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KDOGG331 said:
Yeah, it seems kind of sad.

See, I think the jumping, climbing and playing sounds cute but didn't realize they were so pushy. Can they be trained or just a personality trait? Ha

Yeah, pygmies are hard to find around here :(

Thanks for the breed info though!

Are nubians loud?

And that's disappointing about the toggenburgs :( I heard they were a pretty good breed, calm and gentle. Them and Oberhasli




WOW!!



Are they all that destructive?



Yeah it sounds painful. And some will say it's "just" muscles, not internal or doesn't hurt or damage them but ummm... i don't know if they've never had a pain before in their life but muscles hurt too... when my back spazzes occasionally try telling me it's "just" muscles and not painful and see what happens..... LOL

But ferreal, i know it has to be painful or at the very least, scary and not fun.

I found this article and idk how true it is but it's honestly pretty messed up. They purposely bred them like this.

http://www.care2.com/causes/some-not-so-funny-facts-about-fainting-goats.html

And awwww adorable!!!



Your goats and these pictures are beautiful! And I love the pen
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The thing with goats is they communicate with each other by head butting and pushing each other around. Feeding a fresh bale of hay is always a game of shoving each other. It's just the nature of the goat. They have a problem respecting boundaries and personal space. They will also eat your gloves off you hand when feeding stale bread, just another factoid. I find interacting over the fence is better than getting amongst them. They are adorable pets if you understand them, and huge nuisances if you don't.

My Nubian was loud. La mancha seem to be a good all around breed. They have been the most respectful, but you do need to not be bothered by the tiny ears.
 
oldhenlikesdogs said:
The thing with goats is they communicate with each other by head butting and pushing each other around. Feeding a fresh bale of hay is always a game of shoving each other. It's just the nature of the goat. They have a problem respecting boundaries and personal space. They will also eat your gloves off you hand when feeding stale bread, just another factoid. I find interacting over the fence is better than getting amongst them. They are adorable pets if you understand them, and huge nuisances if you don't.

My Nubian was loud. La mancha seem to be a good all around breed. They have been the most respectful, but you do need to not be bothered by the tiny ears.

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That makes sense! I've seen goats be brutal with each other about hay haha

And thanks for the info!

I don't think nubians would be good then since I don't want to annoy the neighbors but then again they're not close. And hmm, yeah I find the la mancha ears so weird I'm not sure i could do it but if they are otherwise a good breed then i might be willing to try it. I wonder if I could get a mix to have longer ears?
 
KDOGG331 said:
That makes sense! I've seen goats be brutal with each other about hay haha

And thanks for the info!

I don't think nubians would be good then since I don't want to annoy the neighbors but then again they're not close. And hmm, yeah I find the la mancha ears so weird I'm not sure i could do it but if they are otherwise a good breed then i might be willing to try it. I wonder if I could get a mix to have longer ears?
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Some have what they call elf ears, which have little flaps. I find not feeding on a schedule, and definitely not feeding grains and rations will keep the food related yelling, which is really the only reason a goat yells if he has goat companionship, to a minimum.
 
Then, of course, there's the goat-in-season yelling. Some of ours just sort of grumble and whine a bit, others really scream. Our goats can see the back door to the house, and usually at least nicker when someone comes out. Our first doe was a screamer; my husband would step out on the back porch, then stick his head back in the door and say, "someone's murdering Esme again."
 
oldhenlikesdogs said:
Some have what they call elf ears, which have little flaps. I find not feeding on a schedule, and definitely not feeding grains and rations will keep the food related yelling, which is really the only reason a goat yells if he has goat companionship, to a minimum.
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Maybe i could find one of those then! And thanks, that makes sense :)
 
Bunnylady said:
Then, of course, there's the goat-in-season yelling. Some of ours just sort of grumble and whine a bit, others really scream. Our goats can see the back door to the house, and usually at least nicker when someone comes out. Our first doe was a screamer; my husband would step out on the back porch, then stick his head back in the door and say, "someone's murdering Esme again."
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How did I totally forget about that? I haven't had any females in almost 2 years. They would scream like they were being murdered. I could always tell who was in heat. It's one reason I went all boys.
 

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