Anyone Want a Goat?

[kragore]

I've been reading about the girl who has my life up in VT (except she's a vegitarian into sheep, and I'm a carnivore into cattle.)

http://coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com/

She has to get rid of her pack goat. I don't know why (sounds like a neighbor or landlord problem), but I've read about her raising him, and you'd be getting a sweet little leash-trained goat.

Any interest, vist the blog and let her know.

Comments

[kragore.livejournal.com]

I know, I know. I sat down and read her whole blog of the weekend. And I want to get her book.

Raptors aren't a problem when you have a self-contained unit like the one I linked.
Not that I'm enabling you...

[termofart.livejournal.com]

Right right. The coop keeps the mean birds out. And if I move it around... then it's good for the grass, yes?

What does one do in the winter? Put the thing up against the garage for more shelter? Of is there some other plan. I worry about the weather for the wee birds. :(

I really, really do want chickens. Just a few, for eggs.

[kragore.livejournal.com]

It is good for the grass - they eat the bugs. It's why I like the wheeled designs.

As far as you're other questions -
http://www.backyardchickens.com/
Is the best place I've found for answering them. Put them in a more sheltered area and give them a heat lamp seems to be the consensus.

- K.

[embermwe.livejournal.com]

At work they have some chickens that are being raised in cooperation with the residents and a local farm. They put them out in a huge field with a large a-frame unit like that for foraging. It seems to work great! Keeps both raptors and ground based predators off em. (Both of which we have a fair amount, if you are a chicken...)

I should perhaps mention this to the folks who help out at the farm that we cooperate with... They might be VERY interested in a leash trained goat...