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OneFineAcre
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I promise by this weekend 
Angel Update
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OneFineAcre
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As promised.
WhiteMountainsRanch
Loving the herd life
She looks great! Congrats!
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OneFineAcre
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Angel discovered her voice last night and that she likes the sound of it. 
Some neighboring labrador retrievers paid a visit and she went crazy barking.
They left and she barked and barked and barked.
She is 24-7 with the goats and chickens now. We kept her in an adjacent pen for a while, and gave her visits, and then for whole days at a time.
So far, we haven't lost either of the two geriatric hens I have (knock on wood) May have discovered a technique.
Since I only have the two hens I haven't built a coop and they don't have a roost. They just stay in the doorway going into the goat barn. When it gets dark of course they can't see a thing. I noticed that Angel would go over and sniff them and sniffle them and eat poop out from under them. Well of course they can't see so they don't run. Seems to have satisfied her curiosity about them, and they have in turn gotten use to her being very close to them.
Oh well, I guess we will see.
Some neighboring labrador retrievers paid a visit and she went crazy barking.
They left and she barked and barked and barked.
She is 24-7 with the goats and chickens now. We kept her in an adjacent pen for a while, and gave her visits, and then for whole days at a time.
So far, we haven't lost either of the two geriatric hens I have (knock on wood) May have discovered a technique.
Since I only have the two hens I haven't built a coop and they don't have a roost. They just stay in the doorway going into the goat barn. When it gets dark of course they can't see a thing. I noticed that Angel would go over and sniff them and sniffle them and eat poop out from under them. Well of course they can't see so they don't run. Seems to have satisfied her curiosity about them, and they have in turn gotten use to her being very close to them.
Oh well, I guess we will see.
Southern by choice
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What a pretty girl!
Good dog!
Your gonna want another one for the bucks... Just sayin'
Good dog!
Your gonna want another one for the bucks... Just sayin'
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OneFineAcre
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Angel has been in the pen full time with the does and chickens for two weeks now, and the chickens still live. 
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OneFineAcre
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What a pretty girl!
Good dog!
Your gonna want another one for the bucks... Just sayin'
@Southern by choice
You called that one right. Most likely picking up a working pair of two year olds this weekend from a goat farmer that is retiring.
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OneFineAcre
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going to definitely have a much bigger dog food bill, and vet bills.
but we went to a much larger space and SBC was correct, we don't have any protection for the bucks.
and with Mikey being bit by the snake, if something were to happen to him now while angel is so young... would have no protection.
we had a big coyote who regularly passed through the field behind our old place, but our animals were kept fairly close to our house. we can acutally here them howling where we are at now, and my neighbor behind me says there is a very large track of land behind her that is literally full of coyotes. She cuts a field at the back of her place and keeps a .243 bolt action holstered on her tractor. My kind of lady
Southern by choice
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LOL you are smitten!I totally get it. We have 8!
We may place one of the male pups though.
