My son wants to raise goats, I wish he’d hurry up and buy some.
Hasn’t this been going on for eons?
You think they might f@rt green house gas and endanger the world. /s
A bunch of goats is a Kudzu Army! :-)
Boy, do I have a fricken feast for some lucky goats! I wonder if anyone in my locale is doing this. I’ve thought of getting a couple of goats for the summer season, then selling them in fall.............still an option.
Short video on Goat based longevity here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExMsXmHX-0c
Regards from Spokeshave who helped our goats birth 5 kids last week
(Summary of the 10 steps for longevity here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r__a7ZfztCo&feature=relmfu )
Enjoy.
Several goatfarmers in SoCal hire out for weed abatement. Goats leave rabbit-pellet type waste, practically disappears into the ground on its own. My favorite, the Lamancha, is a dairy goat which has tiny ears and can be doglike in its behavior. Climbing things and playing King-of-the-Hill seems to be a favorite game of goats, some can be real escape artists!
They used the goats to clear out a couple of areas in my neighborhood. It worked great. Got some pictures of them around here somewhere...
Before you run out & buy a goat, consider this.
A goat is a browser, not a grazer. It will leave lush green grass on the ground as it eats your ornamental bushes & fruit trees. It will pull the tree limbs down, break & strip them. It will eat the bark of a tree, killing it.
Goats are great for clearing thick, brushy land, but they will trash your back yard.
Buford Dam near Atlanta is mowed by goats. Too dangerous an area for humans to trim.