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[Watch Your Step]

Oh and another, What do you feed your goats as treats, apples, carrots IDK? And what can't they eat as treats?

 

[Pearce Pastures]

-Are buck pygmys sweet, like NDG or aggressive like other breeds?
Well, bucks of any breed can be aggressive Nigerian and Pygmy included. I think you can discourage aggression but if you are worried about that as a possibility, you might want to hold off on a buck. Really, I am just now getting my first buck (I've borrowed them in the past for breeding) because I wanted to get a hold on goats before taking on bucks.
-How much milk do pygmys give?
Mine gave about 15-20 ounces twice a day.
-Are pygmys easy to train?
If you start working with them young and keep with it, they are. Mine goes on walks with us all over, understands "NO", comes when you call her.
-What kind of fencing do you need for pygmys?
We just invested money in a bigger fence and learned that 1) We should have used ALL wood posts instead of alternating metal T-posts 2) Should have bought some 2x4s to attach along the bottom of the fence at about one foot of the ground. The height of ours is fine (four feet) but goat LOVE LOVE LOVE to throw themselves against the fence and rub along it, resulting in a bowed look around the entire perimeter. We are now having to retrofit it=PAIN IN THE GOAT!
-Are they jumpers?
I am not sure I understand what you mean completely bu goats will jump on you if you don't teach them not to from the very start. They love to jump on other stuff and it is hours of fun watching them on a little tikes slide.

 

[Queen Mum]

Oh and another, What do you feed your goats as treats, apples, carrots IDK? And what can't they eat as treats?

Apples, carrots, bananas, raisins, pecans, cedar cuttings, maple leaves, cucumbers, zucchini, veggie peelings. peanuts, fresh corn, sunflowers, (stems, leaves, flowers, seeds). They LOVE dried orange peels and dried banana peels. Kiwi leaves and stems, roses, rose petals, rose leaves, ivy, poison ivy (Mine don't like lettuce)

DO NOT FEED THEM: Peaches, Cherries, Apricots, plums (fruit with big pits)

 

[Watch Your Step]

-Are they jumpers?
I meant, do they jump high, try to jump over fences.

Also would chicken wire work or do we need something stronger?