Two New Pygmy Goats!(First Escape)

[TheSheepGirl]

I picked up two new Pygmy goats today. They are very cute, friendly, and seem to be good goats. They lead well and are quite easy to handle. I traded them for a few butchered chickens from my farm.

The lighter one is the male, named Bolt and the darker one is the female, named lightning.

The goats in the barn.

I transported them in the back of my car. I folded down the seat, laid down a tarp, put up a fence, and put down some hay for traction. It worked great and they just jumped in.

here they are in the car.

 

[cutie123600]

Oh my Gawsh, I never thought I would see the day when someone has a buck exactly like my tiny doe.

Absolutely amazing.

 

[Queen Mum]

Handsome guys!

 

[PotterWatch]

They look very sweet!

 

[TheSheepGirl]

They are very friendly goats and have been very well behaved so far.(knock on wood) They are also amazingly quiet when compared to my other goats.

The male is wethered, I got him as a n intact male and didn't check. It doesn't bother me, though since they are just pets mostly. Also it is best since the doe is his mother, this I learned after bringing them home.

 

[hcppam]

How fun!

 

[Teeah3612]

They are very friendly goats and have been very well behaved so far.(knock on wood) They are also amazingly quiet when compared to my other goats.

The male is wethered, I got him as a n intact male and didn't check. It doesn't bother me, though since they are just pets mostly. Also it is best since the doe is his mother, this I learned after bringing them home.

That just means that you need to get another goat so you can have goat babies!

 

[capretta]

SO CUTE! I love how you transported them! I've had to pull a few of those too! Never thought of the fence though.... now next time I won't have my goats biting my hair WHILE I'M TRYING TO DRIVE!

 

[TheSheepGirl]

SO CUTE! I love how you transported them! I've had to pull a few of those too! Never thought of the fence though.... now next time I won't have my goats biting my hair WHILE I'M TRYING TO DRIVE!

The car is my primary transport vehicle. I have transported piglets, chickens, turkeys, goats, sheep, and adult potbellies in the back of there. I don't own a truck and trailer, so I use the hatch back car instead.

The fence idea arose the day I learned that pigs can jump.(see my BYH journal for that story)

 

[TheSheepGirl]

They are very friendly goats and have been very well behaved so far.(knock on wood) They are also amazingly quiet when compared to my other goats.

The male is wethered, I got him as a n intact male and didn't check. It doesn't bother me, though since they are just pets mostly. Also it is best since the doe is his mother, this I learned after bringing them home.

That just means that you need to get another goat so you can have goat babies!

there's a chance that she's already bred.

The neighbors where I got them from have goats too, nubians and boers, and their buck escaped in November or December when she was in heat.

I know that the big buck could cause her problems, but if it was then that she was bred, then aborting her would just cause a big problem for her. Not to mention the fact I don't believe in that anyway. (just letting you know before anyone mentions it)

She looks a little pregnant, but not huge, and isn't bagged up, so who knows. we'll just wait and see I guess and it will play out how it's destined to.