i have to get rid of all my boers.. i can't afford to feed them and the nigerians and go to school. and since they eat 2 times more than the nigies they have to go i'm getting rid of nigies too... though not completely getting out.. i'm bummed
Re: i really hate to do this but thanks.. i only have 5, but its just too much. especially with hay at 19 bucks a bale. i think though.. if i get rid of all the boers and some nigerians. i will get a lamancha doe that way i can still have 50 % kids when i want some or i can have dairy kids
Re: i really hate to do this but Oh i'm so sorry. That sounds so hard to give them up. Hope you can find them all great homes!
Re: i really hate to do this but So sorry to hear that SDK...... .....but I guess ...you have to do.....what you have to do....... :cry:
well i have sold all the nigerians but my wether, and one doe who i kinda don't wanna sell anyway but none of the boers have gone. were just going to butcher the wether, my friend will take it as payment for my next wether who should be born in the next few weeks the does i've gone down to 750 for the 4 of them.. lets see how it goes now
congrats on the sales of your nigerians... :thumbup: It's a shame your boers didn't sell....good luck with the new price... ray:
Re: i really hate to do this but square you can't even get rounds down here but i did score yesterday! i got really nice blythe hay for 13.50 a bale. but it's only 100 pounds. nice dark green and super leafy, its only for the preggers /twist i got the normal blythe alfalfa bermuda grass for everyone else that was 120 pounds for 17
Glad you found a graet deal! :thumb: Around here we get a bale of hay/straw for $2.(FOr a 45-50 lb. square bale).
Hey guys, come to Australia! For a small square bale (as in the type you can lift and put in a wheelbarrow not the type you need a tractor for): - $10 for bedding straw - $15 for oaten hay - $18 for wheaten hay - $25 for lucerne (alfalfa)
mine fit in a wheel barrow.. and the ridiculous part of it is that i am an hour from hayfields.. it should not cost that much
you would think hay prices .. would be cheaper...by now ....fuel prices are dropping ...you would think ...that they would drop hay prices ...but they have to stay greedy....
Fuel prices have not gone down in my area of Oz either ... and there is plenty of hay around but the price hasnt dropped from when there was a shortage ... I am going to look into using hay cubes from now on.
Its not that they are greedy, they are going by what the market is doing as well as what the availability is in the area. Fuel prices are down, but it may be a while before you see the prices of other commodoties(sp?) drop. Sorry to hear you had to get rid of your goats Sarah, hugs from IL
im keeping the following goats twist lilbit gabby's replacement amelia maybe bird... she's getting too old for show though and i think she should go somewhere to brood, but i get so sad thinking about momma bird leaving she'll probably stay and then i plan to keep a doe out of bird for sure and maybe one from amelia then buddy and kevin and then depending on the economy and the whole job situation im having. i may be getting a lamancha doe kid from a friend to help with milk and to show.. we're gonna start selling milk for animals ( apparently there was a lady who had a bunch of nubians who used to do it down here, but she moved and i've had three calls for milk) and tryng to make soap again cause the feedstore will let us sell it but 10 animals, 9 being nigerians is within my budget right now but 15 nigerians with 4 bred and 5 boers is way to much for me right now... the boers eat 5 times more than my nigerian does. so
It was ....just was a figure of speech... LOL Your prices haven't dropped at all? If there is a shortage ....that is very understandable ...why the prices would stay up..... that is true... wow SDK ...major downsizing.... :shades:
