Sheep are better for mowing. They’re grazers while goats are browsers.
Won’t hardly touch fescue. They like clover and alfalfa. They’ll eat a little broad leaf grass. They’re eat all the wild flowers and anything with a thorn, except thistle. Blackberry, raspberry and multi flora are a favorite snack.
Harder to fence than dogs, cattle or sheep or most anything. Dry soil and a 6,000 volt electric fence? They’ll laugh as they walk through it.
Cool, looks like my brackets will be here for the weekend. Gonna be sunny, 75 Saturday and 79 Sunday. It ought to look like a high tunnel frame this weekend.
Today; Mad downpours, hail and a couple of tornado warnings due to rotations in the storms. My boss said his neighbor got 3” of rain in his rain gauge from two quick storms. Storms formed along I-44 just West of where I work and headed to St Louis. Didn’t start raining here until I was probably half way home.
The rain gauge said 0.54 when I got home and it’s at 0.70 now.
Highest wind gust here was 52 mph at 4:43pm. Seven gusts over 30 and four over 40 but most were 20 or less.
Would have been a day to have the tunnel sides close 1/2 to 3/4 of the way for the two hours of gusty wind.
When I said ‘mowing’ I meant brush clearing and eating everything in sight. He has wooded parts on the edge of the pasture that need a good clean-out.
Neither here nor there - he hasn’t been talking GOATS, lately. Of course not! It’s nearly time to head to Canada to fish, then it’s time for Bear Training Camp, LOL!
Right now he’s napping because he and Emma Jolene (Treeing Walker Coon Hound - NOTE his girlfriend, LOL!) are going Raccoon hunting tonight. ;)
No puppies, yet! Taylor was due TODAY _ but she’s obviously not looking at her calendar. I kind of hope it happens this weekend because Mom and some of her BFFs are coming out for Mother’s Day and she will be BEYOND thrilled to show off newborn puppies to her friends. :)
You are right about everything Pollard! Add destroying fencing. At one time we had 5 well behaved, pedigreed and gentle. Our pasture gate had a good locking hasp on it. Came home from church and all 5 were out in the yard, just looked at us like - where you been? They love to eat your flowers especially tulips. After that we used the same lock but also a bungie cord wrapped tight around the posts.