Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

[Goat Whisperer]

Milk stands make life good! There are some easy plans in the 'net that take very little time to build.

Hope she starts to behave soon.

 

[samssimonsays]

Thanks! She got pretty stressed when I took her buckling to get disbudded so I let her be sunday and yesterday. She was uneasy when I would go near her baby and I totally get it. She was her normal loving self this morning and didn't think twice with me petting him. Are there any easy ways I can attempt to milk her without a stand at the moment? it has been cold, rainy and wet here now and that interferes with my building of a stand.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I have two barns - one with a milk stand and one without. There have been occasions when I just didn't want to drag goats between the two barns so I would improvise with a hay bale. Now - these were goats who were already trained to a milk stand so it wasn't a big deal to them - they just wanted feed and didn't care where they had to stand to get it, lol!

In a pinch, I've also just clipped their collar to a fence - real short so they couldn't move too much and milked that way. A well trained goat will usually stand for that, but it really depends on the doe. Good luck!

 

[samssimonsays]

I have two barns - one with a milk stand and one without. There have been occasions when I just didn't want to drag goats between the two barns so I would improvise with a hay bale. Now - these were goats who were already trained to a milk stand so it wasn't a big deal to them - they just wanted feed and didn't care where they had to stand to get it, lol!

In a pinch, I've also just clipped their collar to a fence - real short so they couldn't move too much and milked that way. A well trained goat will usually stand for that, but it really depends on the doe. Good luck!

Thanks! Yeah... she broke one leash clasp already... I will try again tonight ha. It has to improve with persistence, right?

 

[samssimonsays]

We FINALLY have some green grass!

 

[samssimonsays]

The weather WAS so nice that it was just a lounging sort of time the past weekend. It has since dropped back down to cold and miserable. Hopefully summer will make its reappearance soon....

 

[Latestarter]

Ummmm Who is this? It's certainly not Rumely or Stella... It bears a striking (grown up) resemblance to your avatar... Did I miss something? The goats are looking healthy and happy.

 

[samssimonsays]

It bears a striking (grown up) resemblance to your avatar... Did I miss something? The goats are looking healthy and happy.

Sadie came back home after a not so smooth transition and is loving her goats and mom and dad.

THey are all doing amazing and we are trying Chaffhaye on them. Took them a while but they are loving it.

 

[Latestarter]

Well, I doubt you'll be carrying her around in your bib O's anymore.

 

[samssimonsays]

Well, I doubt you'll be carrying her around in your bib O's anymore.

Hahaha! Nope... she was 50#s 2 weeks ago

Rumely Jr was 63# the other day. They are 5 months old tomorrow