How To Set Up A Pasture Set For Goats
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2019
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This is an update on my new pasture setup and how I am taking care of milkers, babies, and big wethers. Pack Goats are my specialty but this video can help any goat owner. For more information on pack goats from Marc Warnke, "the Goat Guy" of Packgoats.com, check out packgoats.com/.
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God said, bring Mark to the earth to explain pack goats to the people. Mark you are the man!
Colorado Forest Beings still just trying to figure out these crazy critter for myself as well. Cheers. You’d enjoy the course. packgoats.com/product/pack-goat-101-course/. Not trying to see it to you buts it’s nicely organized and complete with every detail.
@@PackGoatscom thank you! Am catching up on all the videos and this goat pack thing is growing on me. I might get with you when am ready to find some good genetics. Thank you!
I am “studying” how to rebuild my goat shelters and I love that shelter with the nests. I’m probably going to try to build something similar. I have 9 does to house and that dominant sub dominant thing is so true.
I really like this. I know you've probably done a lot of upgrades and improved in the past two years. You can always tell the goat havers from the goat keepers. You Sir are a goat keeper a good shepherd cares for the needs of his entire flock. You gave me some awesome additional ideas. Especially for the kids they are always in competition for the feed bunk. No matter if it's with does or older kids. I've always thought about how's? You shown me things that work well. Thank you now I'll go get to work and build some of your ideas. Thanks
❤ great Job done. 😍 Amazing..
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your good ideas 😃
That looks like a great setup.
golden info! lookin real easy to maintain
Wonderful setup, learned something new in small space management.
Ras Madhur glad it helped!
Very good set up. Sistematic. I like it.tq sharing
4 Carl - Nice area development, don't make excuses - you're clever and thrifty. Two excellent traits.
Melanie Westberg your kind. Thanks.
Great information and layout
man these are great ideas i just got done putting up a fence about to get my goats tomorrow and im so glad I watched this! thank you for sharing!
I love your nest ideas!!! 😊
AWESOME VIDEO!!!
My wife and I enjoy your videos
Tim Click In so glad. Thanks for taking the time.
Awesome
Nice set up, just got 4 miniature goats for pets. Good ideas for climbing for them. Thank you
You are most welcome.
Thx for your time
Good job
Very helpful, thanks! I wondered how long it takes you to milk your average goat out with your electric milker, compared with by hand? Arthritis in my hands make me need a more sustainable solution. It looks easy enough to clean.
Cynthia Robinson I did another video just a month ago on that simple pulse specifically. It takes about 90 seconds. Where by hand I’m around 7-10 minutes. Super easy to clean.
I like it. I pasture my goats and it does take a fair amount of room to fully pasture a goat. I have four (two milkers, one buck and one packer) goats and I rotationally graze them on a half acre. By my best estimation I figure I could comfortably run 6-8 adult goats with my setup. In northern Maine I graze from May-mid November and I feed out about 100 bales of grass hay through winter and early spring. I like that corner feeder idea.
Where do you put youre buck, when he is in heat, cause I heard, that they will be very disgusting (smell), when they are in heat.
@@leonb3859 I lucked out my buck isn’t bad. He spends his days outside laying in the pasture watching the does in the next paddock.
@@brianphilbrook5262 So there are bucks, which don't pee on there head and don't drink there pee. (If yes, is it quite normal or is it more like a really lucky achievement, like one in a million).
And do you have them separated or are they on the same pasture, and they have their free choice between your different free paddocks ? (As you have written you rotate them )
And in how much different paddocks do you keep them and how often do you rotate the paddock ?
And how much is a bale of grass hay, cause I can't find a Information about that in the Internet ? (Like no weight information or something like that)
@@leonb3859 same pasture but different paddock separated with electric wire. My buck still pees on himself and yes he does have an odor but it’s not overwhelming like a lot of other bucks seem to be. The only time anyone can smell him is when he’s in the barn closed up at night or if you are standing right next to him. The square bales I was getting were around 70-80 pounds. I now feed round bales 700-800 pounds. It’s much cheaper for me to do round bales here in northern Maine.
@@leonb3859 when the buck is separated from the does I rotate every day. Once the herd is together for breeding it’s every two days unless the pasture is recovering fast enough.
What books are good on goat nutrition? Why 3rd cut alfalfa and not the first cutting of the field?
Anytips on areas in the pasture that won’t grow grass? I really like your setup! Must’ve taken so long to build that log area!
Nevertheless Nubians Boy... I’m not sure. I’m not a pasture smart guy at all...yet 😉
Thanks for sharing! You've thought of everything. Do you have to secure the logs with screws when building the play structure, or are they heavy enough to just be placed around?
lvjules1 most are not screwed but a few are.
Flies, how do you control flies?
Great video!
Do the goats also use the „outside“ feeder when it’s rainy? Because some say they have to have a sheltered feeding spot inside or with a roof.
And also - do you have a closed barn? Or only the shelter with the nests? Don’t they need it warm in winter?
Linda Gröbl All my feeders now if you watch my later videos have large roofs over them. But they don’t need it, it’s just nice to have them have the large roof sheltering them while they’re feeding. And the answer to their barn is that they don’t need an enclosed born. They are very hearty and do quite well. you just have to keep them out of the wind and out of the rain so a three sided roof shelter, good bedding and good food and they can survive very very cold temperatures down in the -20s
@@PackGoatscom thanks for answering!! I’m new at keeping goats (don’t have ones yet..) and like your videos!
Use a bongecord on the door so it close behind you
Do you worry about parasites? I generally try to keep feed and bedding very very separate. I know most goats won't touch food on the ground. But one of my does eats of the ground (and she had problems with parasites as a result). So I've switched to having a very very small area ( like a 6x5 ) bedding area. It's enclosed, out of the wind, with deep bedding, and off the ground to keep them out of the wet and the parasites. I haven't yet had to deal with a winter yet but I'm curious about using feed for bedding. And if you've noticed any problems with parasites.
Thanks!
We have had little to no issues with parasites on dry lot in this style. We now are on Ripple Ranch and we have to be mindful of pasture rotation out here or we do have issues.
How much space does the complex cover? We got 3 milk goats and a baby so are just now setting up
I have two acres.
Who's sneezing so much
I’m looking to get 2 Nigerian dwarf goats as pets. How big is your baby area?
Your baby area doesn’t have to be very large it’s just a place for them to bottlefeed and stay safe. here’s a course that will tell you everything you need to know. packgoats.com/product/how-to-raise-a-baby-goat-course/
When I am reincarnated as a goat i hope i am born in your place!
what country are you in?
USA
How come you keep the goats horned instead of taking care of it while they are babies? Is it defend for predators while packing?
Polling goats is traumatizing. Also, they use their horns for body temperature regulation and therfore are more important than any snowflake that can't handle the horns.
I also have very long horned Alpine goats. The reason I chose not to dehorn or disbud my goat is because nature made goats with horns for many reasons one is to keep them cool when it's very hot outside. Blood actually circulates within the horns. Also they use the horns to be social because they head but each other and it actually can protect The head because the beating. And obviously because it's good for protection as well. All of my goatsHave huge horns and they've never been a problem for me.. To me it seems cruel to burn or destroy their beautiful horns. But that was a very good question a lot of people ask..
Why is the hay green?
alfalfa hay is green.
golden colored hay is used more for beddings and such, where feed hays are green.
My goat loves doritos 😋
why am i watching this though
How are you controlling fkies?