When my husband came up with the idea to get goats I thought he was nuts. We had a long talk on why he wanted them. He took some trying to convince me. Now where I’m at in life couldn’t see my life without my goats.
His reasoning to get goats
1. Pack goats carry stuff for you when hiking
2. Help him carry the stuff he needs for hunting
3. They are cute pets. ( this reasoning I think was just to get me to say yes)
When we got the goats.
Let me say this I have never owned a goat. (He has been around several) but when we went to get the goats we got them in my car, and my car stunk for days after them. So not a good start to me liking goats. We get them home and put them in an electric fence. Seems like it would keep them in right wrong. First day my husband went to work at night they kept getting out of the electric fence. Before people say “It hurt” them I promise it didn’t. They just walked on through. I Value my sleep and didn’t want to stay up all night with them. So had to put them in a huge rabbit hutch I have. (This hutch is big enough I can sleep in). Let me say this never had goats before didn’t know how to get them from point a to point b. So I bear hugged them and carried them awkwardly to the hutch. They did good that night a week later we finally figured out how to keep them in a pin and used stock panels. So far no issues of them getting out. The first two weeks it was the trial area where I loved and hated them at times. My husband took that long to name them. Ones name is dopey his the dark color one and the lighter one is grumpy.
Through the course of these blogs I’ll be telling all the ups and downs of raising pack goats. Don’t get me wrong now I’m in love with them so keep reading to see our experiences. I’m not saying we know best just that we are learning.
My kids are goats 