It's been a few weeks since this thread. Due to gardening, grass, hay, and fencing (my bull and the neighbors bull will not leave the fence alone), I finally got around to working on what I've dubbed the "cooptie" (get it hooptie....cooptie). First order of business was patching a hole in the...
Oh yes, I'm actively working on training. Right now they're still puppies (big puppies, but puppies). The chicks are a curiosity right now. They want to lick them. When the chicks run, they put their big paw on them so they can lick some more. They do the same to the baby goats, which is...
My Dad traded a cow for it back in the early 80's. I tried to sell it one time, but no one was interested in it. Might as well use it for something. It was this or a fancy hunting blind.
Oh yes, that's part of what I was hoping to see some of the details on. I'm currently training Maremma livestock guard dogs for my goats. I'm also working on training them to chickens. I'm hoping that eventually they'll be enough.
I picked up my goats a few at a time cheap on craigslist over the years. They're mostly boer crosses with nubian. People would get them with the best intentions of milking or whatever then decided they were too much work and would just want out. I typically sell to Brewers Livestock in North...
Hello all. I'm new to chickens but not to farming and critters. I inherited 80 acres and currently have 18 goats (all bred and expecting any day) and 6 cows (3 calves recently born and 1 to go). I also raise about 20 acres of hay every year. After fighting a losing battle with coyotes, I...
Hello everyone, newbie here. New to chickens, but not to farming and other critters (goats and cattle). My girlfriend wanted chickens so here I am with some baby chicks that will eventually need a coop. I have in my possession an old 2 horse stock trailer that my Dad traded for in the 80's...