Brand new goat owner

[CntryBoy777]

Here are some better pics of my 3..... ....Lightning biting my shirt and tugging for some pellets....
. ...this is Comet stretching to get a peanut from my wife Joyce.
....this is Star, she is FB pygmy and is 10yrs old....the boys are both 2yo and neither are her kids, but they are from the same original herd. Each is a character in their own way and have really given us a lot of enjoyment since we've gotten them. Shortly we will be adding some more, so ya will have to checkout my "Journal" and keep up with things here at the Lazy A** Acres....

 

[OneFineAcre]

I think in your first post you mentioned using one of those hanging nets like you use for your horses to give her hay.

Be careful. I think @babsbag had a goat actually hang herself in one.

 

[Nariah01]

I think in your first post you mentioned using one of those hanging nets like you use for your horses to give her hay.

Be careful. I think @babsbag had a goat actually hang herself in one.

The one we would use is called a Nibble Net, it is a slow feed bag used with horses. The back is heavy duty canvas, and the front is thick webbing grid, the holes are only like 1.5 inches, I don't see how she could hang herself with this one. It is not like the traditional net like hay bag. But I will be careful none the less when we give it to her. For right now her hay is in a tub on the ground.

 

[babsbag]

No it wasn't one of mine, but I have heard of it happening. Just be sure she can't get her horns in them and get tangled.

Here are the links to the testing information. I have never used WADDL but it might be cheaper for you since you are a WA resident. I ship to Sage Ag labs via USPS or FedEx. Just follow the directions for shipping, especially with USPS.

http://waddl.vetmed.wsu.edu/goat-sheep-testing-schedule

http://www.sageaglab.com/content/schedule-and-prices

 

[Nariah01]

Its like this one that can be found at Dover. Mine is probably a bit sturdier but it is the same design. Do you think it will be an issue? I figured the net style ones were the ones we had to be careful with. She doesn't have it with her right now we haven't hung it up yet. I guess we could hang it up and then just watch her, we will all be around for like five days this weekend so maybe then would be a good time to hang it so we will be home all day for sometime so if she does get hung up we can rescue her.
http://www.doversaddlery.com/slow-f...=X18A00U1000&utm_source=google&utm_medium=PLA

 

[OneFineAcre]

The one we would use is called a Nibble Net, it is a slow feed bag used with horses. The back is heavy duty canvas, and the front is thick webbing grid, the holes are only like 1.5 inches, I don't see how she could hang herself with this one. It is not like the traditional net like hay bag. But I will be careful none the less when we give it to her. For right now her hay is in a tub on the ground.

They work the their head through the netting over time
They get their head stuck and start spinning

 

[babsbag]

or their horn.

 

[Nariah01]

Ok well I will think on it a bit before I decide to give it to her or not. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[babsbag]

I make fence feeders out of 4x4 stock panel. I cut out a square in the corner and then bend the sides around and bottom up and wire them together. It holds a flake of hay quite nicely.