Not the same goats -- but goats are used a lot in the South to eradicate that rural scourge, kudzu vines.
Posted on 10/19/2009 11:09:09 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran
ANDOVER, Massachusetts — A Boston suburb has some new landscapers that will work for food — a half-dozen goats clearing and maintaining an overgrown public meadow.
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Just sayin'
This thread is useless without pictures. I will take goats over illegal aliens any day of the week. They are really need animals. Billy goats are stubborn.
Mmmmmm....Goat cheese. Goat bbq.
The Union will put a stop to this. Just like they did in CA.
TO: Any goat owners on FR.
I have been thinking about buying two female “meat” goats to use for clearing.
Does this really work all that well?
Will they clear ‘wild black berries’, ‘Canadian thistle’ and ‘Scotch broom’?
How does one keep goat meat from tasting like the smell of a goat farm?
I have had good lamb chops, but some are absolutely horrible... why?
Thanks....
As with any meat the sooner you dress the animal and cool down the meat the less gamey it will taste. By the way goat meat is tasty in my opinion.
I dunno? I would guess it's in the way their slaughtered. I've heard several old black folks say you can't scare them before you stick them.
I’ve ween this done along highways in Colo. The farmer fences off sections along the road and the goats graze until it’s time to move on.
Not the same goats -- but goats are used a lot in the South to eradicate that rural scourge, kudzu vines.
Weed Control Using Goats (Australia)
Lists the most and least palatable weeds for goats. Some of them are unique to Australia, but by no means all:
Scotch broom, sweet briar, blackberry, wild turnip are highly palatable. According to this and other articles, goats LOVE blackberry and will eat it in preference to almost anything.
Illyrian, scotch, variegated, saffron and spear (black) thistle as well as nodding thistle (not in rosette stage) are palatable when in flower but not at other times.
(I'm not a goat owner but I used to have a part-time goat named Leona. It's a long story - we kept her while her actual owner was in and out of hospital. She lived like a queen with us, but even though she was getting first cut alfalfa hay and Goat Chow, she still liked to graze on the kudzu. Another neighbor had a goat that she kept on a stakeout chain, he ate circles out of the kudzu on her place.)
Ping to GG for advice on goats!
If your not familiar with goat meat you might not like the taste...We didn't like it as chops etc. but made great sausage and salami,
Your best bet is contacting someone is your agriculture dept for advice on what they eat in your area.. There are a few plants that can poison them.
If you know the breed you are going to get, google that breed on the internet, you will find breeders and their web sites will usually have information on what to feed or what to not feed. They can be a source of lots of information that could help you out...If your not sure of the breed you will be getting, the information will still be valid...
If you get female milking goats, they have to be milked...Something to consider is getting neutered males..If neutered as kids, they have about the same temperament as females...Are larger, eat a little more and no problem with having to milk them. (unless you like goat milk) It is sweeter than cows milk...
All I knew is that they love kudzu, but need to be fed a micronutrient supplement if that's all they're eating.
My daughter as a young girl read Heidi and insisted that I buy her some goat's milk so she could try it. She made a face . . . we used the rest in cooking.
So who will be the FIRST to protest this...illegals or unions?
Thank you very much.
Thanks, I am going to give it a try.
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