Hi, currently prepping for about 4-6 goats and looking for a guardian animal. Not open to a LGD at the moment, so considering one full-size donkey or another tempting possibility: 2 mini donkeys. I know that one mini donkey is likely not enough defense against predators in our area like coyotes...

We recently moved to the central coast of California onto 5 acres. I'm sure that sounds tiny to alot of you but having moved form a 10,000 sf lot this feels huge to us. LOL! We've had hens for years and are now adding goats. Starting out will have 8 mini Nubians. They are intended to be pets...

We have two Nigerian Dwarf wethers that we adopted in March. Both bottle babies..one about 2-4 weeks older than the other. Basically they are about 6 mos. old. They have lived in a lovely pen with plenty of feed and alfalfa hay and some play structures their entire time with us. We also have...