We've been walking down the slippery slope towards large animal livestock ownership for three years now and finally plunged in head first with two 5 month old Boer goats. We already have chickens, turkeys, ducks, and rabbits ... Yeah, yeah, I know ... gateway livestock and all ... 
Everything about this is totally new to us. After two years of planning for this day, I find myself totally brainless now that the goats are here. I can't remember a single thing that I've read except that they can't eat tomato plants. Gee that's helpful.
We named them Vincent van Goat and Artemisia Gentleschi after famous painters and set up their pen with their feed bucket hung up and a short step that they have to stand up on to eat. They figured it out without issue and have eaten apples, cabbage, and banana peels from our hands so far. They've also shown the chickens and turkeys that they aren't going to take any guff from them, except for our old big female turkey who rules the roost. Apparently she is welcome to share their pen but no one else is. Lol.
Any tips or pointers you can throw our way? We're trying to read through the forums to glean information.
Everything about this is totally new to us. After two years of planning for this day, I find myself totally brainless now that the goats are here. I can't remember a single thing that I've read except that they can't eat tomato plants. Gee that's helpful.
We named them Vincent van Goat and Artemisia Gentleschi after famous painters and set up their pen with their feed bucket hung up and a short step that they have to stand up on to eat. They figured it out without issue and have eaten apples, cabbage, and banana peels from our hands so far. They've also shown the chickens and turkeys that they aren't going to take any guff from them, except for our old big female turkey who rules the roost. Apparently she is welcome to share their pen but no one else is. Lol.
Any tips or pointers you can throw our way? We're trying to read through the forums to glean information.
