Maaa! Maaa! I am greeted every time I leave the house and every time I come home with the lonely cry of our pygmy goat, Snickers. You see, Snickers was given to us when his owner passed away and he is the only goat on our farm. Goats are herd animals and need friends to keep them company. Right now we do our best to keep Snickers from feeling too lonely while we wait for the Nigerian Dwarf whether that we are getting to be ready to come live with him and keep him company.
In case you are wondering, as my husband's friend was, "What's the point of the goat?" We have him because I like him. He makes me happy! I like hearing his little voice calling out when we are outside and having him follow us around the yard while we are doing farm chores. We aren't breeding, milking or eating goat. He is a pet that does his job of making me happy very well!
In preparation for Snickers' friend's arrival we will be building a goat pen. Snickers currently resides in a dog house that is inside a dog kennel. He is tethered out in the field when the weather is nice enough. There is not enough room for two goats to live in his current arrangement. We will be building a goat pen inside our big building. It will give them room to sleep snuggled up together and they will eventually have a fenced in yard so they can come and go as they please. It will also give us room for goat supply storage and free up that space in the chicken barn.
We also plan to start saving eggs to hatch out some chicks. The plan is to eat the roosters and extra hens and to increase the size of our flock of laying hens. We will also be getting a new rooster so that our flock doesn't get too closely related and because our current rooster has started getting aggressive even with our daughter who is the one who cares of them on a daily basis.
In case you are wondering, as my husband's friend was, "What's the point of the goat?" We have him because I like him. He makes me happy! I like hearing his little voice calling out when we are outside and having him follow us around the yard while we are doing farm chores. We aren't breeding, milking or eating goat. He is a pet that does his job of making me happy very well!
In preparation for Snickers' friend's arrival we will be building a goat pen. Snickers currently resides in a dog house that is inside a dog kennel. He is tethered out in the field when the weather is nice enough. There is not enough room for two goats to live in his current arrangement. We will be building a goat pen inside our big building. It will give them room to sleep snuggled up together and they will eventually have a fenced in yard so they can come and go as they please. It will also give us room for goat supply storage and free up that space in the chicken barn.
We also plan to start saving eggs to hatch out some chicks. The plan is to eat the roosters and extra hens and to increase the size of our flock of laying hens. We will also be getting a new rooster so that our flock doesn't get too closely related and because our current rooster has started getting aggressive even with our daughter who is the one who cares of them on a daily basis.
