Posted on 08/26/2008 6:11:14 AM PDT by billorites
Checked the link, googled some shorthorns, marked all for reference when we get ready to buy.
Gotta find out if these littler things do okay in the hot of Texas. Lots of the links are Canadian for shorthorns also. Need heat tolerant beasts.
Goats are browsers like deer. They only eat grass if they don’t have anything else. If you want meat, Boer goats are the ticket. If you want your grass controlled, sheep are the way to go. There are several very colorful, small breeds of sheep. I think Jacob’s sheep is one of them I’m thinking of.
I’ve had dogs bigger than that!
Yes, I understand that.
Colorado cow nuzzles, then chases young bear
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Posted on 08/18/2008 10:35:31 PM PDT by MtnClimber
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2064125/posts
Do they really taste like chicken?
My limited understanding is that sheep will not only eat grass, but rip it apart at the roots making the grass die and that goats don't bite down so deeply. Am I wrong?
I can’t say for sure about the sheep, but I believe that they only tear up the grass if it’s being over grazed. Frequent rotation is the key to successful grazing. But you’re going to be disappointed when it comes to grass and goats. They’ll eat your roses, your blackberries, your poison oak and branches and bark on trees, but they don’t much care for grass.
Thanks for the ping.
I will stick with the goats.
LOL, ‘Mini Cows’ would drive me nuts, after a lifetime of feeding cows and bulls, so they will gain weight and counting the pounds on them till killing time........there is no way I could do it mini style.
I don’t buy a goat that does not give over a gallon and a half each day, I expect a gallon in the morning, plus a bit for the cats and at night 3 quarts to a gallon, depending on stress and weather.........less than that is a meat goat.
LOL, “in my opinion”....
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