Horns? Dis-bud? Polled?

[Hemlock]

Meanwhile---I had to fish my mom's goat out of the fence again this morning. I am really really ready for her to go to freezer camp. Just another month and no more daily fence line trips.

@Pearce Pastures, what goat breed and what kind of fence? I don't have goats or fencing yet, so I'm curious.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

We keep Nigerian Dwarf, a sole Pygmy, Boer, and Boer crosses. The doe mentioned above was a Boer cross.

We have Red Brand woven fencing with a single strand of hotwire about a foot or so up off of the ground.

I had a "goat-shaming" picture of her somewhere. Drove me nutty.

 

[Hemlock]

The doe mentioned above was a Boer cross.

We have Red Brand woven fencing with a single strand of hotwire about a foot or so up off of the ground.

Sorry to bug you again, but was it 4x4 fencing or 2x4? Just wondering how much 2"x4" fencing helps with the getting stuck issue. If it doesn't help, that really sucks. I mean stucks.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Not a problem at all. I think it is 4x4, but it is dark and I can double-check tomorrow. Not sure if the 2x4 helps or not though.

 

[St1ckyBun]

Southern by choice submitted a new resource:

Horns? Dis-bud? Polled? - Advantages and disadvantages



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Thank you for this very honest and informative post. I appreciate you being as objective as you could on a very controversial topic. This has helped me immensely.

 

[Southern by choice]

Thank you for this very honest and informative post. I appreciate you being as objective as you could on a very controversial topic. This has helped me immensely.

Your welcome.

I need to update as more has changed.
I just don't seem to have much time lately on BYH.

We have gone to disbudding our own and have found a method that works for us.

I will be sharing as how we evolved to this point.

We still leave horns on our Kiko meat goats.