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Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« on: June 12, 2013, 01:16:19 PM »
Picked up three la mancha pack goats the other day....gonna try my hand at the idea...it will be a few years before they are ready, but will be fun in the mean time....this fall, I might have two of them pack a trap here or there for practice....I will post a few pics when I get them taken....

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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2013, 01:17:34 PM »
Fresh goat milk please.
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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2013, 01:20:23 PM »
momma puts out 7 cups a day...the kids are bucks...soon to be wethers...

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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2013, 01:22:11 PM »
Cool, it's something I'd love to get into one of these days.
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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2013, 01:30:19 PM »
Scarlet is the momma....little over a year old...

and the white one is cesar, brown is octavious...4 weeks...

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Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2013, 01:40:52 PM »
Right on, a buddy of mine just got three pack goats. I have a couple Nubians, had them about a year they are cool to have around but have been giving me heck trying to kill my apple trees... Other than that they are easy I'd like to get more and train a couple to pack for me.

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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2013, 02:32:22 PM »
I think you'll find Nubians too lazy to work as pack goats. 
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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2013, 02:35:16 PM »
Looks like a great deal :tup:
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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2013, 02:42:15 PM »
I think you'll find Nubians too lazy to work as pack goats.

Yeah I wasn't thinking of making them packers I meant get some new ones of a different breed. These guys are scrawny and noisy. We'll see how my buddies do before I go that route, the ones I have now are just for yard maintenance. Like trying to rape and kill my apple trees apparently.

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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2013, 02:50:54 PM »
You could get into the milk business if you've got females. They're great milk goats.
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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2013, 03:14:29 PM »
Those things are homely without ears... poor poor roman goats.
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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2013, 04:36:18 PM »
Those things are homely without ears... poor poor roman goats.

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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2013, 05:02:32 PM »
Do you just move those wire panels around the yard and let them "graze" it down in sections?
Looks like fun. Goats have great personalities (usually)

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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2013, 06:24:25 PM »
Those wire panels are from an old cookie mill I helped tear down years ago, stainless steel....currently, it is their main fence that comes off the barn...I am working out a few ideas to quickly set up little areas from them to work on...the portable electric fence I bought so far, leaves something to be desired. I have let them out just on their own, momma just follows me for the most part, as well as babies...but I dont want to have to be out there all the time...

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Re: Picked up three La Mancha goats..
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2013, 07:32:01 PM »
Just fence your whole place in. I think hrd2find has a thread on here with some good detail on what you need for fencing to keep them contained. Some barbed wire, 4-5 strands starting at a foot high or so. Just remember they'll eat whatever they can access.
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