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| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Aug 11 2012 : 7:37:42 PM
Oh gosh, got home from a horse show today to find one of our goats (boy) hanging from one of our hay feeders. Felt so bad, but really glad the kids weren't the one to find him. Totally one of those instances where we learned a huge lesson about goats and what they can get into. I really don't think there are any small lessons on a farm. :(
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| cheeselady |
Posted - Aug 23 2012 : 6:53:43 PM
A goat is like 200 pound two year old, they are strong enough to get in to all kinds of trouble. Walk around your farm as if you are baby proofing the place. Hard to do when they are always working to surprise you. I learn something new every year.
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| Bella |
Posted - Aug 23 2012 : 6:43:13 PM
Amy,
My heart goes out to you. I am so very sorry.
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| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Aug 23 2012 : 3:17:07 PM
Thanks for all the kind thoughts, farmgirls. :)
--* FarmMilkMama *--
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Everyone else is already taken.
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| wooliespinner |
Posted - Aug 20 2012 : 10:42:19 AM
So sorry Amy. Hugs.
Linda
Raspberry Run Farm
Nubian Dairy Goats |
| ceejay48 |
Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 4:37:32 PM
Oh Amy, I'm sooooo sorry!
It's so hard when your little animals don't make it.
So sorry!
CJ
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| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 2:37:52 PM
This is our first year having goats. We will definitely disbud from now on. :)
--* FarmMilkMama *--
Farmgirl Sister #1086
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Everyone else is already taken.
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| kelly22 |
Posted - Aug 18 2012 : 2:20:40 PM
I asked because we used to have problems with their horns getting tangled and we had lots of near disaters such as this. We now disbud at 2-3 weeks. We now have only one doe left that has horns and it is such a peace of mind for us.
(((hugs)))
~Kelly...raising 4 free range sons on our 65 acre sustainable farm |
| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Aug 17 2012 : 5:02:12 PM
Yep, he had horns. :)
--* FarmMilkMama *--
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Be yourself.
Everyone else is already taken.
-Oscar Wilde
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| kelly22 |
Posted - Aug 17 2012 : 4:08:30 PM
so sad. may i ask if he had horns?
~Kelly...raising 4 free range sons on our 65 acre sustainable farm |
| crittergranny |
Posted - Aug 14 2012 : 8:04:27 PM
Hugs
Laura
Horse poor in the boonies.
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| showthemlove |
Posted - Aug 14 2012 : 4:26:43 PM
I really feel for you. I lost a baby goat one time in the rain and she fell in a water dish. Mama couldn't help. I probably missed it by 5 minutes. I tried cpr and everything. You sure do live deep when you have livestock (and other living creatures).
I have tears for you.
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| grace gerber |
Posted - Aug 13 2012 : 09:11:15 AM
I am so sorry to hear of this - I have had that happen with a sheep and it is hard but it is what the universe gives us. You can be on guard 24/7 and still accidents happen. Again, I am so sorry for your loss.
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
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| sonshine4u |
Posted - Aug 13 2012 : 06:22:42 AM
Oh nuts! I'm so sorry Amy. How devastating. Hope you all are having a better day today.
~hugs,
April
Playing in the Sonshine
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| SandraM |
Posted - Aug 12 2012 : 4:16:19 PM
So sorry!
Those are the worse kind of losses.
Sandra
www.mittenstatesheepandwool.com |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Aug 12 2012 : 1:53:02 PM
Amy, I am so sorry.
Marly
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| sherrye |
Posted - Aug 12 2012 : 12:19:50 PM
oh amy i am so sorry. i just this very minute put the kids separate from moms. the kids are in with open hay mangers. i am going right now to stop it from happening here.
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| KansasFarmMomma |
Posted - Aug 12 2012 : 12:18:34 PM
Ugh I am so sorry. I would 100% agree with you that there are no small lessons on a farm. Animals in general...if there is a way to get hurt, they will find it! I hope that you don't have to go through any more of these kind of lessons! I would rather have lessons that hurt my wallet rather than my animals.
Nicole
Farmgirl # 4209
Skunk Creek Ranch
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| jan49829 |
Posted - Aug 12 2012 : 06:13:26 AM
Oh, how sad. Good that the kids did not find him though. I guess they don't know what dangers they are getting themselves into.
Janet
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| Alee |
Posted - Aug 11 2012 : 9:01:11 PM
That's really too bad! Horses and goats will get into anything and everything. Sorry you lost him :(
Alee
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| YakLady |
Posted - Aug 11 2012 : 8:13:15 PM
Oh man :( I'm so sorry Amy. I've lost goats, too- it's the worst. It's actually part of why I sold out of them. I just couldn't handle it anymore. I'm glad your kids didn't see it, though, that's for sure.
Life's full of tough lessons when you're raising animals.
~Hen 4316~ Just a farmgirl in Western Montana.
Starting a family and raising Tibetan Yaks, Highland cattle, Laying hens, Muscovy ducks, Silver Fox rabbits, and a few dogs. |
