Transporting Goats & Sheep
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- What is the best way to haul small livestock (goats or sheep)? How much space will they need? Do you have to have a livestock trailer? It may be easier than you think. Whether you use a pet carrier, DIY cage, or a livestock trailer here are some things to consider.
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Great video as always
I made one to move some goats last year. Worked dandy.
I have the XL airline dog crate and it works really well for Nigerian Dwarf goats. I love the idea of transporting kids in a separate small kennel, I drove a doe and her two kids in it on a 4 mile trip once and it probably took me 20 minutes as slow as I was driving! 😂
Lots of great ideas. This was a big help. Looking for a way to move my two alpacas just in case we get an evacuation order in the summer time. A stock trailer is prohibitively expensive for my needs since we have no other reason to transport them. Thanks so much for the tips.
Thank you. I was looking for a way to haul just a few sheep in my truck, but the purchased haul boxes are so expensive..I can build this myself!
Glad I could help
great video thanks keep them coming
I have 2 homemade cattle panels haulers. We built one to fit into my 5 x 8 trailer to haul to the butcher and one that fits into the back of my Tacoma. I do need to build ramps, be a use I am tired of lifting 180-200# sheep:)
I understand about lifting heavy ones. Ramps help, but they have to be willing to cooperate. Lol.
I would like to see more details on your double decked trailer and possibly you using it.
Sir your content is awesome
Thank you.
As nice as it is to have the freedom be inventive, I have some additional consideration to add. I worked ~ 16-20 hr sheep and goat sales for 8 years and as tempting as the market was it was impossible to break into on those wages. Nothing irritated me more than having to step away from my position as penning foreman to manhandle 3 loads into the backs of mini vans and pick ups. Look at the design of your local market yards, as well as your own facility. Remember that in most of those places the workers expect small ruminants to handle like cattle (if they have extensive livestock experience at all) and that most yards are designed for cattle. If you add an extra part or 2 to your set up to prevent escapes, it makes those yard workers lives, as well as yours, a lot easier. With the appeal of small ruminants gaining, hopefully yard design and trained staff will catch on as well. I'd much rather handle small ruminants than beef, personally) but the man handling and chasing down escapees in the middle of a large sale puts a lot of undue stress to the workers, buyers, and the livestock.
Good thoughts! Thanks.
I stopped at a gas ⛽ station ⛽, they had a message board just outside. I saw an add for " old nanny goat 🐐 $40. I called the number 📱 to see if he still had it, he did. I asked "where you located? " He said I'm just up the road, I'll be right there. I was driving a 1998 Ford ZX2 with the manual transmission. Well the guy pulled up in a flat bed pickup with the goat 🐐 on the back no tether or cage😂. I bought the goat 🐐 (what a mess to clean up, I don't think I ever got rid of the smell.) That's how I got into goats and sheep 🐑.😁
Great story!
New to your channel and love you videos sir
Great video!! Thanks for the tips. I have mini Nubians, of all but one of them has been disbudded. She also happens to be my largest. The last time I took her Dam to visit the breeders she went into my truck's back seat (she's a very tame easy-going doe lol). Now that it's her turn to try "motherhood"😂 I had to find a safe way to transport her there. We're going to try our XL dog kennel or the hog panels this weekend. Wish me luck😉
I’m guessing either will work. Good luck.
Coming over from The Shepherdess. Great information since we don’t have our livestock trailer yet either.
Thanks for the kind words and checking out the channel.
Vik and I enjoyed this immensely, we laughed out loud several times. BTW, we were confronted with a similar problem with our first herd and solved it like you did --- made a cube out of cattle panels and bailing wire for the buck and does; the kids rode in the front seat with Vikki.
Just Google map to see how far away you are I now find it funny you kept using 6hr as an example
Seen one video of a guy using IBC totes to transport one or two goats at a time.
We have no sheep yet but hope to soon. We have no pickup truck (not homesteading, just rural area with steep hills that need sheep to forage on them). I want to find an old trailer (maybe old pickup truck back end?) and dedicate it to their transport for emergencies by adding fencing as you suggest. I read somewhere that single axle trailer is too bumpy for a ride and will stress them out?
It may be a rougher ride than a longer trailer with tandem axles, but not as stressful as hog-tied in a trunk of a car. I would guess it would work.
It's very nice your land sir very flat.
What are the dimensions to your truck bed transport cage
I have a couple of different cages. Truck bed dimensions are different, so it is best to make it fit you model.
I would like to know how you load larger groups of sheep, such as into the double-decker. We have a 7x12 stock trailer. We don't have a handling system at the moment, but are cobbling one together, with an eye on not making the loading task the wrestling match that it always is. I think my alleyway is going to hold fewer sheep than a section of my trailer. What do you do to keep forward momentum of the ones in the lane without the prior batch wanting to escape the trailer?
You may be able to see how I attempt to load a tailer on the video "Double Decker Challenge". Sometimes they run right on and cooperate, and some times they don't.
Thanks for the very informative video, just what I needed! First time goat owner picking up a nanny and three kids. They are about 45 minutes away. I see from the pics you had at the end of your video that no one covered their cages? Not necessary? It’s not supposed to rain at all when I pick them up but it is going to be in the 90’s . Ok just to leave them uncovered?
It is probably not necessary to cover them unless you will be parked in the sun. As long as your moving the wind should keep them cool enough.
I could really use some advice i'm moving from CA to Kentucky and were moving our goats struggling to find good watering methods for distant travel
I don’t have any experience in hauling for over 10 hours. Unless the temperatures are really extreme, I would think if you stopped and provided water once or twice a day, they should be able to make the trip. But again I do not have experience in that.
We’re moving that distance too. Did you make the trip? How are you doing this? We have goats. 2 bucks and 3 females. Nigerian
Ummmm you missed a major factor. Goats ware susceptible to whats called shipping fever. Shipping fever is pneumonia cause by open transport while its cold. Pneumonia can kill a goat in as little as 24 hours. A truck with a canopy removes this risk and makes transport simple and easy. You also make the best use of space in your truck bed. I have refused sales cause idiots show up with ridiculous make shift crap in the back of their trucks. Yes, once you buy an animal its yours but I didnt spend all my time and effort producing a quality goat so you can start off your ownership being a scudouche.
Very true! Even when out of the wind and cold they are susceptible. I think the stress of moving weakens their immune systems.
A canopy on my Dakota is my preferred method of transporting goats. And the truck is just low enough they can jump in and out without hurting themselves. Both the bed and the tailgate have rubber mats on them.
I use to duck tape the legs of my sheep and stick them in the back of the car and drive home .
Since i have a small ranger now i will probably just make a cage .
animal cruelty and illegal
What a pos