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05/25/10, 10:37 PM
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Finally - pics of the new goats!
Well, here they are finally. I've had to procrastinate putting these up because of computer problems. They were MOSTLY taken with my camera phone, as I discovered that my camera was broken on the trip home from Missouri to get these guys. Thankfully, my camera phone has a decent camera on it - otherwise I'd be freaking out with kidding season so imminent. Not having pictures of animals for sale makes them harder to sell.
The adult does are Strudel and Mattie - their names from Emily, which I think fit. The three doelings have been named. Since I haven't messed with them to check their tattoos, the two lamancha doelings were named at random - I didn't mind which one was Bronwyn and which one was Paisley, both out of Strudel. Mattie's doeling I named Lolita.
Anywho, here they are!
All of 'em eating:
Paisley, 88%
Strudel - dam to Bronwyn and Paisley 75%
Bronwyn, 88%.
Mattie and her doeling, Lolita. Lolita is 75% but is registered at 50% because Mattie is unregistered.
Mattie, unreg 50% boer (50% fainter) - she's a weird color, roaned caramel?
The housing my dad built last minute; After it's used as an isolation house, I hope to use it for a buck house.
My french alpines, of whom were very offended to find they had new neighbors. They're drama queens, but have since gotten over it.
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Last edited by mygoat; 05/26/10 at 08:01 PM.
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05/25/10, 10:49 PM
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Nice goats!
I had to laugh about the last picture. Seems you use the same goat housing we do! Truck caps are hard to beat especially when you can get them for free.
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05/25/10, 11:42 PM
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Very nice looking goats.
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05/26/10, 06:31 AM
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More dharma, less drama.
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I love the goats and your housing!!
I'm about to have to build some more goat huts, and I'm being inspired!
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05/26/10, 07:11 AM
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If you look closely, you'll see that both are truck bed caps.  The roof of the plywood-sided housing is a flat bed cap, but it needed much more modification to make it liveable. The other truck cap is old and I've had to put wood over the places where the glass has busted out - but other than that they DO make great temporary goat houses. My old buck lived in the truck cap house for about 2 years, I just bedded him with lots of straw and blocked most of the front in the winter.
FYI, for taller goats, put cinder blocks all the way around at the bottom of the truck bed so they can get in and out easier. It takes between 15-20 blocks, lain on the side with the openings so that there isn't much of a breeze into the housing in winter.
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"Breed the best, eat the rest"
Caprice Acres
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05/26/10, 07:50 AM
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They have green butts! Emily must've tattooed them for you. Nice looking bunch, but then, anything you get from Emily is nice, nice, NICE.
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05/26/10, 07:54 AM
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Wonderful goats, and I too am inspired with the goat houses, now if I can just find some around here..
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05/26/10, 08:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wintrrwolf
Wonderful goats, and I too am inspired with the goat houses, now if I can just find some around here..
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Keep an eye on the free ads on Craigslist or if you have them in your newspaper. They turn up here all the time.
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Give me a sweet home set among the trees,
With friends whose words are ever kind and true.
-Phoebe Carey-
LONE PINE FARM
Barnesville, PA
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05/26/10, 04:55 PM
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Great looking goats...you SCORED!!! Congrats !!
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05/26/10, 06:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nehimama
They have green butts! Emily must've tattooed them for you. Nice looking bunch, but then, anything you get from Emily is nice, nice, NICE.
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 There's green ink all over my paperwork from Emily.
Mygoat, they look wonderful.
What size are the openings on your fencing? I think I'm seeing a way to avoid some hay wastage...
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05/26/10, 08:03 PM
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I figured out their names/tattoos, and changed it appropriately above.
The panels I use for the temp pens are CATTLE panels, not combo panels - so the spacing is larger throughout. They're also a couple bucks cheaper than combo panels. It does reduce waste drastically - they don't try to lay in it and therefore avoid peeing/pooing on it. Works good unless it's a rainy day.
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Dona Barski
"Breed the best, eat the rest"
Caprice Acres
French and American Alpines. CAE, Johnes neg herd. Abscess free. LA, DHIR.
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05/26/10, 09:11 PM
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Good looking children. But Lolita is just lovely. A picture's worth a 1000 words. Alpines with their nose in the air. "Prima Donnas"
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05/26/10, 10:20 PM
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What a nice looking little group of goats. Those French alpines are too cute in that picture, they look so curious or nosey. one of the two! My goats would be the nosey one's.
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05/28/10, 03:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mygoat
The panels I use for the temp pens are CATTLE panels, not combo panels - so the spacing is larger throughout. They're also a couple bucks cheaper than combo panels. It does reduce waste drastically - they don't try to lay in it and therefore avoid peeing/pooing on it. Works good unless it's a rainy day. |
I use the exact same method of feeding hay. Glad to hear the girls are all fitting in well. Looks like a nice set-up.
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