tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post1846886172886632202..comments2024-02-15T08:22:52.443-08:00Comments on The Back Forty: ECHO Global Farm Goat HouseRobbynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-82208124169725575952009-01-14T06:39:00.000-08:002009-01-14T06:39:00.000-08:00Killi, I have no expertise or experience with thes...Killi, I have no expertise or experience with these things, but I'm betting if you follow the ECHO link they can answer you and give you plenty of ideas :)<BR/><BR/>Michelle, yes, we thought it was pretty neat, too! I wouldnt have if they'd seem unhappy or in too small a space, but they were happy as could be, it seemed. It did make us rethink having a few goats, since we'd pushed them further back on the wish list than some other animals... you know, when we have a place we're allowed to KEEP animals :)<BR/><BR/>Christina!!!!!!!!!! Wow, how'd you get so lucky to pick the COLDEST Florida weekend? Ah well, holding grandbabies is perfect in any weather! So glad to hear you're still alive and well, my friend!Robbynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-86056026159236851332009-01-12T15:20:00.000-08:002009-01-12T15:20:00.000-08:00Just a quick note to say "hi".... I am in sunny (...Just a quick note to say "hi".... I am in sunny (NOT) Florida for a couple of days watching the grandbabies while my dear daughter is out of town.... what a lucky nana I am! Still.... who took the sun away.... I love reading about the Echo farm....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-57724136185301211622009-01-12T15:09:00.000-08:002009-01-12T15:09:00.000-08:00That is really neat! Kind of like a permanent "chi...That is really neat! Kind of like a permanent "chicken tractor," allowing the goats' owner to utilize them for eating forage and providing manure, but keeping them contained and safe from predators. You can also stake a goat out to browse in specific areas, but that practice does leave them at high risk for predators (most notoriously, dogs).Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-43794329763128447462009-01-12T10:57:00.000-08:002009-01-12T10:57:00.000-08:00I want to put the ducks in with the goats because ...I want to put the ducks in with the goats because that field has a boggy area & I've got a water supply rigged up already, so I could move the big tin bath in with them to swim in ~ I don't think they'll be able to get into the bath with the drinking water, so that will stay relatively clean. I haven't yet decided where I want the geese ~ running loose in the yard, with the ducks, with the feather-legs where they should get grass...<BR/><BR/>Thanbks for the asnswers to jmy questionsKillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175513884016706612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-40718517484468875552009-01-12T10:38:00.000-08:002009-01-12T10:38:00.000-08:00I want to put the ducks in with the goats because ...I want to put the ducks in with the goats because that field has a boggy area & I've got a water supply rigged up already, so I could move the big tin bath in with them to swim in ~ I don't think they'll be able to get into the bath with the drinking water, so that will stay relatively clean. I haven't yet decided where I want the geese ~ running loose in the yard, with the ducks, with the feather-legs where they should get grass...Killihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175513884016706612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-19132158895993272972009-01-12T09:38:00.000-08:002009-01-12T09:38:00.000-08:00Annette, when we go back out there, I'd like to ha...Annette, when we go back out there, I'd like to have the time to see the interior. The best I could tell from this tour, the boards they walk on have separations between boards and the droppings fall to the ground. I'll be asking them next time if theyhave to regularly sweep the boards off and if we can have a peek inside to see if there are any other feed troughs, etc.<BR/><BR/>Killi, these were cut off about 2 feet from the ground, so I wasn't sure what to call it :) Yes, they had a goose pen that was just a basic large wire-covered cage of sorts, plenty of room. The duck cage was more of a "house" and was build on supports at the edge of a low area that had been turned into a Tilapia pond. The duck house had fairly small mesh wire bottom, but big enough for the poop to go through, and it was directly over the water. Somehow it stimulates algae growth which then is eaten by the fish. The ducks are loose on the property in the daytime adn at night are penned, with food and water dishes in the pen. I'll post pics soon, though I only got a couple this time around.Robbynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01860870861321231048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-82030669574611446772009-01-12T06:43:00.000-08:002009-01-12T06:43:00.000-08:00Coppicing is cutting the trunk down low, almost at...Coppicing is cutting the trunk down low, almost at ground level; pollarding is cutting the trunk at shoulder height. That's the rough difference as I understand it. (There could be a lot more to it than that!) Pollarding is used a lot on the willows in Somerset. Do they have duck & goose houses, too? I need ideas for those...Killihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13175513884016706612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627749570719712047.post-4568552195828200352009-01-12T06:36:00.000-08:002009-01-12T06:36:00.000-08:00so the goats did not roam the property, they just ...so the goats did not roam the property, they just live in this house? How are the feces handled -drops through the floor??<BR/><BR/>I'd love to know more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com