Question for those of you with goats--can dwarf/ Pygmy goats be house trained? Has anybody had or heard of having them in the house as pets?
Good question. I honestly don't know! From what I have seen, they don't/won't "hold it" so I doubt so.
Hope others can input, I am very curious too.
They are so much like a dog, tho. I really love my oldest doe Sugar an Oberhasli.
We have spent a lot of time together just being buddies. She will fall asleep in my lap if i let her
Sugar seems to understand basic commands, and is just as affectionate as a dog.
She will not "sit" but stays and comes.
I was just sitting here, pretty much being bored, and wondering....if when I get my chicks grown enough t gointo the run/coop with the adults and the Silkies to the point they can go out in their pen...can I open the pens of both at th same time to go out t forage?
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minmin~[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]I'll be in the same situation since I have silkie and orp chicks. Basically, you just have to slowly introduce both flocks. When I introduced my last two orps to the flock last summer, first I put the orp chicks in a tractor in the yard. When my hens noticed them, they walked around the tractor, but the only one who was mad was of course Nene, my RIR. We did that routine for several days, and then when I let the orps out of the tractor for a while each day, I supervised the whole time. Then, when decided to move them into the hens' coop at night, I put the orps in the run side of the coop, which has a perch, and I blocked that side of with a large folded dog kennel (their former brooder). The bars of the kennel allowed them to all see each other. Over a few weeks time, I gradually left a bigger opening until I finally removed the cage. At first when they free-ranged during the day, they'd stay in two groups, but eventually they joined forces.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=8B4513]I haven't had silkies before, so I'm not sure if there's any difference in introducing them to the hens since silkies look so different. I have a small coop that I have for an emergency quarantine that I thought about using for the silkies, but since I have Bonbon, my chocolate, in with the LF hens, I might just see if they'll all adjust to the big coop.[/COLOR]
Just take it slow. Silkies seem to think they are all massive birds and have no fear of LF birds at all.
My oldest hen Fluff is a real control freak, and bosses the BCM and polish hens.
Keep an eye out for both breeds, but I think u will be ok. I usually introduce egg flock, LF birds when they are feathered.
Silkies usually stay together in my grow out coop, I try to not cross them with the other breeds.
