We (I) would like goats. I have a 100ft x 60 ft front yard , I'd like to use as a day pasture for 2 dwarf dairy goats and their kids, until suck time those become meat or sold...I'm an extreme newbie.
We use very little dairy as it is but I love butter, cheese and occasionally milk. DH doesn't like any but the occasion butter....I use that alot for baked goods.
Anyways. We have a 3 year plan to get the "pasture" ready and figure out housing and other structures or things we need to have in place.
First thing I'd like to work out is turning the front yard into proper foraging for them...it's mostly fescue and weeds now . Also our septic field runs through part of it....is this an issue? Can I separate it in half and rotate grazing? How much room do they need? Is it a pipe dream?
We use very little dairy as it is but I love butter, cheese and occasionally milk. DH doesn't like any but the occasion butter....I use that alot for baked goods.
Anyways. We have a 3 year plan to get the "pasture" ready and figure out housing and other structures or things we need to have in place.
First thing I'd like to work out is turning the front yard into proper foraging for them...it's mostly fescue and weeds now . Also our septic field runs through part of it....is this an issue? Can I separate it in half and rotate grazing? How much room do they need? Is it a pipe dream?
. They like to eat bark off trees too.
