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11-17-2015, 06:53 AM
Here is the best way think about hauling goats. If you wouldnt do it in a short sleeved shirt, then your goats shouldnt either. Adding the coats to them although better still isnt enough protection for them. When its happens enough that they actually call it shipping fever, its best to play it safe. This isnt to say that people dont and dont have an issue with it. But pneumonia can kill a goat in less then 24 hours. There is just no good reason to put your investment at risk when its so easy to build or buy something to keep them safe.
Having see it happen, I have a pretty hard stance on how goats should be ship. I have literally built boxes and given old truck canopies to buyers who didnt have the foresight or knowledge to know better. I have even sent people home with no goats and their money in the pocket because they showed up thinking to just tie the goats into the back of their open pickup bed.
By looking at your picture, it wouldnt take anything to attach higher walls and a roof to that little trailer or build a box that fits right in or maybe find a truck canopy on craigslist that would fit on top of it.
Having see it happen, I have a pretty hard stance on how goats should be ship. I have literally built boxes and given old truck canopies to buyers who didnt have the foresight or knowledge to know better. I have even sent people home with no goats and their money in the pocket because they showed up thinking to just tie the goats into the back of their open pickup bed.
By looking at your picture, it wouldnt take anything to attach higher walls and a roof to that little trailer or build a box that fits right in or maybe find a truck canopy on craigslist that would fit on top of it.