i'm redoing the lean to and potting shed into barn type areas. my brothers have rabbits and i intend to get a dawrf goat or two and a a few chickens (not to be eaten). i want organic and looking at different breeds. any help?
Make that 2 goats. Goats are herd animals and don't like to be alone. Humans are acceptable company but you can't stay with them 24/7. Pygmy goats. Don't know much about them other than they're cute. I like the big breeds. They have wonderful personalities, are easy to keep, and are very loving. I've had big, egg laying breeds of chickens, but I much prefer a crossbred bantum type. My 6 month old Alpine kids; Kai, Allyson, Ylsa and Sissy Hooligan, Mabeline and Chuckles... we have 5 more young ones not pictured and more to come. Sam
Aww Sam, they are so cute The farm sancuary (can't remember the url) takes in farm animals and offers some of them for adoption. Sometimes they even end up in more local rescues. Might be worth checking out. Good luck
i want to allow my chickens to be mostly free range, however being close to woods, dogs, and cars i also want to have a decent sized enclosure/run. i wanted to have the goats and chickens in teh same area. they should be fine together, especially if the chickens have free access to their roost, right?
Hi Gertie! I didn't say too much in my first reply to you only because I didn't know how "into it" you were. My goats are pastured in a 1/2 acre area. I use electric fencing because I've found that it is the only fencing that will keep goats in. They can't 'climb' it, therefore they won't jump over it. They will, however, jump, climb, bend and destroy other types of fencing. If you don't have a problem with neighborhood dogs, you only need to turn it on until each goat has touched the "wire that bites" once. But if you have dogs in the neighborhood you'll keep it turned on 24/7 to protect your friends from attack. My chickens are free range. The hens go into the goat stall to lay their eggs in an unused hayrack. They have taken over that hayrack. My young kids liked to sleep in that hayrack, but they won't dare go near a nesting hen. The hens peck the shit out of the goats when any of them go near the hayrack. Other than that, they don't go into the goat pen because the goats chase them away. The chickens roost upstairs in the barn on some scaffold frames, or in the trees outside the barn at night. If you keep feed out in the open you might have problems with the chickens. I keep my feed in 30 gallon plastic trash cans. One thought... chickens shed a lot of coccidia in their droppings. If those droppings get into your goat feeders you Will have some serious health problems as goats suffer from coccidiosis. If you have any questions, or thoughts... please don't hesitate to ask me. I love to talk about animals... yours and mine. Love, Sam
