we have now, and the one I'm voting for is 8+ acres! You did, too. I heretofore blame latestarter for all of this mess. Can I say how excited I actually am by all...

:mad: No. We put a baby monitor out there, expecting to hear her screaming at some point. And we did. She just learned screaming gets me out there, and hey, when I'm out there- can we have a scoop of food? :rolleyes:

So, funny story, our house got hit by a tree. This house is old and out of code, it would be better to replace it than fix it. And it will cost 90k to replace this house... We could get a 5 acre homestead for that same price within 30 miles of our workplace. We're going to look for homes, now.