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The Goat Walk

New and Improved Goat Walk (2009)

Inspired by NAFDMA's member Gordie Kopischke of Mesa, Arizona, Chip and Tom Hunter decided to build a goat walk of their own. Gordie faxed them his plans and Tom (our resident architect, carpenter, electrician, plumber, and mechanic) made some modifications. With a little help from brother Chip and hired hand, Josh Ellis, it became a reality. After a Sunday afternoon trip to local goat farmers, Alan and Rhonda Poynton, we added four boer goats to our family. The Hunter "kids", Leigh, Jaime, Abbey and Alex all had a hand in the naming of the goats: "Spot" had a spot, "Diamond" had a white diamond on his forehead, "Tag" had his ear tagged, and "Thomas" well we're not quite sure. In 2009, Tom and Leigh Hunter re-engineered our goat walk designing a wider path, safety rails and a hinged ramp so that the ramp can be lifted up to provide access to the animal shed. Watch for a feature article about our farm in the September 2009 issue of Goats Across Canada magazine.

Hunter Brothers build Goat Walk (2003)

2004 Goats: Sparkle, Orville and ... Wilbur and Snowflake                    Busy on the on/off Ramp

         
Kids feeding kids                                     One good kid encourages another                              Pavlov's "goat" Diamond

Tag,Thomas,Diamond,Spot

Everyone loves kids

Goat Feed

The goat walk proves to be a very popular attraction for "kids" of all ages. Feed can be purchased, put into a can and transported up, via a pulley system, to feed the goats on the top platform.

The Little Red Hen

"Red" and her friends

Chip and Leigh took a drive to Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick to visit David Coburn of W.B. Coburn & Sons' poultry operation and returned with eight white hens and one little red hen, who was affectionately named "Red". The hens suffered culture shock as they had been housed in a 25 000 hen facility and now were retired to a farm. Red's natural instincts came back in a hurry and we were thrilled with a brown egg every morning. The other hens took a while before they returned to full egg laying production.