Straw Hat Kikos

[bjjohns]

I love the hay feeder. If I were to change something it would be to make the catch shelf a little longer out. That way it catches more hay. The reason I made it smaller is because my Nigerians will be eating out of it too. I might just make a different one for them. When the Kikos go into the woods I will make a cover or roof so it doesn't get wet. But overall I think it is a great hay feeder.

btw it doesn't look very pretty because it was made of wood laying around.

Heck, all my stuff looks like that. You should see my run-in shed.

Quick question, wouldn't it catch better if you put the flat boards on the bottom? Making a 3 1/2" catch lip?

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

I thought of that but then I would have to nail the boards up and when the goats put the front feet up there it could push the boards right out. The boards were to small to screw in.

 

[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

Cute goats, and i LOVE your hay feeder, gonna be stealing the idea We need to make one.

Just thought Id read up on your journal.

Is tha t hay feeder small enough for NDs? I know you said you'd want the lip bigger so it would catch more hy but seems like they would just climb on it, lol, (ours climb)

And how often do you worm your NDs? Just wondering, this is my first time 'goating' LOL

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Cute goats, and i LOVE your hay feeder, gonna be stealing the idea We need to make one.

Just thought Id read up on your journal.

Is tha t hay feeder small enough for NDs? I know you said you'd want the lip bigger so it would catch more hy but seems like they would just climb on it, lol, (ours climb)

And how often do you worm your NDs? Just wondering, this is my first time 'goating' LOL

Thank you. Go ahead and make one. It works great! It would be fine for Nigerians but if you wanted to you could make it smaller. With it being big you would have to put it under cover because they would not be able to finish all the hay in a day. The Kikos don't climb on it. Arianna will put her front legs on the lip to eat from the top but nobody climbs on it. It would be very hard for them to do that when it is full of hay because they can't jump to the top and the shelf is not big enough for them to stand on.

All of the goats here are very good against worms. Several of my Kikos have not been wormed and the rest have had one or two wormings.

 

[elevan]

You can deworm when a goat is pregnant. You just shouldn't use Valbazen when pregnant. Other dewormers are safe.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

You can deworm when a goat is pregnant. You just shouldn't use Valbazen when pregnant. Other dewormers are safe.

Did not know that. I was told you can't. Thank you.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

My 800th post.

btw how is your hay feeder working out marlowmanor?

 

[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

Cute goats, and i LOVE your hay feeder, gonna be stealing the idea We need to make one.

Just thought Id read up on your journal.

Is tha t hay feeder small enough for NDs? I know you said you'd want the lip bigger so it would catch more hy but seems like they would just climb on it, lol, (ours climb)

And how often do you worm your NDs? Just wondering, this is my first time 'goating' LOL

Thank you. Go ahead and make one. It works great!! It would be fine for Nigerians but if you wanted to you could make it smaller. With it being big you would have to put it under cover because they would not be able to finish all the hay in a day. The Kikos don't climb on it. Ariana will put her front legs on the lip to eat from the top but nobody climbs on it. It would be very hard for them to do that when it is full of hay because they can't jump to the top and the shelf is not big enough for them to stand on.

All of the goats here are very good against worms. Several of my Kikos have never been wormed and the Nigerians have been wormed twice in over a year. They did not really need it but I wanted to give it before they were breed because you can't worm them when they're pregnant and if they were to get worms when they were pregnant we couldn't do anything about it. You should look up FAMACHA. That will help with knowing when to worm.

Thanks for the info

Gonna be building the hay feeder later- Dont have enough wood and gonna go to a garage sale on Sat to buy wood then use it to build a goat shed

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Cool. GL on it.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

It is raining!!!! For the first time in close to 2 weeks it is raining!! It has been 90-100+ degrees everyday for the last 2 weeks with no rain but it is now storming. Awesome!!