Here's a goat for ya Griff. Sorry to tread on your thread here but just thought I'd throw this little Nigerian goat at ya. :)

He's probably going off to eat some wood.

Thanks Syc but I've morphed into another life*. Not even in the running now.


* - will always carry LARGE bore handguns though.

I've always been a rifleman. I bow to your superior short arm status.

Thanks for the Nigerian goat from the source. I am one sore puppy tonight from building fence for our three little gals.

If you didn't put a mesh cover over the top, it was probably wasted effort :D

thanks!

*napkin and pencil* 660/4 =165'x165'=27225sqft that's a fair sized lid

Maybe just an overhanging rim, on the inside so the fence is L shaped in cross section. Well an inverted L would be more like it but this keyboard doesn't have that key, so we'll all just have to use our imaginations.

Have they anything to climb on on the fence? Is it all verticals? Like planks versus grid-like wire?

It's 4"x4" page wire pretty good stuff actually but the terrain makes for a couple touchy spots not to mention that we came up about 15 feet short and had to cob two sections that will eventually be gates. The goats are quite pleased with their new space.

So when you getting the little fellers?

Still dreamin'. I **loved** your remark about shrubs being gone day one. I laughed out loud (that's lol to you internet whippersnappers out there). SWMBO loves her rose bushes, and I think that the 10 or 12 we have in the back yard wouldn't tide the little nippers over for too long. I'm still thinking of how to swing the deal. Still thinking. And the potty training/litterbox thang is appealing. I wonder how a baby/pygmy/mini would do in the house. Ok, I thought about it for a minute and that's probably not a good idea. I already have to chase one kid off the back of the couch as it is. I wouldn't want to have the little goat corrupted, so, outside.

You mentioned leashes. Do you walk them? Would they cooperate/enjoy it?

Like I said, I'm still thinking.

We only used a leash to lead them from the shed to an overgrown fenced in garden. I think they'd get the hang of it right away,though. The rose bush situation could be a deal breaker unless you could do some fencing that isn't an eyesore.

LOL I had this image flash through my mind of a concentration camp with the top of the fence bent inwards and coils of barbed wire strung around it :D

Griff, maybe you can tie a bowling ball to a rope strung from their collars. Well, it works on Australian Shepherds.... :eek6:

A setback...
 

I eeeeaaaaased into this topic, I said to SWMBO, "Hey, can I show you a cute picture?"

"What?"

"Look at these adorable little goats."

"...and?"

"Aren't are they cute?"

"I used to have a goat."

"As a pet or as a farm animal?"

"A pet, a pygmy goat."

"Cool, I was just thinking they'd make cute pets."

"I don't want any more pets that have fur or poop."

*silence*







I have decided to make a tactical retreat. Maybe when DaughterofV moves out, we can trade in the cats for goats. Still thinking.....

If Mama's not happy.....ain't nobody happy. ;)

Amen.

HoF. Natural Law. The Way Things Are.

Those are very cute goats that you have there.