What I Wish I Would Have Known Before Owning Goats Episode 6 or 10

[@ellenlefavour628]

Mine are a little on the spoiled side. Each one (or two if they are close) has their own stall with raised beds and rug mattresses and polypropylene mats on their floors to make daily stall and bed cleaning easier for me, and it’s prettier, which they seem to appreciate. Each has their own water bucket, food dish and hay bin, so food fighting is minimal. They are separated by cattle panels so can still see, talk to, yell at or butt horns with their neighbors as they wish. There are four baking soda/mineral stations situated around the barn. The outer panels are covered on the outside with privacy screening to cut down wind/cold but also allow air flow when its hot. The place is attractive, easy to clean, they all know where their room is and head to it when they want it to be dinner time. There are so many things I have learned about goats by raising them, but nothing I have encountered yet that would have been a deal breaker if I had known it in advance. They are just too darn adorable, capricious, lovable, and their milk is the best. I keep telling them they need to become pack goats and help me carry sacks and pails. They just laugh and dance away.

[@Dominothespotcat]

I wonder if pack goats could help the folks in Tennessee and the Carolinas after Hurricane Helene. Pack goats should be able to access those areas more easily.

[@kennethspeering2922]

Totally enjoy the videos. Yes I could of used this starting in 2009 when I had 6 Nubians does that just got pregnant and dumped on me. As of now I have Lamanchas and the two mamas in the last 48 hours had their kids. One had 2 and the other had 3. Due to the droughts we had in 2011 and 12 I sold off for I had a lawn business plus horses and it dipped into my savings hard. Sold off the lawn business this year and getting back into it SLOWLY. My horses love the new borns and are like an extra hand for the mamas. Lol. I encourage everyone to take some of Mikes courses and learn all you can. I am here in Texas. Thanks a bunch Mike.

[@PackGoatscom]

@@kennethspeering2922 very kind of you to say and thanks so much for the context and how you were affected. Glad you’ve found your way.

[@hundifischninchenpony]

The shelter is always a trouble for us. The weat weather in North Frisia and we are half nomadic, so they don't stay longer than a week at one place. Actually after now some years of breeding they can handle more water, but still it's so different to sheep, while they trouble with heat in the summer and don't care about 5 days rain, the goats are the absolute opposite of it.

[@nesanesa9547]

Good morning Mark from Brit up a big mountain in Turkiye surrounded by herds of goats....you just popped up whilst cooking breakfast ... What an excellent teacher you are even though i do my best to keep away from goats. So interesting... i.m going to check the packgoat vid...now that would raise eyebrows here!..lol❤

[@NS-vd3fd]

While I recognize how resilient these amazing animals are, my worry always comes back to my fear of my goats catching pneumonia. Do drastic changes in temps play a part in that? Currently where I am in northern WI, it’s been in the 80s or high 70s during the day and can drop down to as low as 45 each night.

[@PackGoatscom]

Yes, the spring in the fall are always your highest risk for pneumonia. But honestly, it’s a hard thing to miss early signs of and diagnose, and simply treat with injectable antibiotics. I live in Idaho and we don’t quite have the temperatures you do but the occurrence of pneumonia in a healthy herd will always be very low. I have only had 2 adult cases in 13 years.

[@NS-vd3fd]

Thank you for the reassurance!