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I'm getting two Nigerian dwarf wethers in June. They will be my first goats so I am asking the same questions you have been. This thread has been very helpful! I think I will be going with electrified fence as we have coyote, bobcat, fishers, etc. I want to allow them to come and go from the...

Well, it took awhile, but look what we brought home today! It is an oberhasali doe and a Nigerian dwarf wether. They are so cute!

Picked up some goat toys today.. Another question too.... we are using my old coop for a temporary goat shelter. Now for the chickens I had put in a wooden floor to help make it predator proof. But I am wondering if I should rip out the wood and bring it back down to dirt floor? I am...

I know I am not too keen on the butchering part. But I really want my family to become more self reliant and hate all the junk they pump into commercial foods. We will see how it goes. I will have to take pictures when the fencing is done.

So I think I have it figured out! Fencing : nonclimbing horse fence, 12.5 gauge, 2x4 holes. Three wooden rails of 2x6s: Top, bottom, and lower middle. Oberhasali bred to boer is the goat I have coming. We will eat the kid. (Boy that sounds mean) Anyway.... second goat,(next year)...

Is 728 square feet enough outside room for two goats(and kid) through winter and spring? I am thinking this will be my main area, and next summer I can make two pens coming off original one and rotate between the two.

THESE ARE NOT MINE. Do you think this would be a good fence? This is kinda what I have been thinking of. Also I just saw a goat feeder made out of a tote.(pintrest :) ) Has anyone tried this?

sorry, I guess my first post was misleading. But I put "a goat" because technically I am only getting one....and borrowing another. Next summer is when I plan to but one.

I have not really thought much about the worming schedule yet. I guess I was thinking it would be like horses? I will find out what she is doing. My friend will be trimming the goats feet before I get her and said that I should trim about two months later. I have been looking at hoof shears...

So... I do not see me getting llamas. :) But we do have coyotes. So I will be locking them up. How do you transport your goats?

Oh! The building I am putting them in has a door on the south side. So do I leave that open at all times or do you lock them up every night like chickens?

Thanks for the information! I did not even think to ask my friend what she has been feeding them... just got excited! I will ask her tomorrow. Maybe she will let me buy a couple bales from her to transition the goat over. And do not worry, she will not be alone, that's why I am borrowing...

Yeah! I am getting a goat! It is going to be an Oberhasali goat. The person I am getting it from, is keeping her for a couple cycles to make sure she will be bred. So she will be coming to my house sometime in December. So I will be having a few questions as I have never owned a goat...