Post by: Becky on July 19, 2016, 03:11:48 PM
Post by: Timberstalker on July 19, 2016, 03:17:14 PM
Only KIDding. LOL.
Post by: Becky on July 19, 2016, 03:30:10 PM
When is the barbeque? :chuckle::chuckle: I can get ya some goat milk. Maybe.. actually probably not because I don't know how to do that (yet?) lol.
Only KIDding. LOL.
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on July 19, 2016, 03:37:22 PM
When is the barbeque? :chuckle::chuckle: I can get ya some goat milk. Maybe.. actually probably not because I don't know how to do that (yet?) lol.
Only KIDding. LOL.
PULL AND SQUEEZE
Post by: Timberstalker on July 19, 2016, 04:00:04 PM
I'll pass on the milk, but if you stumble across a set of backstraps, shoot a PM my way! :chuckle:
Post by: chevyistop on July 19, 2016, 04:16:03 PM
Post by: Becky on July 19, 2016, 04:28:23 PM
Post by: jackmaster on July 20, 2016, 10:09:47 AM
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Post by: runamuk on July 20, 2016, 12:02:23 PM
Post by: Becky on July 20, 2016, 01:55:17 PM
Definetly cute little rascals, they are hilarious when they start bouncing around and buttn heads :chuckle: it never gets old watching their little mannerisms, I gotta show these pics to my daughter :)I wish I could post videos, without uploading to youtube or something.. they definitely are trying to bounce around :chuckle:
Post by: buglebuster on July 20, 2016, 02:14:59 PM
Where is @buglebuster aka the goat whispererHere I am :hello: wrong kind tho, I actually raise meat goats lol... So those looking for back straps, hit me up :chuckle:
Post by: jackelope on July 20, 2016, 02:46:15 PM
What are your plans for them? Milking?
Post by: Woodchuck on July 20, 2016, 02:50:25 PM
Post by: Becky on July 20, 2016, 02:51:25 PM
Nice. Goats are cool and tons of fun. My inlaws keep a herd of Nubians...dairy goats about 11 times the size of those babies.(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frlv.zcache.com%2Ffunny_warning_farm_patrolled_by_crazy_goat_lady_card-r7d266437c1c14025a426ef746bc72145_xvuat_8byvr_324.jpg&hash=0a5ca45e0a9ddc880543fd91468fca614f233764)
What are your plans for them? Milking?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on July 20, 2016, 02:52:51 PM
Post by: Becky on July 20, 2016, 02:54:37 PM
Post by: jackelope on July 20, 2016, 02:54:48 PM
Almost as cute as baby rabbits. :tup:
Hey, if she's starting a petting zoo, I can probably help and add to her inventory.
Just saying.....
Post by: jackelope on July 20, 2016, 02:58:27 PM
:chuckle: jk, right now they're fuzzy little yard maintenance workers, but I'd like to learn to milk them and make soaps and cheese. We have 4 that are ours, only one doe though so we'll see :).
My mother in law makes all that stuff. She keeps 2 bucks and maybe 10? does I think?
Are the bucklings wethered?
Post by: pianoman9701 on July 20, 2016, 03:01:04 PM
Post by: jackmaster on July 20, 2016, 03:04:57 PM
Post by: Becky on July 20, 2016, 03:08:25 PM
That's awesome, I will learn, right now I'm just loving the heck out of them. Yea they will be banded when they drop, they're all less than a week old :) two different mommas and 4 kids. The moms gave birth a few days apart, my doe (in the second picture) had her fat little boy on Friday and then momma #2 had 3 on Monday. Then Hitler-stache is 12 weeks old, soooo tons of cuteness everywhere :chuckle::chuckle: jk, right now they're fuzzy little yard maintenance workers, but I'd like to learn to milk them and make soaps and cheese. We have 4 that are ours, only one doe though so we'll see :).
My mother in law makes all that stuff. She keeps 2 bucks and maybe 10? does I think?
Are the bucklings wethered?
No videos of baby dwarf goats jumping around? Disappointing, SG.!!! I have so many, didn't really want to post up to youtube but I might have to haha.
Post by: Becky on July 20, 2016, 03:18:32 PM
I have heard that we will be able to milk our females, but idk at what age!! They are so much fun, we go for walks every night and Gracie just flat goes nuts bouncing around jumping up on stuff, one day she was standing on the bagger on my riding lawn mower and then Elvis was standing on the hood of my wife's car, that didn't go well cause he stinks to high heaven.. S/G if the girls produce milk you can come get all they will give you..From what I know in my extremely limited knowledge, is that they have to get pregnant first to produce milk and then you can milk them after baby is done (someone correct me if I'm wrong).. So I'll be testing the waters with the one momma I have after Jupiter is fat and weaned lol. If it all works out, my neighbor shows and breeds so there will be lots of babies and does around all the time. Eeeeeeeeee.
Post by: baker5150 on July 20, 2016, 03:21:05 PM
They also stripped the bark off of all the cedar trees.
Post by: seth30 on July 20, 2016, 03:31:52 PM
We had a couple on the farm as kids. We had some sort of weeping willow tree they loved to eat. It was perfectly trimmed as high as they could reach.I have seen that before and if you were to take a level to the bottom of those branches I bet it would be level every time :chuckle:
They also stripped the bark off of all the cedar trees.
