"Hello,Your advice as well as a few others has convinced me that we should probably turn our pasture into a dry lot as its too small to really turn it into rotational grazing and we don't have additional land to expand. The pasture is 90 X…"
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clean pasture
Started this discussion. Last reply by david curtis Mar 11. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hello,Our goats have a fully enclosed 12 x 16 paddock for sleeping and moving about when the weather is not so great and raining. When its sunny out they spend time out in the pasture for goats…Continue
New Member and New to Goats
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jane Rogers Feb 22. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Hello,My name is David and we just moved to NW Washington state a year ago from Utah. As part of the move we wanted out of the suburbs and into the country for some land. We got a little over an…Continue
Goat Bedding anyone used hemp
Started this discussion. Last reply by david curtis Mar 8. 5 Replies 0 Likes
We are getting our first goats in a week and I've been reading alot about different bedding. The seller uses pine shavings for all of their paddocks and I use to use pine shavings for our chicken…Continue
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"You cannot keep an area that small clean. You have two choices ....
1) start doing rotational grazing
2) create a legitimate dry lot
If you continue keeping the goats in an area this small, you will have parasites problems that cannot be solved with…"
clean pasture
Hello,Our goats have a fully enclosed 12 x 16 paddock for sleeping and moving about when the weather is not so great and raining. When its sunny out they spend time out in the pasture for goats (plants, grass) which is 125 x 125 foot area alongside the chickens. We have 4 NG and 7 chickens.Now that they've been running around the pasture for a few weeks I'm wondering how do you keep this clean? between the goat and chicken poop the pasture area is going to need cleaning out. I've seen…See More
"I've been using it in sleeping area which is a 5 X 4 foot section and then they have another area that is 4 X 12 for walking around on really rainy days when they can't be out in the pasture. For the larger area we are using…"
"I was wondering about this too! I’m in Virginia and it’s advertised a lot on goat pages out here. Several small farmers sell it for way less than $58 a bag but I was curious if it would be a good alternative to straw. Try shopping around…"
"Thank you - that's what i was reading about last night is the ElectroNet. I'll be getting some of that so I can subdivide and rotate. Thank you for the clarification on digging, with all the post out there it's hard to…"
"OMG! $58 per bag?! Now I know why I've never heard of anyone using this. It looks a lot like shavings in the picture, which means that one bag would not even be enough to bed a 10 x 10 stall. This might be okay for a little rabbit cage,…"
"Goats do not dig, and neither do chickens. A goat may paw at the ground a couple of times before laying down, but that's it. Chickens scratch when looking for bugs and worms.
For rotational grazing with goats, the best option for…"
"This is the stuff I get off amazon and your right unless I order it online I have either straw or pine shavings…"
"I was going for Ft. Knox lol. I was new to the fencing so I went off the guide that 6 inches accounts for all sorts of animals, but your right I went overboard but gotta keep the kiddos safe.
I was thinking on the poly tape to keep goats,…"
"Welcome to the group and the world of goat ownership!
Wow! You have the Ft. Knox of perimeter fencing there. I can't imagine any predator going over that fence. If you put up more perimeter fence, two strands of electric is plenty -- one…"
"I've never heard of anyone using hemp for bedding. It's pretty rare, so probably not available in most areas. If it's like straw, that sounds like a good start. I am not a fan of shavings as bedding for goats. I very much prefer…"
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