If your wanting a smaller goat look up Nigerien Dwarf ( don't know if I spelled that right ) I don't know anything about their milk, but they are small and they are supper sweet.Thanks for your insight about goat breeds and milk. We were thinking about pygmy because of their small size--didn't even think about different breeds having different milk characteristics. Guess we hadn't gotten that far in our thought process.
A screaming pig at 3am would wake a person up with a real start! We're still working on the potty training phase, and they get their second set of puppy boosters today.
We have absolutely no good reason to keep these two pups--except that we love them so much. We feel guilty just talking about keeping them, because they would so easily get a forever home.
Usually, we adopt special needs animals. Currently, we have an ancient mean Chihuahua with heart failure, a blind and deaf Cocker Spaniel, and a cat with cardiomyopathy among our old and special needs pack. If we did adopt the puppies, there would be some special needs animals out there going without a home. That makes me sad to think about.
Can you tell I'm trying to talk myself out of adopting them?
I would have difficulty butchering a brown Swiss, too! ...A tiny meat chicken at 16-20 weeks? If you say so...
I have 2 GP's and they are great with all my critters, Sorry to hear you lost yours. Hope you find one soon.
Congrats!!!
lol I'm sure you would have heard about it the rest of your life if you had eaten him.....
Congrats.... I never stop being thrilled about getting a new egg...
I'm surprised no one has said this before me... You really DON'T want to get a pygmy if you want to drink the milk. I and everyone I know of, say the same thing about pygmy milk... it sucks!!! Sorry but it is bitter and the overall texture is just really bad. Got a friend that tried to make cheese out of it ( she makes cheese all the time and other stuff too ) and she said it wouldn't even set up right, she threw the whole batch away. You want to go with a LaMacha or a Alpine IMO, allot of people like Nubian milk as well as Toggenburg. I have never heard anyone say they liked pygmy milk. But hey, to each their own, just giving a little heads up is all. And I mean no offence to the pygmy owners out there. They are awesome moms and pets.
As far as house training a goat, I am told that they are easier then a dog??? never tried but know of 2 people that have house goats. I did have a potbellied pig in the house and it only took 1 time of letting him know it was a bad thing to poddy in the house and after that he would diffidently let ya know he had to go out and poddy... lol Waking up at 3 am with a SCREAMING pig will really get your attention!!!!
O and btw I love to hear about foster failures its great!! Wish their were more in the world
I know that feeling... lol aint it great........
I was told by my vet that dogs can get worms from my chickens so I guess a cat could too???? As far as your flock sitting around all puffed up, my do the same thing in bad weather ( rain especially ).
I have been lucky so far and not had any winter time molts, knock on wood, I hope my luck holds.
hope school gets better for ya, just don't get too frustrated, my grand farther always told be to think about everyone in class sitting in their underware... lol
I fought the wild birds all winter last year, I have a lg. run too, but I am putting Deer netting up this year, got half of the run done and all of my sm pens covered. I just buy a pack of the netting a week, I need about 3 more pks I think and I will be done. NOT feeding those dang birds this year, I refuse, my feed bill tripled last year and this year I have 2x the chickens, don't even want to think what my feed bill would be if I have to feed the wild birds as well!!!
Loved all the pic's, I want some BCM's next year, thinking about getting some hatching eggs and letting one of my broody's take care of the hard stuff.
Watch I wont get a broody next spring...just the way my luck goes... I'm fighting 2 broody's right now, 1 just hatched out 3 a week ago, and next spring when I want them to go broody???????????
Sorry about your camping chicken, I know what ya mean about not being the same, My camping buddy was a dog. He was a very special boy and I miss him still to this day. ( been gone for 3 years )
Wow I'm glad I aint tiring to buy beef where you are. The highest it goes at Rockville that I know of is 2.50 and that is rare. My BIL goes and buys alott and he grips if he has to pay more then 1.95. So I hear real quick if it gets any higher... lol I'll double check with him this weekend but it sounds like you guys need to make a trip to Rockville to get your beef.
I've even got the sneezes, I think the fast drop in temps has affected animal and human alike. I tried freezing an egg just cause everyone has been talking about it and I have decided that freezing is just not for me. I didn't like it. So far I have been lucky enough to have selling eggs for my reg. customers and to keep us in eggs as well.
My girls are going to be mad at me today, My egg production has dropped bad so I am going to keep them in the run to find out if I need to go on an egg hunt.
Hope she comes back soon, probably sitting under a bush someplace.
On the fermenting...
So sorry for your loss
I would love to get a brown swiss for anything! That is one cute baby!!Thanks for your insight about goat breeds and milk. We were thinking about pygmy because of their small size--didn't even think about different breeds having different milk characteristics. Guess we hadn't gotten that far in our thought process.
A screaming pig at 3am would wake a person up with a real start! We're still working on the potty training phase, and they get their second set of puppy boosters today.
We have absolutely no good reason to keep these two pups--except that we love them so much. We feel guilty just talking about keeping them, because they would so easily get a forever home.
Usually, we adopt special needs animals. Currently, we have an ancient mean Chihuahua with heart failure, a blind and deaf Cocker Spaniel, and a cat with cardiomyopathy among our old and special needs pack. If we did adopt the puppies, there would be some special needs animals out there going without a home. That makes me sad to think about.
Can you tell I'm trying to talk myself out of adopting them?
I would have difficulty butchering a brown Swiss, too! ...A tiny meat chicken at 16-20 weeks? If you say so...
So sorry for your loss. I do not think I can help because I am in east TN but I have a Great Pyrenees mix, if you are interested PM me and I will give you more information.
So excited for you!!! Congrats!!!
