My Industrial Cabin Build

[EddieWalker]

Thanks for the update. Hopefully you can sell goats easier than I can. My biggest challenge is catching them. Mine are half wild and not into being petted. We can catch them when they are a few days old, but after that, it's a disaster.

It took me three tries to make a fence that actually worked. My biggest mistake was using materials that didn't hold up, or stay tight. Buying the stretching bar, spending the extra money on the Horse Fence, and anchoring my corners and line posts in concrete all added up to finally getting it right.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Have a buddy who raises goats, maybe 20-25 depending on season. He takes his to Fredericksburg TX where they have buyers from all over the US, and they usually claim fairly high prices. He has a long bed truck with a camper and hauls a bunch over there in the bed.

He keeps telling me if I'll put up a fence, he'll let them come graze to eat all the thorny briars and weeds.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Have a buddy who raises goats, maybe 20-25 depending on season. He takes his to Fredericksburg TX where they have buyers from all over the US, and they usually claim fairly high prices. He has a long bed truck with a camper and hauls a bunch over there in the bed.

He keeps telling me if I'll put up a fence, he'll let them come graze to eat all the thorny briars and weeds.

How are you managing the briars now?

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Have a buddy who raises goats, maybe 20-25 depending on season. He takes his to Fredericksburg TX where they have buyers from all over the US, and they usually claim fairly high prices. He has a long bed truck with a camper and hauls a bunch over there in the bed.

He keeps telling me if I'll put up a fence, he'll let them come graze to eat all the thorny briars and weeds.

If you intend to fence that field and put some animals there, eventually then it might be advantageous to you. But fencing is so expensive and so physically demanding to put in, it’s hard to justify just for the weed control. Now he could use poly wire and some pigtails and portable electric and fence in small patches and make a huge difference. You have to have a water source though.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I have my goats on the front lawn right now. The grass there is lush and well established and the goats are pretty enthusiast. Three strands of poly braid electric holds them in, when they are trained to it. View attachment IMG_5293.jpg

 

[EddieWalker]

How close are the goats to the apple
Orchid? Do they eat the leaves? What about the bark?

 

[airbiscuit]

I have my goats on the front lawn right now. The grass there is lush and well established and the goats are pretty enthusiast. Three strands of poly braid electric holds them in, when they are trained to it. View attachment 3285602

 

[WoodChuckDad]

How close are the goats to the apple
Orchid? Do they eat the leaves? What about the bark?

Half mile by road, less than a quarter if they went thru woods and swam the pond. They’ve never been on that side of the farm. I don’t have fence or water ip there. I’m working at it but I’m slow.

 

[Buppies]

How are the pups doing?

 

[airbiscuit]

I'd rather raise pups than goats.