ADGA Registration Help!!!

[Southern by choice]

We had to do herd name and tattoo if I remember correctly.
You may want to call and check on both to see if they were already taken.

Our Herd name was slightly different but too "close" to anothers... our tattoo was fine... we went down several names before one worked.
They ask you to put a second choice on the paperwork but our ended up being really different. We had to change things up because we use 4 registries we wanted all the same name and tattoo letters.

 

[goats&moregoats]

From Vermont. I am still currently unregistered. Looking forward to that happening this next year. I am definitely going with AGS. I don't show but wish you the best in your endeavor to do so. If I were younger when I started my goat addiction then I would have definitely gotten into showing.

As for keeping your goats and sheep together. I personally do not recommend it. I only have two sheep on my little hobby farm. It is for the mineral reason only on my part. I use loose mineral and keep it available at all times. When I first got the sheep they had to be penned with my goats there fore I could not leave the mineral out. I would have to enclose the sheep for a bit so my goats could have their mineral. Much easier to just keep separate so both goats & sheep could have their needs meet properly.

Your doeling is adorable. Love the pattern. Looking forward to more pictures.

 

[Southern by choice]

We had sheep and goats... we ended up separating them. At first all was fine but by the time they hit a year old they were ramming the goats. My does were pregnant and I was not about to lose kids... the LGD's also got very frantic as they were highly bonded to the goats and would try to run interference but not touch or hurt the sheep... in the end it was stressing the dogs out, stressing me out, and stressing the goats.

Sheep are more prone to sore mouth which you do not want in a dairy herd ever! The minerals will be an issue and they do need different feed as most goat feed has copper in it.

 

[CapraCurry]

Definitely will be uploading some more pictures of her when she gets home on Saturday!
I think I decided I want to name her "Yella Bella" but I'm not really sure...

The sheep and goats definitely will have different pens, and here at school we never let the sheep out to graze unless we're out there, which we are for about 2 hours everyday (they have unlimited hay access and some space to walk and run around, big penned in area). Would it be alright if they were allowed to walk around and graze at the same time and then locked up for feeding and night time separately? I don't really know how to explain the situation without making a video...perhaps I will!

 

[Southern by choice]

A sheep person would be better to answer but sheep graze all day I don't know how they would do on hay with just 2 hours of grazing.

 

[CapraCurry]

They are also fed a pound in the morning and evening of an 18% sheep feed. We dont really have pasture here, and they typically get the whole day in the spring and summer but there just isnt anything for them to eat out here right now. Everything they eat is dead atm! But they do love to run like nuts around the barn and hop and they'll take an occasional bite off some leaves they find. We give them a timothy/alfalfa mixture, and they seem to be doing good. Gained lots of weight in muscle and so far no major parasite problems. You are right though, they'd probably be better off on pasture all day.

 

[Latestarter]

I wouldn't think there would be any issues with letting them out together if you're out there with them. As others have mentioned, sometimes the sheep can be mean to the goats, and I'm sure it could go the other way as well, but if you're out there with them, that's easily enough stopped (unless it's a 300#+ ram...). The only real issue would be the minerals/copper and as long as those are provided in their separate pens... all's good.

 

[CapraCurry]

Pictures!!

 

[CapraCurry]

Again, thank you for all of the responses! I appreciate it

 

[goatgurl]

how cute is she! and i love her color too. i think her collar is almost as big as she is, lol. looks like she will grow into it tho. i am no help with the registration issue. no children around to show goats so i don't have a clue but listen to some of the other folks around here because they do. good luck with your little doll.