Post by: BeRandee on July 20, 2016, 03:43:01 PM
Post by: jackelope on July 20, 2016, 04:06:37 PM
MIL has bottle babies. The does kid, and she takes them from her a couple days later. She milks the does right away and bottle feeds the kids. She's retired though, and has time to do that. It takes a lot of time and work to do that. I don't know why she does it that way, but all her goats are super friendly and bonded to people.I have heard that we will be able to milk our females, but idk at what age!! They are so much fun, we go for walks every night and Gracie just flat goes nuts bouncing around jumping up on stuff, one day she was standing on the bagger on my riding lawn mower and then Elvis was standing on the hood of my wife's car, that didn't go well cause he stinks to high heaven.. S/G if the girls produce milk you can come get all they will give you..From what I know in my extremely limited knowledge, is that they have to get pregnant first to produce milk and then you can milk them after baby is done (someone correct me if I'm wrong).. So I'll be testing the waters with the one momma I have after Jupiter is fat and weaned lol. If it all works out, my neighbor shows and breeds so there will be lots of babies and does around all the time. Eeeeeeeeee.
Post by: Becky on July 20, 2016, 04:08:34 PM
If you really want to, You can milk moona now! The more you milk her, the more she'll produce. Not that she'll produce much with her tiny udder lol. Bella I think will be a milk cow. I MIGHT start milking her after the babies get bigger.:o ... Bella hates me! Lol I was thinking about that actually, poor Moona and her small udders :chuckle: .. ok you take Bella and teach me in a few weeks :) (..Sheila used to make soap, and goat milk soap is supposed to be awesome so kind of wanted to explore... I can make the packaging and labels! ;) haha).
Post by: Becky on July 20, 2016, 04:36:26 PM
Does this work? :)
Post by: jackelope on July 20, 2016, 04:44:26 PM
Post by: Woodchuck on July 20, 2016, 04:50:41 PM
Post by: Becky on July 20, 2016, 06:43:19 PM
Almost as cute as baby rabbits. :tup::chuckle: soooooo I seen the baby rabbits, and don't get me wrong I love me some cute fuzzy bunnies once they get a little older... buuuuut they come out looking like naked mole rats. Baby newborn goats are wayyyy cuter :tung: like whole and walking around immediately and all that jazz haha.
Post by: jackmaster on July 20, 2016, 07:14:24 PM
Post by: jackelope on July 21, 2016, 08:57:08 AM
No comparison when it comes to baby goats with their fuzzy little noses and little baby bleets telling mama to feed them, then when they try to get frisky and bouncy and fall on their buts.. But damn when the males get older do they stink, holy rat dung.. :chuckle:They're not bad if they're wethered. The intact bucks are horrible. Like, don't get near them.
Post by: Becky on July 21, 2016, 09:12:20 AM
Post by: jackmaster on July 21, 2016, 10:33:49 AM
got that right, Elvis should stop smelling as bad in about a month or so, he go castrated last weekend, which he didn't seem to enjoy at all, especially the waking up part :chuckle: he will start getting a couple baths a week until the stink is gone, he already stopped :pee: on himself though so that's good.. We have to bathe Gracie and Betty cause he stinks them up to.. He does have cool hair, he truly looks like Elvis.. Haha.. I sure do like the way they make quick work of brush, I have to be really careful about where they get to grub..No comparison when it comes to baby goats with their fuzzy little noses and little baby bleets telling mama to feed them, then when they try to get frisky and bouncy and fall on their buts.. But damn when the males get older do they stink, holy rat dung.. :chuckle:They're not bad if they're wethered. The intact bucks are horrible. Like, don't get near them.
Post by: jackelope on July 21, 2016, 10:48:00 AM
Post by: jackmaster on July 21, 2016, 11:02:02 AM
Don't let them anywhere near rhododendrons.or your wife's dahlia garden :yike:
Post by: jackelope on July 21, 2016, 11:03:04 AM
Rhodies will kill them.Don't let them anywhere near rhododendrons.or your wife's dahlia garden :yike:
Post by: jackmaster on July 21, 2016, 02:14:36 PM
wow I didn't know that, thank you. I thought goats could eat anything even tansy weed ? Obvioulsy not..Rhodies will kill them.Don't let them anywhere near rhododendrons.or your wife's dahlia garden :yike:
Post by: Becky on July 22, 2016, 12:08:25 PM
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Post by: JakeLand on August 01, 2016, 04:42:06 PM
We had Nigerian dwarfs that we would put in the horse trailer with the horses that hadn't been trailered before to keep them calm they are a fun critter to have around :tup:
Post by: Becky on August 01, 2016, 05:05:31 PM
My parents operated woodwinds dairy goats and had about 40+ milkers at any given time mainly Alpines and Nubians with some lamanchas mixed in . If they are ever looking like they aren't feeling well ( it's easy with goats to tell ) give them salal leaves it's kinda like a aspirin for them and it helps if they get the crapsAwe really? That's cute to picture a lil goat guy calming a big ole horse down. Thanks for the info, that's handy to know!
We had Nigerian dwarfs that we would put in the horse trailer with the horses that hadn't been trailered before to keep them calm they are a fun critter to have around :tup:
Post by: Becky on August 02, 2016, 10:50:29 PM
Thanks for the treats jackmaster :)
Post by: jackmaster on August 03, 2016, 05:31:07 AM
Post by: Becky on August 03, 2016, 01:22:57 PM
Yes ma,am anytime , I think pooch liked them a little more than the goats :chuckle:
I've never seen him go that crazy over food, crack-laced bread or something haha.
Post by: jackmaster on August 03, 2016, 01:30:42 PM
shhhh, that's a little secret :chuckle: did you try giving the goats any of the cinnamon roll things?Yes ma,am anytime , I think pooch liked them a little more than the goats :chuckle:
I've never seen him go that crazy over food, crack-laced bread or something haha.