Pendergrass Ranch - Big changes!

[Southern by choice]

They are probably confused too, new place and new people, new animals.... makes it a prime situation for an escape.

Glad you got em back!

 

[PendergrassRanch]

They are probably confused too, new place and new people, new animals.... makes it a prime situation for an escape.

Glad you got em back!

They are definitely confused. They went from a 10x10 pen to a 1.5 acre pasture. I think I will keep them in until we finish the fence this week. I really don't want to lose them while I'm at work.

 

[Southern by choice]

Ours usually go in a dry lot. That way they are able to adjust without all the stress. I mean come on.... it's scary for a lil goat
Don't give up on your Nigerians, they are easy, low maintenance, friendly goats. AND they don't eat nearly what the big goats eat!

 

[PendergrassRanch]

Ours usually go in a dry lot. That way they are able to adjust without all the stress. I mean come on.... it's scary for a lil goat
Don't give up on your Nigerians, they are easy, low maintenance, friendly goats. AND they don't eat nearly what the big goats eat!

I haven't given up I do like the little girls even if they are drama queens.

They were heading over to the neighbors who has 2 other goats and a donkey so they were probably looking for their friends. Silly girls.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Glad you got them back. Missing goats are tough. Mine went missing once and it was not something I really want to go thru again.

 

[PendergrassRanch]

Glad you got them back. Missing goats are tough. Mine went missing once and it was not something I really want to go thru again.

Yeah thankfully my neighbor didn't hold a grudge against us for calling AC on them She was the one that showed me where the little girls had gone.

On a different note, I trimmed the goats hooves today. I don't think the ND had ever been done and the Angoras were pretty bad as well. I'm pretty happy with them now

 

[PendergrassRanch]

I should go into politics because my abilities to convince people is astounding.

I convinced Drew that it is a good idea to jump on that sweet deal for the pygmy buck and 2 does. He said to call the guy today and tell him that I can pick them up friday.

My plan is this. Breed all 4 does, the pygmies are probably already pregnant since they live with the buck. When the babies are weaned, put them all up for sale, whoever doesn't sell, gets processed. All money from sales goes towards budget for meat goats and the dogs get food. Win win pretty much?

 

[marlowmanor]

I should go into politics because my abilities to convince people is astounding.

I convinced Drew that it is a good idea to jump on that sweet deal for the pygmy buck and 2 does. He said to call the guy today and tell him that I can pick them up friday.

My plan is this. Breed all 4 does, the pygmies are probably already pregnant since they live with the buck. When the babies are weaned, put them all up for sale, whoever doesn't sell, gets processed. All money from sales goes towards budget for meat goats and the dogs get food. Win win pretty much?

Definately sounds like a win win situation for you. Your Drew seems much more easily convinced than my DH. I was wanting to add more goats for months, would find deals on CL and DH wouldn't commit to them. Then he got the idea that we could breed goats and sell the kids and make some profit off the goats. Once it was his idea it didn't take as much convincing to get him to call and email about does for sale and get rolling on getting more fencing up. Now I think I even have him looking into finding us somewhere with more land so we have room for more goats! I may just make a farmer out of him after all!

 

[PendergrassRanch]

I should go into politics because my abilities to convince people is astounding.

I convinced Drew that it is a good idea to jump on that sweet deal for the pygmy buck and 2 does. He said to call the guy today and tell him that I can pick them up friday.

My plan is this. Breed all 4 does, the pygmies are probably already pregnant since they live with the buck. When the babies are weaned, put them all up for sale, whoever doesn't sell, gets processed. All money from sales goes towards budget for meat goats and the dogs get food. Win win pretty much?

Definately sounds like a win win situation for you. Your Drew seems much more easily convinced than my DH. I was wanting to add more goats for months, would find deals on CL and DH wouldn't commit to them. Then he got the idea that we could breed goats and sell the kids and make some profit off the goats. Once it was his idea it didn't take as much convincing to get him to call and email about does for sale and get rolling on getting more fencing up. Now I think I even have him looking into finding us somewhere with more land so we have room for more goats! I may just make a farmer out of him after all!

Well he knows that dog food isn't cheap and he would rather produce it than buy it. Plus this deal is not something we will find any time soon.

The hardest part is that I KNOW he will get attached to the babies...poor big guy with his big soft heart.

 

[marlowmanor]

I should go into politics because my abilities to convince people is astounding.

I convinced Drew that it is a good idea to jump on that sweet deal for the pygmy buck and 2 does. He said to call the guy today and tell him that I can pick them up friday.

My plan is this. Breed all 4 does, the pygmies are probably already pregnant since they live with the buck. When the babies are weaned, put them all up for sale, whoever doesn't sell, gets processed. All money from sales goes towards budget for meat goats and the dogs get food. Win win pretty much?

Definately sounds like a win win situation for you. Your Drew seems much more easily convinced than my DH. I was wanting to add more goats for months, would find deals on CL and DH wouldn't commit to them. Then he got the idea that we could breed goats and sell the kids and make some profit off the goats. Once it was his idea it didn't take as much convincing to get him to call and email about does for sale and get rolling on getting more fencing up. Now I think I even have him looking into finding us somewhere with more land so we have room for more goats! I may just make a farmer out of him after all!

Well he knows that dog food isn't cheap and he would rather produce it than buy it. Plus this deal is not something we will find any time soon.

The hardest part is that I KNOW he will get attached to the babies...poor big guy with his big soft heart.

That's what I figure will happen here. I know my kids will fall for the babies when they are born. They love seeing the new babies when we go to my dad's. I kind of hope my DH falls for some kids since we may keep some. Maybe if he falls for the goats hard it will give him more incentive to find us a bigger place where we could have more goats. Where we are we don't have the option to add more goats really without getting rid of some. We don't want to overtax the space we have for the goats.

I have a goat plan it's just long term and drawn out. If we ever find a reasonably priced place with a couple acres and a house I'd be content. I could have my goat farm and maybe even do a little more with it like raise a steer for meat. My plan may just take a while to be completed.