RollingAcres
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Winter here 
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Mini Horses
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DARN!! You do NOT need to post pics of the white stuff!!!!! I will believe you....you grill in the winter. 
RollingAcres
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DARN!! You do NOT need to post pics of the white stuff!!!!! I will believe you....you grill in the winter.
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I have some confused, ticked off, lost and dazed, non female goats. I just got back from picking up the hay and I separated RJ, Beast and Three Socks into the new buck pen. They have a nice new bale of alfalfa/orchard mix hay, had some pellets, and have their own water trough as well as shelter, which the girls do NOT have yet. The girls are all hanging out down by the divider fence and RJ has climbed up with his forelegs and put his head over the top of the 50" cattle panels. No jumping or trying to clear them yet. I have the ability to put a hot wire on top and will if RJ starts doing anything exceptionally stupid.
Is it possible for a male goat to have 3 balls? I ask because I made absolutely sure I had 2, south of the band, on Beast when he got banded. But he sure acts like he's still got the stuff. RJ chases him (to head butt) sometimes as well which he doesn't do to TS or any of the does, well, except when he wants to hump them... Then he chases them all over the field relentlessly...
Anyway... barring anything unforeseen, I'll lute the girls when I get back from Mike's place, so they should go into heat within 36 hours of the shot. 21 days later, on/about the 8th of October, they should be back in heat again and that's when I'll let RJ have his way with them. That will mean kidding to start right around March 7th... Perfect!
I hope RJ doesn't destroy my buck pen work overnight...
Tomorrow I start on the girls shelter.
Is it possible for a male goat to have 3 balls? I ask because I made absolutely sure I had 2, south of the band, on Beast when he got banded. But he sure acts like he's still got the stuff. RJ chases him (to head butt) sometimes as well which he doesn't do to TS or any of the does, well, except when he wants to hump them... Then he chases them all over the field relentlessly...
Anyway... barring anything unforeseen, I'll lute the girls when I get back from Mike's place, so they should go into heat within 36 hours of the shot. 21 days later, on/about the 8th of October, they should be back in heat again and that's when I'll let RJ have his way with them. That will mean kidding to start right around March 7th... Perfect!
I hope RJ doesn't destroy my buck pen work overnight...
Tomorrow I start on the girls shelter.
Mike CHS
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When we had wethers they still mounted others and they were castrated so I know they had no working parts
Mini Horses
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You just jinxed it! Just HAD to add that last word, right?
Beast may just be more of a challenge to RJ -- personality thing.
I've banded a hundred or more and never found 3 of them...so, I believe you did ok.
Let us know if boys & girls are still separated in the morning.
Bruce
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Or if you have any fence still standing
CntryBoy777
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There is a difference between Comet and Lightning....Lightning will display more "buck" than Comet, but they both will run poor Star when she is in estrus.
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Any castrated male can and will show some signs of "male behaviour" at times. Females will often mount each other when they are coming in heat. If you band or castrate early in life, they tend to show less. Males that are older when castrated will often show more male behaviour. No big deal.
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Stayed up till ~2am working on/finishing the plans and mats list for the doe shelter. Got it all finished and ready to start shopping. Priced out major mats totals ~$1,780.00. There will be additional expenses for things like screws, exterior latex paint, and such but +/- $100, that's what I'm gonna have to spend. This is for a 24' x 16' x ~7' enclosed shed with 2 - 4' openings at either end on the front and an internal center divider wall with 4' opening/pass through. The roof will be translucent, poly, corrugated with UV protection so they'll have light inside as well. The openings face almost exactly east so will catch morning warming rays in winter. So the spoiled little divas will have ~380 sqft to sleep in and avoid weather in. There are 10 of them, so 38 sqft each 
Up to a 50-60% chance of rain over the coming 4-5 days, so always a chance they're gonna experience "wild goat - always outside" conditions at some point soon 
least temps aren't going below mid 70s so less chance of them "catching cold"... 
Good news (so far) is that the boys are still where I put them, they enjoyed their morning pellets with no issues/fighting/trying to escape, and are eating (& liking?) the mixed alfalfa/orchard grass hay I bought. things remain as they are/status quo.
Cleaned up the hay area and pallets, the tarp is destroyed and needs replaced. I have one in the shed that will work as a temp fix till I can buy a new one. Have to wait a couple hours for everything to dry out then will unload/stack/store hay. With the recent rain we've had, we're back to real heavy morning dew and of course we have lots of humidity to go with the heat. The hay in the truck bed, parked under the car port, still is damp this morning. After I get that done, it will be time to mats shop and get started building.
Hands and wrist as well as knees aren't at 100%, so gonna be kinda slow going, but gotta get 'er done. Have a great day all! I'll try to force myself to take/post some pics as I progress.
Up to a 50-60% chance of rain over the coming 4-5 days, so always a chance they're gonna experience "wild goat - always outside" conditions at some point soon least temps aren't going below mid 70s so less chance of them "catching cold"... Good news (so far) is that the boys are still where I put them, they enjoyed their morning pellets with no issues/fighting/trying to escape, and are eating (& liking?) the mixed alfalfa/orchard grass hay I bought.
things remain as they are/status quo.Cleaned up the hay area and pallets, the tarp is destroyed and needs replaced. I have one in the shed that will work as a temp fix till I can buy a new one. Have to wait a couple hours for everything to dry out then will unload/stack/store hay. With the recent rain we've had, we're back to real heavy morning dew and of course we have lots of humidity to go with the heat. The hay in the truck bed, parked under the car port, still is damp this morning. After I get that done, it will be time to mats shop and get started building.
Hands and wrist as well as knees aren't at 100%, so gonna be kinda slow going, but gotta get 'er done. Have a great day all! I'll try to force myself to take/post some pics as I progress.
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