My pygmies

caryatid · #1 09/08/06, 10:13 AM

Hello all!

A while ago I posted about my possibly pregnant pygmy.
I finally got around to taking pictures of the girls and putting them on my website.

http://www.geocities.com/dtearman/homestead.html

Here they are, standing in front of a pile of lumber. *rolls eyes* The pic might have been prettier if they would have been out in the field, but their curiousity got the better of them and they just had to come right up and see what I was doing.

The dark one is Luci, my "demon goat" who likes to attack dogs. The other is Sienna, who is either Luci's mother or grandmother. I adopted them in June.

NCGirl · #2 09/08/06, 10:39 AM

They are very Cute! I think in the future I want a couple pygmy's

caryatid · #3 09/08/06, 10:43 AM

Aren't they just adorable! Oh, they are the biggest brats too!

They slipped out of the yard less than an hour after I got them and ran down the street to hide by my neighbor's porch. It took a while to calm them down,but I finally got them to the point where they will eat out of my hand. Luci still hates people, but Sienna will sometimes let you scratch her head.

GoatLove · #4 09/08/06, 11:31 AM

They are adorable! My goats give me a heart attack every now and then when they decide to escape, and proceed to eat all of my pretty flowers!

That is just how goats are

caryatid · #5 09/08/06, 12:02 PM

LOL Oh yeah, mine were in my yard for a total of 10 minutes before they found my strawberry patch. With alll the lovely green weeds you'd think they would sample that, but no! They had to find my tiny, pathetic, struggling strawberries.

When my girls escaped, I will say it caused an endless source of amusement for my other neighbors who watched from their front door. Luckily we all were laughing about it.

trob1 · #6 09/08/06, 12:05 PM

very pretty girls! What is going on with their coat, they look like they have patches of hair missing.

caryatid · #7 09/08/06, 02:58 PM

Luci (dark) has a light spot on her rump. Her hair is all there.

Sienna (brown) was shedding, and likes to scratch herself on the side of the barn. (Right before this picture was taken we had some insane temperatures). She looks more normal now.

**mygoat** · #8 09/08/06, 03:58 PM

Very pretty pygmies! They're more towards the standard than my own... I raise the unregistereds which I personally like better; I think they're shaped different, though yours are too cute! And I have quite a few pictures of my goats with our junk pile or odd pasture ornaments in the background, don't worry! LOL

TexCountryWoman · #9 09/08/06, 04:54 PM

Very cute!

caryatid · #10 09/08/06, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mygoat

Very pretty pygmies! They're more towards the standard than my own...

I adopted these from a lady that raises show goats. She said they are registered, but that doesn't matter one bit to me. I've never owned goats before, I don't think I had ever seen a pygmy in real life before I went to pick these ladies up. Do you have any pictures of yours? I'd like to see them!

**mygoat** · #11 09/08/06, 09:31 PM

i've got too many pictures! LOL check them out here :
www.freewebs.com/mygoats/
You'll notice the diffrence IMMEDIATELY, but my goats are the size of registered pygmies, just at the very upper end of the height restrictions... BIG pygmies, less keg-like

caryatid · #12 09/08/06, 10:04 PM

Oh!!! Those are sooo cute!!!
HOw long have you been raising them?

AllWolf · #13 09/09/06, 12:08 AM

I've got 2 pygmys goats here but later I will be selling one next year she was dam raised and not friendly at all. So going to breed her and later let her go. I still love them but not a dam raised one not as friendly.

Your goats are very nice looking btw.

GL with them

**mygoat** · #14 09/09/06, 12:09 PM

I've noticed that dam raised goat are only friendly if you never ever chase them when you want to hold them or work with them. If you ever chase them, they never like you... EVER. I have one right now with that problem. In the future, She will probably have her kids bottle fed. That one on my website is Ester.
However, the skittish one's sister is extremely nice. (Cadee) My other adult doe who is not related is also VERY VERY nice, almost absurdly nice, and she was also dam raised, then she must have switched her mother feeling over to me, because that goat is almost as nice as bottle fed! (Boston)
Now, the mother of Cadee and Ester, (Daisy) is halfway skittish. If she knows she's in trouble or if she knows I'm trying to catch her, she is extremely hard to catch. If I'm in the pen to just be with my goats, she's usually right there as well. She hates being caught because it usually means she has to do work, go to the buck pen, or get shots, lol.
I've got two doelings out of Daisy again this year (well, she had quads, three doeligns one stillborn, and one buckling) But I only have the two doelings out of her now... Anywho, one is bottle fed, the other isn't. The bottle baby is of cource very nice (Giselle) . The other is skittish around loud things or fast movements. But other than that she comes right up and tries to get in your lap, and especially likes trying to climb your legs while you're standing up, lol.(Havyn)
I also have a buck that was dam raised, and then spent his first 4 months after that with little to no human interaction. When I brought him home he was aggressive through the fence and skittish as heck when you were in the pen with him. After a couple months of feeding him every day, he quickly realized that I was NOT evil... And in fact, that i fed him every day, lol. Now he's my buddy. That would be Fynley on my website.
Anywho, the point of all that is that if you raise your dam raised kids closely, they are often very friendly. My advice to all new owners is to NEVER chase them, no matter what. Sit and wait for them to come up to you.

Oh, and I've owned goats for nearly 5 years now and been raising for 2... Not long, but I'm just 16, lol. I imagine I'll die and have goats invited to the funeral, lol. Hm... I wonder if a goat can be trained to be a ring bearer? LOL

AllWolf · #15 09/10/06, 12:55 AM

I wished my one pygmy was like that but she sure isn't. You can walk in the pen and pet the others and you reach down to pet her on the head. She is gone in a flash. I can not even pet her at all which I do not like. I have tried and tried to work with her but it no use. The only time we have to chase her down is to give meds. I do not like chasing a goat to give meds to. Her mother on the other hand follows me everywhere's I go but the mother's daughter is a different story. When I do breed her the young will be bottle fed because all of my other goats here are bottle fed but her. She is just a total different goat attuide. I hate to let her go later but it be best to find her a home that doesn't mine her being like that.

Unless when she has young she change but I about dout it then too.

desertoasisfarm · #16 09/10/06, 08:19 AM

Not sure how much extra time you have, but I've found if you just sit around with them, maybe offer something they REALLY like (raisins etc) BUT, just sit where she has to take it out of your hand. Now, this takes some time, but we've had it work on goats that wouldn't walk within 50 feet of a human, now they come running! Never chase them, just sit and wait with goodies. Do this fairly consistently, and they will come around. Every goat on our property is almost a pain cause they will be all over you in a heartbeat. They've been conditioned that humans REALLY like them! Good luck, maybe you'll get to keep her after all.

**mygoat** · #17 09/10/06, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by desertoasisfarm

Not sure how much extra time you have, but I've found if you just sit around with them, maybe offer something they REALLY like (raisins etc) BUT, just sit where she has to take it out of your hand. Now, this takes some time, but we've had it work on goats that wouldn't walk within 50 feet of a human, now they come running! Never chase them, just sit and wait with goodies. Do this fairly consistently, and they will come around. Every goat on our property is almost a pain cause they will be all over you in a heartbeat. They've been conditioned that humans REALLY like them! Good luck, maybe you'll get to keep her after all.

the only bad thing about this is that all the friendly goats SWARM and you can't even get near the skittish one.