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08-25-2016, 08:51 PM
DownUnder Gal
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I have the same thing here. flunixin meglumine is the Generic Name for it.
Yaa the but head is dancing on hind legs to pull down tree limbs instead of eating briers.
One good thing, about this incident is all the boy's have learned about going on the high line.
I give them about 3 hours in the AM when it is cool to browse then call them in with a Coffey can of Afla pellets rattling.
I think they can hear that from a mile away and come running and Sam is never the last one in line.
They get a feed in their pans at each tie point starting with Senior Goats and working down hill.
They are in a good shade position on a old logging road that is very overgrown.
They have munched a lot of the old road clear as far as they can reach.
Will have to start thinking about moving the high line to different area soon.
I do have a couple areas I want then to munch on but no good tie points or to many things for them to tangle up in.
I do have remote camera on them now but range is limited to about 300 feet.
I am thinking about a picket pin set up, (Good Training) But have seen horses hurt using it.
Have to keep them all together any way.
Question for you or anyone:
My main trail in is hard gravel it is getting overgrown.
I have high ground clearance trucks.
Here is my though:
Drive picket pins in the center "Hump" and tether each goat so they browse just the edges of the drive way and far enough apart so they don't tangle with each other?
I do have equipment to pull the pins easy and progress down the trail when a area is browsed down.
Leap Frog kind of thing.
I know steel cable and goats dose not work well.
Rope I have used,
Light smooth link chain I have seen recommended. (Nanno)
All the boy's have good collars and are tagged JIC they go walkabout.
Current High Line drops are just horse lead ropes and nobody has chewed threw one "YET"
They can all see each other and have full bellies from browsing so I think they are content to be on the line till dark when the get unhooked and run on their own to the shed for hay and more afala pellets.
Yes, I have spoiled rotten Goats.
Any of the picket pins I need I can make for myself .
Thanks to all for concern for Sam and any ideas you want to present.
Happy Trails
hihobaron Blizzard,Fuzzy,Pete,Sam and the Troops in South Carolina
Thanks
I have the same thing here. flunixin meglumine is the Generic Name for it.
Yaa the but head is dancing on hind legs to pull down tree limbs instead of eating briers.
One good thing, about this incident is all the boy's have learned about going on the high line.
I give them about 3 hours in the AM when it is cool to browse then call them in with a Coffey can of Afla pellets rattling.
I think they can hear that from a mile away and come running and Sam is never the last one in line.
They get a feed in their pans at each tie point starting with Senior Goats and working down hill.
They are in a good shade position on a old logging road that is very overgrown.
They have munched a lot of the old road clear as far as they can reach.
Will have to start thinking about moving the high line to different area soon.
I do have a couple areas I want then to munch on but no good tie points or to many things for them to tangle up in.
I do have remote camera on them now but range is limited to about 300 feet.
I am thinking about a picket pin set up, (Good Training) But have seen horses hurt using it.
Have to keep them all together any way.
Question for you or anyone:
My main trail in is hard gravel it is getting overgrown.
I have high ground clearance trucks.
Here is my though:
Drive picket pins in the center "Hump" and tether each goat so they browse just the edges of the drive way and far enough apart so they don't tangle with each other?
I do have equipment to pull the pins easy and progress down the trail when a area is browsed down.
Leap Frog kind of thing.
I know steel cable and goats dose not work well.
Rope I have used,
Light smooth link chain I have seen recommended. (Nanno)
All the boy's have good collars and are tagged JIC they go walkabout.
Current High Line drops are just horse lead ropes and nobody has chewed threw one "YET"
They can all see each other and have full bellies from browsing so I think they are content to be on the line till dark when the get unhooked and run on their own to the shed for hay and more afala pellets.
Yes, I have spoiled rotten Goats.
Any of the picket pins I need I can make for myself .
Thanks to all for concern for Sam and any ideas you want to present.
Happy Trails
hihobaron Blizzard,Fuzzy,Pete,Sam and the Troops in South Carolina