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<blockquote data-quote="OK Corgi Rancher" data-source="post: 4113682" data-attributes="member: 45773"><p>We started with 4 nanny goats. We got them last October. They were really fun watching them grow up. They're tame and are pets for the most part. I think we're gonna breed them and sell some of the babies. Goats are extremely easy to raise, in my opinion. Learn to give them shots and what to look for in terms of illness and parasites...basic stuff. They're pretty cheap to raise, too. Aside from the initial cost it's next to nothing to feed them because we have lots of good grazing space for them in the summer and we make our hay for the winter.</p><p></p><p>We have one that's a bit older and much larger than the others (all Nigerian Dwarfs)...Annie. She's really sweet with us but she bullies one of the smaller goats relentlessly. She's gonna be the first to go. She's a really pretty goat, too. I just don't like the way she treats the other one.</p><p></p><p>We also have chickens and guineas. If I had to do it all over again I'd just pass on the guineas. They really provide nothing in return for having them other than eating bugs. Seemed like a good idea, but didn't turn out that way.</p><p></p><p>The chickens on the other hand, are great. Believe it or not, they're much more expensive to care for than the goats. But the chickens pull their weight. They just started laying eggs maybe 3 weeks ago and they pretty much each lay one per day. We have 11. That adds up to a lot of eggs very quickly. Ours pretty much free range around the entire house and eat a ton of bugs. They're also tame and every single one of them run to me every time I come out of the house. They're really friendly and very social. They all let me pick them up and pet them while we walk around. I really like the chickens and I'd like to have a few more. They're pretty nasty, though, and poop EVERYWHERE.</p><p></p><p>I don't really have a plan or business model. I just treat them all as pets for the most part. I enjoy having them around.</p><p></p><p>[USER=44419]@tynyphil[/USER] gave me some good pointers when we started out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OK Corgi Rancher, post: 4113682, member: 45773"] We started with 4 nanny goats. We got them last October. They were really fun watching them grow up. They're tame and are pets for the most part. I think we're gonna breed them and sell some of the babies. Goats are extremely easy to raise, in my opinion. Learn to give them shots and what to look for in terms of illness and parasites...basic stuff. They're pretty cheap to raise, too. Aside from the initial cost it's next to nothing to feed them because we have lots of good grazing space for them in the summer and we make our hay for the winter. We have one that's a bit older and much larger than the others (all Nigerian Dwarfs)...Annie. She's really sweet with us but she bullies one of the smaller goats relentlessly. She's gonna be the first to go. She's a really pretty goat, too. I just don't like the way she treats the other one. We also have chickens and guineas. If I had to do it all over again I'd just pass on the guineas. They really provide nothing in return for having them other than eating bugs. Seemed like a good idea, but didn't turn out that way. The chickens on the other hand, are great. Believe it or not, they're much more expensive to care for than the goats. But the chickens pull their weight. They just started laying eggs maybe 3 weeks ago and they pretty much each lay one per day. We have 11. That adds up to a lot of eggs very quickly. Ours pretty much free range around the entire house and eat a ton of bugs. They're also tame and every single one of them run to me every time I come out of the house. They're really friendly and very social. They all let me pick them up and pet them while we walk around. I really like the chickens and I'd like to have a few more. They're pretty nasty, though, and poop EVERYWHERE. I don't really have a plan or business model. I just treat them all as pets for the most part. I enjoy having them around. [USER=44419]@tynyphil[/USER] gave me some good pointers when we started out. [/QUOTE]
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