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Goats help clear brush to reduce wildfire fuel
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Posted on 06/17/2018 8:25:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
06/17/2018 8:25:12 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
This is going to piss off the Muzzies.
To: BenLurkin
And then you get to kill and eat them when they’re done!
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posted on
06/17/2018 8:27:53 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.)
To: BenLurkin
I believe they are BOER goats?
I never saw the suppoded contrast from their eating brush.
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posted on
06/17/2018 8:31:11 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: BenLurkin
Goats love poison ivy too. They eat it like it's arugula salad.
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posted on
06/17/2018 8:33:58 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
To: Sequoyah101
Been toying with idea of getting some goats.
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posted on
06/17/2018 8:35:09 PM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
(Free)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Why?..Fat female goats have a special place in muslim traditions...and they dont have to cover their face or head either..but i can see what you mean..the muzzie women might be pissed..
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posted on
06/17/2018 8:35:26 PM PDT
by
M-cubed
To: CJ Wolf
Dont have anything grown up enough for them.
Should be a good market for meat goats with all the mesicans and muzzies around.
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posted on
06/17/2018 8:58:45 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: BenLurkin
THE SIDE EFFECT OF GOATS We used to live in the SF Bay area. There were a number of nice parks that we liked to walk in in the summer evenings and even during the day during the winter rainy season.
Then, to save money the county brought in goats to do the grass mowing and brush control in early summer each year. Well, it turns out that a herd of goats will turn an 18" high stand of grass into 2" or 3" of goat poop spread rather evenly over the ground.
People driving by and looking at the hillside think it is nicely mowed and close cropped. If you get out of your car and actually walk on the "ground" you discover that you are walking in a sea of little goat berries. Pretty disgusting for anyone who actually wants to use the park instead of just looking at it.
And the best is yet to come, for when the rains start, the goat berries reconstitute into a sea of mushy goat poop.
The goats made the park land completely unusable.
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posted on
06/17/2018 8:59:19 PM PDT
by
CurlyDave
To: CurlyDave
Sounds like too many goats.
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posted on
06/17/2018 9:01:06 PM PDT
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
To: BenLurkin
Are they good workers?
Not baa aaa aaad.
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posted on
06/17/2018 9:03:27 PM PDT
by
bramps
(It's the Islam, stupid!)
To: CJ Wolf
They eat blackberry vines like spaghetti so yeah, I was thinking of getting some too. Maybe I can get my Mexican neighbor to milk it.
Then comes building fences and cleaning up after and....never mind.
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posted on
06/17/2018 9:05:33 PM PDT
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
To: CurlyDave
Well, it turns out that a herd of goats will turn an 18" high stand of grass into 2" or 3" of goat poop spread rather evenly over the ground. Sounds like the county saved on fertilizer for the park as well.
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posted on
06/17/2018 9:06:15 PM PDT
by
ssaftler
(It's not the "deep state". It's the "odoriferous oligarchy")
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/17/2018 9:08:19 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: bramps
Send them to the goat renter guys, hard workers are needed badly, even illegal immigrant goats are in huge demand. They work harder and cure cancer too.
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posted on
06/17/2018 9:08:47 PM PDT
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
To: CurlyDave
The land next door was kept down by goats. You would walk out to your car in the morning and there were three goats standing on the hood. They did an awesome job, though. At least if you don’t walk around I guess. Never noticed inordinate fecal output, ha. I was glad they were there because they kept the ticks down too. I always though I would rather have these goats than brushhogs & tractors in the evening.
Freegards
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posted on
06/17/2018 9:11:10 PM PDT
by
Ransomed
To: BenLurkin
Becoming real common where I live. Just had about 60 cleaning a field a few blocks from me a few weeks ago. They put up a temporary fence to contain the goats.
http://rentagoat.com/
To: BenLurkin
Let them eat all they want, then let’s get out the BBQ!
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posted on
06/17/2018 9:15:42 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: BenLurkin
The rangers better get in there fast and plant something else. If the rain gets there first you get mud slides.
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posted on
06/17/2018 9:25:27 PM PDT
by
poinq
To: BenLurkin
Goats work cheap! They work for food!
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posted on
06/17/2018 9:38:59 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
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