It takes roughly 15 minutes per doe twice a day right? That's what we were told. Let's double that if we are just starting out.. i.e.: 30 minutes twice a day per doe. I'll do night and Susan can do morning milking. We won't get goats until this fall, and by that time we will probably just buy bred does. I have to do some more research on it. I want to get fencing up before purchasing them, and have everything all planned out. It may even wait until next spring. I just want to be prepared.
This morning I noticed a spot on either side of my BCM pullet's comb. In the same spot on both sides. She didn't let me get a great look at it this AM but I definitely didn't notice it before today. It's just started growing and turning red
Any ideas? We had a warm weekend after the strange slush storm but it did hit freezing last night
We are also looking at options for the guard animal. If we get a dog, we are thinking Komondor. We don't want to get another that looks like Clem - it's too hard. I think this is a good option, and it is adorable.
Look at this one taking down a coyote.
They are very similar to Clem's breed. Wary of new people, but very loyal and loving towards their family. Clem did not like new people until she knew they were okay by us. That was the Maremma in her.
What an amazing photo that is aoxa. If you do ever get the courage up to get another dog,please,please consider an English shepherd in your possiblitlites. The one thing I truly love about an ES is their all around quality of being a guardian, but also being an amazing family dog as well. Their herding style is loose eyed, not preditorial as some herding breeds. Jackson is forever my "english shadow". Despite still being intact, he never roams. Never is "studdish", is the perfect gentleman. He knows my entire routine, and by the way, yesterday Duke, my rooster, really took a run at me, and I used Jackson to move him for a good 10 minutes. He kept him outside the fenceline per my orders, and just back and forth, and back and forth. Wouldn't let him on property while I sat and gave the girls a treat. He was beside himself, but that dog kept him off me. Understood fully what I wanted, and wouldn't let him enter. He has killed two possom this year. They just have an amazing sense of what belongs, and what doesn't . That goes for people too. I socialized him intensly as a pup, almost too much I thought as I have a lot of small children here at all times. I thought I had made him "too nice". The other day he wouldn't let the oil man out of the truck until I came out of the barn to see what the racket was. I can't say enough about him, and so many owners of these dogs say the same things. Jack also puts the chickens up if I ask him too. Easy enough to be companions, but serious enough to do any farm work neededIt takes roughly 15 minutes per doe twice a day right? That's what we were told. Let's double that if we are just starting out.. i.e.: 30 minutes twice a day per doe. I'll do night and Susan can do morning milking. We won't get goats until this fall, and by that time we will probably just buy bred does. I have to do some more research on it. I want to get fencing up before purchasing them, and have everything all planned out. It may even wait until next spring. I just want to be prepared.
I don't drink much milk at all, but I am a sucker for cheese. I love goat cheese. Of course my animals will get any extras along with family. We only want two does (because you need at least two). I like the look of nubian goats. Their ears..
We are also looking at options for the guard animal. If we get a dog, we are thinking Komondor. We don't want to get another that looks like Clem - it's too hard. I think this is a good option, and it is adorable.
Look at this one taking down a coyote.
Thank you! yes I get asked that quite a bit, especially since he is a black and white. Es comes in 4 different colors. ES's are larger, and their herding styles are completely different. They also have a turn off switch, which the borders tend not to have! lol... he is a wonderful companion.
