Changing goals and speed

[Bruce]

Have fun with the "new" welder

 

[TAH]

Omg, glad you got her hooves trimmed.

I believe @Southern by choice made a round bale feeder from CP's...

 

[AClark]

Im thinking the V style feeder maybe - I'm not sure how I want to do it yet, but I'm on pinterest looking for ideas. As long as I can tackle it with a light duty welder, I'm good - I have MIG welder but it isn't heavy duty so I can only do so much with it.

 

[Mini Horses]

Sounds like the arm operation has not caused much discomfort cause you are sure raging onward! You go girl!

Nice job on those goat feet. I'm certain Ruby appreciates your work. I use my horse nippers sometimes, especially on the buck who's got big, tough hooves. But since I have mini horses, the nippers are specialized, smaller ones.

 

[Southern by choice]

Great job on those hooves!

Oh the hay! Ugh, yes we have tried everything. Finally we made one that has zero hay wasted! It has been great. Our round bale is now going 10-14 days!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Sounds like ya made-out-like-a-bandit at that auction. Hope the goats and equipment serve ya well. If we stay here and stay at it, I'd like to get a couple of young Kiko does....we'll have to wait tho and see what the outcome is.

 

[Baymule]

Great job on those hooves!

Oh the hay! Ugh, yes we have tried everything. Finally we made one that has zero hay wasted! It has been great. Our round bale is now going 10-14 days!

What about a picture of this miracle hay feeder?

 

[Baymule]

Wow! Those hooves! You are a good person to take pity on her and take her home and make the ol' girl right again.

We once bought a donkey with curled up hooves. Poor thing had rain rot and could barely walk. We just couldn't leave him there.

 

[Latestarter]

Nice repair job on the hooves. That HAD to be painful for her being that way. Sounds like you're feeling a lot better and more "mobile" with the arm. Hope so anyway. Grats on the new animals.

 

[AClark]

Sounds like the arm operation has not caused much discomfort cause you are sure raging onward! You go girl!

Nice job on those goat feet. I'm certain Ruby appreciates your work. I use my horse nippers sometimes, especially on the buck who's got big, tough hooves. But since I have mini horses, the nippers are specialized, smaller ones.

Honestly, I paid for it with the arm last night, but I was so tired I wiped out early. There are definitely some limitations. I have found that I can't swing a hammer, my arm fatigues too fast and then I can barely lift it, but other things aren't a problem like using nippers or hand tools that I don't have to swing.

The horse nippers are awkward for doing goat feet, since they are nearly impossible to handle 1 handed. I ended up putting the handle on my shoulder and doing it that way so I could hold her foot at the same time.

I'm using these hoof nippers though: http://geforge.com/tools/#hoof-nippers the 15" Classics. I'd venture to say they are about the best horse nippers on the market for durability. They stay sharp for a very long time and you can send them back to be sharpened for $100. This pair is 10+ years old, well used, and still extremely sharp.
The Boer/kiko does aren't all that wild, I can pet them at feeding time no problem. I prefer tag #14, she's thicker bodied but I also think she's older too. Ruby and Clara are dolls. Ruby is getting around 100% better, even last night she was moving around great and off her knees entirely, though she's a bit tender but I expected that since I cut so much off and completely re-angled her hooves.
@Southern by choice we need pictures of the no mess hay feeder!