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Pygmy Goats #2746076
02/23/19 11:20 AM
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Any of y’all have goats? The kids and wife want 2 or 3. How big of a pen would they need?
Figured I’d get more advice here then farm and garden.

Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746079
02/23/19 11:23 AM
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Can you put shock collars on goats? Get an underground fence. If dogs or predators want them, they'll get them. That's why I dont have any.


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Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746087
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I think the idea of owning goats sounds much better than actually owning goats.

Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746089
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Smart man.


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Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746114
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Had up to 40 at one time. Just have around 10 now. Pretty easy to maintain. They’ll eat the shrubs you don’t want ate first. Keep them wormed and copper bloused and they good to go. I sell a few every year for July 4 and Christmas dinners.


take your kids hunting and you won't be hunting your kids
Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746152
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Better make sure you got a good fence and then reinforce the fence and then do it again. Notorious for getting out.

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Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jaredhunts] #2746163
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Originally Posted by jaredhunts
Can you put shock collars on goats? Get an underground fence. If dogs or predators want them, they'll get them. That's why I dont have any.

Yea that’s not gonna happen. I could see one of em on top of my truck or my wife’s car first day.

Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: Irishguy] #2746165
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Originally Posted by Irishguy
I think the idea of owning goats sounds much better than actually owning goats.

Truth! But I don’t mind messing with them. We had about 40 cows and a few horses my whole childhood. Plus it’ll give the kids something else to learn about.

Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746169
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Had them as a kid. Sold some to buy my first deer rifle lol

Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746184
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Go ahead and fence with 2" x 4" welded wire - anything bigger one of them will invariably get their heads and horns through said fence and then be stuck because they cannot figure out how to pull their horns back through. I have lost count of how many times we had to go get one unstuck from a fence. Keeping them contained is a challenge until you figure out what works. Electric fence can be your friend if you can keep it from grounding out. Most breeds seem very susceptible to parasites. We started out with trying to raise Boers (meat breed) and we have had them drop like flies. We have had mixed breed goats and so far what we have found is that the Kiko breed is the most parasite hardy and we now have goats that are all some mixture of Kiko.

The biggest things I can tell you is to get your habitat set up first. We did everything backwards and it has been much harder. Of course, we didn't realize just how hard they were to keep contained, either. We thought a temporary pen with three strands of electric fence would be enough. It worked for maybe two weeks until they had eaten everything down to the ground. If you aren't gonna have a pasture, then keep some hay for them in addition to milled feed you will be feeding.

Oh, and you will always want to have at least two at a time unless you and any neighbors you have can ignore the constant vocalization from a single, lonely goat.

Good luck!


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Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746188
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I got a 5 acre pasture and have never had one get out with regular field fence. If they start getting there horns stuck thru the fence. I duct tape a 12 in pvc pipe across their horns. By the time it wears off they’ve learned they cant stick their head thru the fence.

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take your kids hunting and you won't be hunting your kids
Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746238
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Had 2 for kids..never again i gave em away


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Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746252
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They'll eat shrubs for sure, and azaleas can kill them.

Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746285
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If you keep it at 3 then 1/4 to 1/2 acre would work.


Two roads diverged in the woods and I took the one with deep ruts,hills and mud.It may be bumpy but WHAT A RIDE!
Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746301
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this thread hasn't gone south yet??? Whatinthecornbreadhell?


I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....

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Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746306
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I have the skull of a female goat hanging on my barn to always remind me why I don't need goats, there great pets, but can test your patience

Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: hyco] #2746319
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Originally Posted by hyco
I duct tape a 12 in pvc pipe across their horns. By the time it wears off they’ve learned they cant stick their head thru the fence.


Wish I would have thought of that. Had two that I found dead in the fence choked out. I got tired of fooling with them and just bush hog

Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746326
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Back when I had goats the bill loved it when the nannys got their heads hung in the fence thumbup

Re: Pygmy Goats [Re: jrs89] #2746328
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Pygmy goats. Just what Phil army needs.


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