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[The Farmers' Daughter]

I got help to put up the lean-to frame today!View attachment 1336190

What's going into the leanto?

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

I grew up thinking a crackle was a starling. That's what my mom called them. Didn't know otherwise until I moved to Ohio and CJ set me straight.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I am going to move some of the bunnies out of the barn and get goats once i get the fences up! I need to do a lot of planting, not much to eat here for goats except brush. Not a single pasture.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I grew up thinking a crackle was a starling. That's what my mom called them. Didn't know otherwise until I moved to Ohio and CJ set me straight.

I used to enjoy studying wild birds. I put up a bird feeder and was always having to chase off squirrels. But i started building bird houses as a teenager. Once i get my animals all set up, i want to build some bird houses for the birds here. There are lots of varieties. We had a feeder out all winter and they finally discovered it about a month ago.

 

[Mtn Margie]

The goats will help clear the land. They are great at that!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I thought goats preferred brush/browse to grazing anyway? And they eat all sorts of weeds and clear land.

Though of course they might eat some grass and might be good to plant stuff but I think they're different from sheep and horses?

You could plant some goat friendly browse though! You know, like trees and/or bushes and stuff. I bet they'd love that!

 

[pennyJo1960]

sheep are more ground clear animals not goats

 

[CapricornFarm]

I thought goats preferred brush/browse to grazing anyway? And they eat all sorts of weeds and clear land.

Though of course they might eat some grass and might be good to plant stuff but I think they're different from sheep and horses?

You could plant some goat friendly browse though! You know, like trees and/or bushes and stuff. I bet they'd love that!

I have nearly 13 acres of trees and bushes! But i want to grow stuff like clover and lespedeza, hay etc. for ground cover in the pasture areas. Less muck that way.

 

[CapricornFarm]

sheep are more ground clear animals not goats

Goats will eat and kill bushes and small trees. Sheep will kill even hay and grassy areas because they chew it down so close to the roots. That is why cattlemen hate sheep.

 

[pennyJo1960]

your talking to old cattleman here neighbor had sheep