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[Dandelion007]

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Pssst...

Llamas eat brush and weeds better. They are easier to keep in fences and they will run unknown dogs & people off...

 

[okcarla]

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Pssst...

Llamas eat brush and weeds better. They are easier to keep in fences and they will run unknown dogs & people off...

Llamas are sure a lot cuter than ol' goats too .... hmmmm .... anybody have a couple of nice friendly llamas? I couldn't have just one lonely llama, right?

 

[quenston]

Al I feel like after the research the genesis is the best choice for me, but I am going to start small but my goal is to go to a sportsman incubator and hatcher, so I am taking it a little at a time!!!

 

[al6517]

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That is the smart way to go, you can learn a bunch about hatching with that Genisis, I think Henny has a genisis don't know the model though. Does the 1588 have a window and forced air ??. Your Daughter and Carolyn will love the window come hatch time it really is pretty cool to watch.

AL

 

[quenston]

Al the 1588 has the forced air with a large picture window and is preset on the temp and humidity but the only question I have is with the larger picture window is there a concern for heat loss through the picture window??

 

[Stimpy]

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Sherri,

Here are the pictures I promised of the parents of your chicks. Please forgive the disarray, I have several construction projects going right now. These are 2 of the hens

-Stimp-

 

[okcarla]

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Well, we now have silver sebright, wheaten OEGB, silver duckwing OEGB, black rosecomb, blue rosecomb, BBR rosecomb, mille fleur d'uccle, blue splash bantam cochin, white, partridge black, blue & splash silkie chickens. The only banties laying right now are the silkies and the sebrights, and I just had a bunch of those hatch today. They sure are cute little fluff-balls.

 

[FunChick]

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I wanted to go to the auction really bad, but couldn't talk Gerald into taking off work tonight. It just wasn't meant to be, I guess.

When we were leaving the house today to go to work, I opened our gate for Gerald to drive out. 2 big dogs appeared over the top of the hill on our road and I thought they were going to get run over when a dump truck came barrelling over the hill. Anyway, they weren't dogs ... they were 2 goats! and they came running down the road and up to me when they saw me ... really friendly goats, about the size of my german shepherd. That was sure strange, since I don't know of anyone with goats around us and the new neighborhoods surrounding our old farm house surely don't allow livestock. Anyway, we were late because I just couldn't leave them out in the road and it would have taken a little time to put together a pen to keep them in. I had to go back to the house and call the Tuttle police dept. and report them & then we had to wait for the animal control officer to show up. We live less than 1/4 mile from a busy highway, so I was afraid to leave them.

I think Gerald likes goats now, since they were so friendly ... so maybe nows the time to get some! We could use a few to eat all the briars, poison ivy and weeds on the other side of our property. The animal control officer said he'd call us if nobody claimed those goats

Surely those are someone's pets though, but does anybody here have any really nice, friendly goats they want to sell?

I have been around quite a few goats...and of all, my favorites have been the fainting goats. I have one now, and he is a doll! He is of course halter broken and he hangs out with my ooooooold QH mare. They are best friends! Goats are quite comical, and I enjoy their antics in the barnyard. One drawback is that they are unable to flee due to the "fainting" reflex. This makes them vulnerable to attack by predators, dogs, coyotes, etc. BUT (this is the BIG plus) they are unable to climb OR jump. So no finding them on the wrong side of the fence, or on top of your car! LOL! The goat I have is the brother to a goat that we also moved from California with--he passed away shortly after we moved to Piedmont, but he was a senior citizen then--13!! If you have the ability to protect these goats they are really a lot of fun to have. My two were wether goats so no bad smell (other than goat smell) to them at all. Good luck!

 

[okcarla]

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I wanted to go to the auction really bad, but couldn't talk Gerald into taking off work tonight. It just wasn't meant to be, I guess.

When we were leaving the house today to go to work, I opened our gate for Gerald to drive out. 2 big dogs appeared over the top of the hill on our road and I thought they were going to get run over when a dump truck came barrelling over the hill. Anyway, they weren't dogs ... they were 2 goats! and they came running down the road and up to me when they saw me ... really friendly goats, about the size of my german shepherd. That was sure strange, since I don't know of anyone with goats around us and the new neighborhoods surrounding our old farm house surely don't allow livestock. Anyway, we were late because I just couldn't leave them out in the road and it would have taken a little time to put together a pen to keep them in. I had to go back to the house and call the Tuttle police dept. and report them & then we had to wait for the animal control officer to show up. We live less than 1/4 mile from a busy highway, so I was afraid to leave them.

I think Gerald likes goats now, since they were so friendly ... so maybe nows the time to get some! We could use a few to eat all the briars, poison ivy and weeds on the other side of our property. The animal control officer said he'd call us if nobody claimed those goats

Surely those are someone's pets though, but does anybody here have any really nice, friendly goats they want to sell?

I have been around quite a few goats...and of all, my favorites have been the fainting goats. I have one now, and he is a doll! He is of course halter broken and he hangs out with my ooooooold QH mare. They are best friends! Goats are quite comical, and I enjoy their antics in the barnyard. One drawback is that they are unable to flee due to the "fainting" reflex. This makes them vulnerable to attack by predators, dogs, coyotes, etc. BUT (this is the BIG plus) they are unable to climb OR jump. So no finding them on the wrong side of the fence, or on top of your car! LOL! The goat I have is the brother to a goat that we also moved from California with--he passed away shortly after we moved to Piedmont, but he was a senior citizen then--13!! If you have the ability to protect these goats they are really a lot of fun to have. My two were wether goats so no bad smell (other than goat smell) to them at all. Good luck!

Maybe that's what I need is fainting goats. I sure don't want any goats on top of vehicles. The only other worry is I'd have to fence off the garden or any other plants I don't want eaten. I've got a trio of young great pyrenees, a german shepherd and an old australian shepherd mix that should be good to protect them ... that is, if they accept them as part of the critters that belong on the property. Yeah, I think a couple of wethers might be good ... or a few llamas

 

[luv2bmemaw2]

MAllen--did you say that you got your Law Grey's around here? I would love to have some of those. You know I don't live too far from you...better keep those beauties shut up at night or I may have to go lurking....LOL

What did you say to look up on the net to research them? I saw it a few pages back but my memory is pathetic.

Memaw