Green Acres Farm - LA

[Green Acres Farm]

@Goat Whisperer, this is off subject, but I thought you mentioned in another post that you use Chapel Hill Grit in your goat barn/shelters/stalls. Where do you get it? Is it expensive?
We are hopefully going to put up more fences so we can rotate and also build a couple more shelters for our goats. I don't like wood, because it is hard to clean, concrete is pretty expensive, dirt is okay, but I am worried about drainage...

 

[Goat Whisperer]

We just get it from a local quarry. They are right down the road from us so I get a great deal on delivery. The price of the grit itself is not bad at all, I get it for a fantastic price.

I absolutely love it. You will need to sweep the barn every few days or else to can get a lot of manure build up. It has been well worth the cost.

 

[Southern by choice]

The rock will have different names. Generally it is the rock most common in your area and ground up. Some call it rock dust but it isn't true rockdust.

The best for really good drainage is several layers of different kinds of substrate.

 

[Green Acres Farm]

The rock will have different names. Generally it is the rock most common in your area and ground up. Some call it rock dust but it isn't true rockdust.

The best for really good drainage is several layers of different kinds of substrate.

Are one of these what you are talking about?

http://www.crowderexcavating.com/products.php

 

[Southern by choice]

The crowder Base may be similar- they don't have a close up.
Maybe the sandy clay too... hard to tell.

 

[OneFineAcre]

The quarry we get ours from call it "process fill"

 

[OneFineAcre]

Just wanted to correct myself- we actually have 7 bucks... I miscounted...

We've got 9
And 2 more in our semen tank
But happy to say 1 is leaving Sat

 

[Goat Whisperer]

@Green Acres Farm you can ask some local horse folk if they know what it's called.
Lots of horse folk use it.

 

[OneFineAcre]

I tried to buy the dams sire Calvary 2 years ago so obviously I like him
He was in KY at the time
His dam Party is a famous doe she is the Wilipedia Nigerian
I know the sires breeder Cool Springs Farm they are in NC
Good luck I hope it works out
Some good animals in the pedigree

 

[OneFineAcre]

I had sent the people in KY who owned Calvary an email expressing my interest in purchasing him
They said no
But then I got an email that they were selling him
I told them I would let them know by 5 that day
When I got back with them that I wanted him he was sold
I was PO'd