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To: Rowdee
Thanks for the good advice - I'll prolly only raise Boers in my mind, but I'm captivated with the animals. And with their potential for good in the protein market.
43 posted on 06/09/2002 5:01:55 PM PDT by lodwick
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To: lodwick
I was really impressed with the body of the first one I ever saw pictured because goats are generally quite angular.

I always thought the horns of the Angora goat males were fascinating--the way they curve--and of course all that curly mohair hides their little bodies really well.

I had one that was a walking mohair garment! Yikes, he was something else....I had to cut holes in his 'bangs' so he could see where he was going; he even had 'feathers' down on his ankles like the Clydesdale Budweiser horses. I had his mohair micro tested and he tested as 'kid quality'--the best, most costly mohair. BUT, when he was shorn, egads....he was the homeliest, ugliest, most pathetic-looking creature!

He was also the little bastard that carried his brain between his rear legs!! I never was able to find out how he got out of the buck pasture--other than flying out--to get with the girls BEFORE I wanted them to be bred! I didn't want January babies, but he didn't care about that either!

45 posted on 06/09/2002 5:15:00 PM PDT by Rowdee
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To: lodwick
At first I thought they were sheep - they sounded like sheep

47 posted on 06/09/2002 5:19:01 PM PDT by ValerieUSA
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