How much 'work' does this entail, realistically?
a little history behind the question...will promise to keep it brief so i don't bore you
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some of you know, I keep goats and make goats milk soap. 'business' doing quite well and love the goats to bits as pets. Lost my source of goats milk (avocet) last autumn but a local breeder is kindly selling me milk at a very good price. However..I would like my own milking goat again (not pedigree neccessarily) so that my children are drinking milk from their own goat and i use milk from my own goat in the baaath time soap.
Hubby has dug heels in somewhat as he "doesn't want extra work" this year. He's been great last year, built the shed, did all the electric fencing, helped me catch them when they escaped (!) carried the ones that died from the field to the barn to await collection etc...all this from a man who really doesn't enjoy animals as much as me
In order to buy in a new goat I understand I will need to have a separate area fenced off so they can see one another but not be able to fight. This means the new goat will need a shed of her own.
How long do they need to be separate do you think?
How hard is integration?
I currently have a castrated boy of 18 months and a goatling girl same age. thanks in advance for your help - feeling a bit fed up at the moment