Bruce
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Um, you don't think it is a bit of a problem that the goats can reach the electric wires feeding that light??
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Baymule
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I have done that to multiple types of animals. It’s not cruel, if done right. It works.OK... As typed and deleted: "You can always grab em' by the neck right behind their ears and dunk their heads in the water bucket a few times... That way they'll know where the water is and you know they'll swallow at least a mouthful or two in the process..." <---was completely meant as a joke... Do NOT do this.
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Carla D
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I know. Guilty as charged.When they get thirsty enough, they will figure out the buckets have water in it and drink it. You just have them spoiled.
thank you. We will have to move that today.
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Carla D
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That’ll fixed ASAP. We are heading out there right now.
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Carla D
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That’s really good to know. I think I’m going to be goat dunking this afternoon. I know they must be thirsty. It’s been over 24 hours since they had their last bottle.
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How is peanut doing?
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Carla D
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I draw the line their. I already have have issues with them jumping on us which I’m trying to break. And I can’t stand having my daughters or my hair being chewed on.Guess you need to get down on your hands and knees and show them!
If B&B can get in the tub with her dog, you can do this.
peanut is hanging in there. He’s actually doing pretty good.
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Carla D
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Ok. The light has been moved out of their reach. The heat lamp was taken out of there since they haven’t used it in about three weeks. I get the boys outside as often as I can. We have no intention of waiting until spring to get the goats outside. We just need the time to get something built and an outdoor area fenced off. But it’s going to take some time and some money. As far as I’m concerned they can get by with a 20’x20’ area to run around in for now. We can make it much bigger in the spring. While my hubby is really handy and a great builder it is nw winter in Wisconsin. Our ground has been frozen for a month now. I know pounding in t-posts isn’t impossible even in the frozen ground. But, there needs to be a place where he/we can get out of the cold every so often. Or else we get things set up to work then we are to cold to work and then have to put the equipment back in the barn. If we leave it out, Mother Nature will find it necessary to snow heavy and bury all of it then we can’t get it until things thaw out a bit. We do have a sense of urgency to get them outside. We didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into back in September when we got the little guys. He didn’t have a clue that they would grow as fast as they have. We now know otherwise. We are also running out of space for the critters we currently have. But by next October we plan on have a whole mess of babies with our 12 young gilts that were born 7-8 weeks ago. We need to figure out what is most cost effective for the moment, yet can either be moved to a new place or be adjusted in the spring. We currently have 24 pigs of different sizes and ages. 8 young goats, two rabbits, and three cats that are being maintained on about 1.5 acres. We have a sow due in about two weeks-a month. And two cats that we think are pregnant. We are busting out at the seams. We just need to figure out what the next step will be and and then implement it. We aren’t stalling or wasting time. We just don’t have enough time to get done everything we need to be doing. Right now, we have been working on keeping them and us fed and housed. They can survive in tight quarters for a few months, just not much longer than a few months.
Bruce
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Just like when people get day old chicks and THEN start building the coop
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Carla D
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That is it, exactly!Just like when people get day old chicks and THEN start building the coop
