jodief100
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What lovely goats. Can't wait to see the babies.
LHF kidding 2012 PHOTOS AFTER THE STORM
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20kidsonhill
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We were exhausted from yesterday. I am starting to feel my age a little bit. We spent our evening getting and stacking hay into the barn, and our entire Saturday setting up the barn for kidding.
Here is our set up. we have decided to put all the does into the barn together, and let them have the entire left side of the pasture, instead of trying to seperate them by due dates and then moving them around in a month or so. That way we can have one creep feed area for all the kids.
These first pictures are of the barn aboaut half way through set up.
Here is our set up. we have decided to put all the does into the barn together, and let them have the entire left side of the pasture, instead of trying to seperate them by due dates and then moving them around in a month or so. That way we can have one creep feed area for all the kids.
These first pictures are of the barn aboaut half way through set up.
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20kidsonhill
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These next pictures are of the barn pretty much done, But just finishing up some wiring for the heat lamps. we have 6 heat lamp barrels set up, and 9 pens that can be closed up. But we will leave all of them open and only close them as we need to. We only leave the mom's in the pens for a day or 2, unless mom or kids are having problems. Otherwise they will all be together in a group. We will leave the barn opened up to the corral an the field as much as possible. But we will close them all into the barn if we need to at night, or lock up a specific doe if we think she is close and we need to keep a better eye on her. But most the time they will have access to about a 2 1/2 acre field and the barn.
We are using our creep feed bars as a side to one of the pens for now, but later as the first few kids get to be 2 weeks old, we will start setting up a small creep feed area, and expanding it as more does finish kidding and more kids are old enough to start using it. Eventually, all the kidding pens on the one side of the barn will be turned into a large creep feed area.
We are using our creep feed bars as a side to one of the pens for now, but later as the first few kids get to be 2 weeks old, we will start setting up a small creep feed area, and expanding it as more does finish kidding and more kids are old enough to start using it. Eventually, all the kidding pens on the one side of the barn will be turned into a large creep feed area.
RPC
Overrun with beasties
WOW I love it I wish my barn was open like that and then I could just make those kidding stalls but it already is set up with horse stalls.
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20kidsonhill
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Thank you, we love it too. all we have to do, is take everything out of the barn, bring the tractor in, clean it out, power wash it, Then we store the boards and barrels in the rafters for the next kidding season. The feeders we can move with the bucket of our tractor. We can rearrange and set up any way we like. The goats are a little hard on the boards when the pens are left open, But all the divider walls really help cut down on the does picking on each other, and having a safe place to get out of the way. We used the two feeders as an isle divider so the younger does can go around the bigger does.RPC said:
Most our grain feeders are outside in the field, as well as a couple additional places to feed hay. But If I need to, because of bad weather or a lot of snow, I can feed most my grain in the barn. It is harder on the younger does to do it that way.
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20kidsonhill
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Here is the outside of the barn, around the corner is an over hang the entire length of the barn. We have 4 pens for the animals, and hay storage for around 500bales of hay. this is also, where Fuzzball and a couple of her younger friends are staying.
Here are all the girls waiting to come check out the new barn set up.
Here are all the girls waiting to come check out the new barn set up.
SmallFarmGirl
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LOOK AT ALLLLLLLLL THOSE KIDDING PENS.
THATS ALOT OF KIDS!
THATS ALOT OF KIDS!
TTs Chicks
Loving the herd life
wow - nice setup!
neener92
Overrun with beasties
I love your setup! Very nice! 
SuburbanFarmChic
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Love that set up.
Last year we came really close to buying a house in Charles Town on 7 acres w/ a kennel w/ runs and pens a 3 br house with an attached in law apartment and a 5 stall barn w/ tack room and hay loft. Unfortunately for all those benefits... the house needed to be knocked down and the purchase price alone was just slightly out of our budget. Massive termite damage to the house. Several floors bounced and you could see light through the foundation beams. It was bad. But your set up with the different pens and being on 7 acres as well reminds me of it.
Last year we came really close to buying a house in Charles Town on 7 acres w/ a kennel w/ runs and pens a 3 br house with an attached in law apartment and a 5 stall barn w/ tack room and hay loft. Unfortunately for all those benefits... the house needed to be knocked down and the purchase price alone was just slightly out of our budget. Massive termite damage to the house. Several floors bounced and you could see light through the foundation beams. It was bad. But your set up with the different pens and being on 7 acres as well reminds me of it.
