Danil54grl
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She is prego for a fact and her bag is getting bigger every day that goes by. Training has to happen now!!
Before I read this post, I looked at her and said Clara Belle.Right now I am leaning towards Clara Belle. When we got to the dairy, he had 2 to chose from. One the 2 week old and then this one that was 6 weeks old. I felt that the 6 week old could handle the stress of being moved a little better than the younger and this one seemed to have warmed up to me pretty fast. She was sniffing and licking me from the get go. A large goat halter ended up being a perfect fit for her and we tied her into the back of the truck. We had put the headache rack on the back and also some boards to hold her in and not fall out. Lose enough that she could lay down if she wanted to and we also put some fresh hay down for her to lay on and she did end up eating some on the way home too. She calmed down rather quickly and was basically up and down on the 150 miles home.
Once here, I put her in a smaller pen I use as my sick barn. I wanted her in a contained area where she and I can bond and she gets down the bottle feeding first. I spent the first hour and a half out with her and after a lot of coaxing she downed 2 quarts of milk replacer. I did end up putting my goat Sissy over with her so she doesn't get to lonely when I'm not out there, but in all honesty Sissy didn't seem impressed.
Next milk feeding should be at 5 AM but she also has hay out there to eat on and fresh water to drink. I just needed to come inside to eat since I hadn't yet today. . . . I was getting a headache so that had to get taken care of. I'll be heading back out soon.
I have an under utilized back 10A. Not enough for a beef cow, not enough for a Dairy cow. With my wife’s love of milk, I have often wondered if the diminished output would be worth it. I don’t drink milk. She only drinks skim.
Goats on this property have become Mt Lion Bait In the past.
Out of the 20 people that live up here, we are getting about 1 sighting a week. Everytime one is captured in town, they release next door to me.If I were in your shoes I’d definitely get a goat. You can make cheeses and have milk for recipes.
Cows have very long memories. They will remember when someone has been nice to them, or if someone has mistreated them. Treat them nice and cattle are very easy to handle. We had some wild range cows up here who would usually run when anyone came around. But they would let our granddaughter walk up and pet them.Have to admit, it's been a few months, but I went out to walk my girl. When I called, she came up to get haltered with no probs. Jersey's are very smart cows and she just stepped inline like there was no pause at all.
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