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[Leahs Mom]

I'd treat them like large guard dogs.
When my goat was delivered to me he was a large adult and he rode quietly in the back of a pickup truck.

@SallyinIndiana
Seriously? How did they keep it in there...was there a cover? I assume teathered?

Definitely. I put a tarp down, and shavings both times. We used the suburban to pick up the Alpaca boys too, and had a tarp down to protect the carpet. It was about a 2-1/2 hour drive up to columbia city. They did great, but were spitting and not happy..

it was pretty rank. DH was not too happy, took almost 2 days to get everything cleaned up after that trip.
I really wish we still had the suburban, I could haul a lotta critters in it, feed, building materials & whatever!
but were spitting and not happy.

If I could, I'd be rotfl

Okay @jchny2000 and sally...
Janet - you've seen our little Subaru...I had originally thought we could fit them in the back but they're too tall unless we could get them to lay down.

We have an old Ford F150 but it is an open bed - no cap. There's a guy that has a trailer with the drop down back that you use for hauling lawn equipment that we can use. It has wood sides that about about 4 ft. tall. Thought about trying to rig something on that and pulling it w/the F150...unless someone can tell me a good way to make the regular pickup truck work w/out the trailer.

It IS a long drive. The F150 would be no problem to put them in if there was something in the bed to contain them.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

@Leahs Mom he was just sleeping in the back of the truck when they arrived. Happy as could be. He got real sad when they left though. He was attached to his prior owner. She had bottle fed him and raised him up since the day he was born, I think. It was heart breaking to have to put him down less than a year after we got him.

 

[Greenthumb83]

I would pick up some at the grocery and try it out. Usually you can find it in the organic sections at the stores

I didn't know I could. Our local stores don't sell anything like that. Kingman and Rockville stores don't even have an organic section. I will see if I can find some next time I go to Crawfordsville. Thanks!

 

[kasey08]

I will be coming to Indiana around July 4 (haven't been set in stone) Will anyone have silkies for sale by then? I go to Bedford. Hour south from Indianapolis

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

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Definitely. I put a tarp down, and shavings both times. We used the suburban to pick up the Alpaca boys too, and had a tarp down to protect the carpet. It was about a 2-1/2 hour drive up to columbia city. They did great, but were spitting and not happy..

it was pretty rank. DH was not too happy, took almost 2 days to get everything cleaned up after that trip.
I really wish we still had the suburban, I could haul a lotta critters in it, feed, building materials & whatever!
but were spitting and not happy.

If I could, I'd be rotfl

Okay @jchny2000 and sally...
Janet - you've seen our little Subaru...I had originally thought we could fit them in the back but they're too tall unless we could get them to lay down.

We have an old Ford F150 but it is an open bed - no cap. There's a guy that has a trailer with the drop down back that you use for hauling lawn equipment that we can use. It has wood sides that about about 4 ft. tall. Thought about trying to rig something on that and pulling it w/the F150...unless someone can tell me a good way to make the regular pickup truck work w/out the trailer.

It IS a long drive. The F150 would be no problem to put them in if there was something in the bed to contain them.

Hmm.. if they are tame and human social the subaru should be ok. That distance I would give a potty break along the way tho, and a drink of water. The truck being open would make me nervous and if the suns hot wouldn't be good at all. The trailer sounds like a good option too and tarp the top for shade. Most goats will lay down while traveling, the motion causes them to do so.
May also discuss with the breeder what they feel your best option is, they will know the goats personality as adults and what they will tolerate.

I will be coming to Indiana around July 4 (haven't been set in stone) Will anyone have silkies for sale by then? I go to Bedford. Hour south from Indianapolis

@ellymayRans possibly?

 

[wheezy50]

I will be coming to Indiana around July 4 (haven't been set in stone) Will anyone have silkies for sale by then? I go to Bedford. Hour south from Indianapolis

I have a few partridge silkie chicks right now, different ages from 1 week to 4 weeks. I'm sure I'll still have some then. I'm a little south of Indy, but not as far South as Bedford. Near Mooresville which would be between Indy and Bedford.

 

[wheezy50]

I've been battling raccoons the last few weeks. I would have thought they'd have plenty of food this time of year. They got into some feed buckets i had out and then a couple days later dug thru a week spot in the run and took a couple older hens. 2 days ago they got my last polish hen during the daytime. I set a live trap Monday night, caught one young coon in 2 hrs! He won't be bothering anyone again...

Set the trap again last night and got nothing, but came home from work today around 6:30 and there was another one sniffing around the garage/cat food in broad daylight. I'll spruce up the trap with some fresh scraps from dinner and hope he comes back tonight

 

[Leahs Mom]

Set the trap again last night and got nothing, but came home from work today around 6:30 and there was another one sniffing around the garage/cat food in broad daylight. I'll spruce up the trap with some fresh scraps from dinner and hope he comes back tonight

Wow... sorry for the losses!!!!!

The first year I had chickens here I set out the live trap every night. First season I caught 15 adults, 3 Raccoon children, and 7 opossums.


But it kind-of scares me to hear that you're seeing them in the daytime. I guess I need to get the trap out again. I do hear that cat food is a great bait for the traps - if you don't leave other things around (like the feed bag). I just used raw meat scraps. I try to keep trimmings that aren't good for anything else in a bag in the freezer to use in the trap.

 

[Leahs Mom]

@jchny2000

You said the goats would lay down during transport. I was thinking I needed to figure out some way to make the area smaller so they weren't bumping around in too large a space but if they lay down, that wouldn't be necessary?

 

[tmarsh83]

At 13 weeks 2 days the Cochin cockerel was trying to mount an Australorp pullet while i was hoeing the garden this evening.

Haven't heard him try to crow yet.