EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

Pics
Date sort Score sort
daxigait said:
That can be hard. I send a lot of my boys through the sale barn. They went for $2.70-2.80 a lb last year. I don't know how much you know on goats, but my vet who raises and judges goats said to make sure any male kept for breeding is wide at the hips. Specifically, that if you put your fingers on the top hip bone and side them down and back that they need to get wider to the next set of bones. It is important for future does. I need to go look at a goat anatomy chart for names.
Good morning.
Click to expand...
Our billy's so far have been fairly "stout" as I like to call them. I'm not keeping any of these babies from my pgymy's though - i'll milk them and sell all the babies, but for the most part, i'm not going to continue breeding pygmies, I don't think.

I want to get rid of all of them and get strictly nubians/spanish goats after this. Blueberry is a "spanish" goat. (i.e. she's nubian and something else. haha)
 
Chaos18 said:
Could you add a side to that thing so you could just push her up against the side and not have to lean over the top?
Click to expand...
No. She likes the pressure on top. So did my last goat. Pressure on the sides wasn't what calmed them down, it was the weight on their top that made them relax.
 
kajira said:
No. She likes the pressure on top. So did my last goat. Pressure on the sides wasn't what calmed them down, it was the weight on their top that made them relax.
Click to expand...
Oh okay, that might be a little harder to build something for
big_smile.png
 
Chaos18 said:
Mount an eye bolt on the floor of the stand on either side of the goat, grab a bungee cord and strap the goat down.
gig.gif
Click to expand...
Interesting idea. LOL

I'm not a fan of hobbling goats. I know it doesn't hurt them, but the idea of tying their feet down makes ME panic... I don't like being tied down. But, I like pressure and hugs... so maybe thats why i'm a goat hugger. ^.^
 

Similar threads

Susan Skylark
    • Like
No air cell?
Replies
6
Views
559
Susan Skylark
Susan Skylark
newchickychick
Incubation question - chicks forming where air cell is?
Replies
2
Views
247
newchickychick
newchickychick
T
    • Like
Question about turning eggs
Replies
6
Views
497
Tofuchicken
T
remicuties
    • Like
Emu eggs day 3 weight loss
Replies
1
Views
258
oldhenlikesdogs
oldhenlikesdogs
Pigeony
    • Like
    • Informative
PSA: Just don't do the Float Test
Replies
2
Views
275
Pigeony
Pigeony

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom