Hi From NW Kansas
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Pamela
Loving the herd life
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I love making goat lotion. Or maybe I should say goat's milk lotion. Just plain goat lotion might be hard on the goat!
Pastor Dave
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Welcome from Indiana.
I was also looking at your list of stock and thought you need to add rabbits to your list. I am biased of course.
I would love to get a small farmstead of 10-20 acres with some outbuildings. Being on this site is like going to Rural King.
I enter the store now with my handkerchief tied as a blindfold, ask for assistance to the exact area of what I need so I cannot see anything else displayed. I may have to do something similar when logging in to BYH.
Enjoy the farm and the air you breath when going out the door to do the chores. Rural America is great!
And, please thank your husband for his previous military service.
I was also looking at your list of stock and thought you need to add rabbits to your list. I am biased of course.
I would love to get a small farmstead of 10-20 acres with some outbuildings. Being on this site is like going to Rural King.
I enter the store now with my handkerchief tied as a blindfold, ask for assistance to the exact area of what I need so I cannot see anything else displayed. I may have to do something similar when logging in to BYH.
Enjoy the farm and the air you breath when going out the door to do the chores. Rural America is great!
And, please thank your husband for his previous military service.
OllieAcres
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Welcome from central Nebraska! You have quite the herd there. I have to ask, do you use your llamas as guard llamas? I am very interested to find someone who does and ask how well it works.
Hope the weather does not hit you guys too hard the next couple days. We are praying it will shift.
Hope the weather does not hit you guys too hard the next couple days. We are praying it will shift.
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kccjer
Chillin' with the herd
@Pastor Dave
OH! NO!! NO NO NO NO We went to an exotic animal auction and I left my husband for TEN minutes and he bought RABBITS! Luckily, I managed to sell them before we killed them. We haven't had much luck with rabbits. LOL I would like to get meat rabbits sometime in the future but we HAVE to get a decent set up for them.
@OllieAcres Our llamas have run with our goats but have been out with the horses this last year. These don't seem as protective as others we've had. We had a couple that would go after any dog....had to introduce our dog to them or they would have killed her too. They wouldn't stay in tho, so got sold. The 2 we have now don't seem too protective. What I have been told is to NOT use male llamas or to make sure they are gelded early. Females seem to work pretty good. I have a friend who's llama takes over the babies and will attack HER when she tries to check them! LOL
OH! NO!! NO NO NO NO We went to an exotic animal auction and I left my husband for TEN minutes and he bought RABBITS! Luckily, I managed to sell them before we killed them. We haven't had much luck with rabbits. LOL I would like to get meat rabbits sometime in the future but we HAVE to get a decent set up for them.
@OllieAcres Our llamas have run with our goats but have been out with the horses this last year. These don't seem as protective as others we've had. We had a couple that would go after any dog....had to introduce our dog to them or they would have killed her too. They wouldn't stay in tho, so got sold. The 2 we have now don't seem too protective. What I have been told is to NOT use male llamas or to make sure they are gelded early. Females seem to work pretty good. I have a friend who's llama takes over the babies and will attack HER when she tries to check them! LOL
samssimonsays
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Welcome from Northern Minnesota!
OllieAcres
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@kccjer Thank you for the info. I worry about predators but we live close to a residential area and a highway so I would worry a LGD would get in trouble. Llamas might be a good alternative but I don't think I would want them to be as protective as your friend's llama lol.
How long did it take your horses to get used to the llamas? I only ask because, I used to work for a horseback trail riding outfit in the Rockies and running it park service's llamas was the easiest way to get dumped off a horse. Wish I knew what was going through a horses head when they saw a llama.
How long did it take your horses to get used to the llamas? I only ask because, I used to work for a horseback trail riding outfit in the Rockies and running it park service's llamas was the easiest way to get dumped off a horse. Wish I knew what was going through a horses head when they saw a llama.
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kccjer
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@OllieAcres The funniest thing I have ever seen was a horse meeting a llama for the 1st time. Nobody was on the horse. And it would put it's head down to graze and the llama would move closer. It didn't graze for long because it was so worried about that weird critter. Finally got comfortable enough to turn it's back and graze....the llama moved within a few feet. Horse looked up, saw the llama so close and jumped about 10 foot into the air and about 30 foot sideways! LOL I can imagine they would dump you pretty quick the 1st time they saw one. It only takes a few days for them to get use to them.
Be prepared for their alarm sound tho. It's pretty freaky. Hubby was fixing a pig pen at night (he worked nights at the time so did a lot of work at night) and kept hearing something. Freaked him out enough he came in and got the gun! LOL Apparently our llamas had never seen a pig before.
Be prepared for their alarm sound tho. It's pretty freaky. Hubby was fixing a pig pen at night (he worked nights at the time so did a lot of work at night) and kept hearing something. Freaked him out enough he came in and got the gun! LOL Apparently our llamas had never seen a pig before.
