I am going to have a stroke

[PrettyPaisley]

Seriously. Millie is going to be the death of me!

We don't have the land I want. It's just not enough to feed my goat addiction so as it stands we will have to have just two or three. The main area where the goats have been living for almost a year needed a rest so we fenced off another area, built a shelter/shed and moved them over. Since there is not much shade in that area and it gets a fair amount of the afternoon sun, we put a fan out there and took a large fence panel, covered it with a tarp and leaved it against the permanant fence. The girls rest under it -Oma especially as she seems to get much hotter than Millie (must be the whole lactating thing) and they both rub up against it as if to scratch themselves.

So after 3 whole days of living in the new area I go out to feed take them fresh water and hay and notice Millie sort of under the fence. I thought she was rubbing her neck against the fence because she didn't seem distressed. I filled the bin with fresh alfalfa and when she didn't come running I knew something was not right. I walked over to her to find her twisted around the neck in a black cord that was from the inside seam of the tarp! Twisted up tight-so tight I had to run to get a knife to cut it off of her.

I can only imagine if I had not gone out there when I did. That goat is going to cause me to have heart failure. I am not capable of predicting all the things she could get into!

[Cheribelle]

If it's dangerous, they will find it!

[Native87]

Originally Posted by Cheribelle

If it's dangerous, they will find it!

No truer words have been spoken.

Glad you found her in time.

[Backfourty,MI.]

Glad you found her in time! Can you tie the tarp up higher out of their reach? Or maybe make a Tent type shelter for them to get out of the sun, you'd only need a couple big sheets of plywood?

[Minelson]

Thank goodness you found her in time! WHEW!

[bknthesdle]

That is scary!!! Glad you found her in time! Reminds me to be very cautious when I put my fence up.

[PrettyPaisley]

Originally Posted by Backfourty,MI.

Glad you found her in time! Can you tie the tarp up higher out of their reach? Or maybe make a Tent type shelter for them to get out of the sun, you'd only need a couple big sheets of plywood?

Yeah-the tarp is coming off. Too risky. We are going to try to fashion something acceptable and safe as shade. I think we build the newer goat shed too small and they don't like getting in it-even when it storms. We literally have to sit out there with them so they stay dry. I'm thinking diapers and bringing them indoors would be so much simpler.

[Rechellef]

It's amazing how goats can get themselves into that. Twice, my FF has gotten her foot stuck in the electrical wire that runs in the middle of the fence (it's off), so we are going to just have to remove a 2 acre pasture worth of electrical wire soon.

[Backfourty,MI.]

My dh would be happy to build a bigger shelter before I put diapers & brought them indoors! Hahaha!