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To: Nathan Zachary
There's a pretty good market for them with this growing muzzie population,

Took me a minute to figure that out. Had to continue reading and get the context. Forgive me, I am really having a good laugh at the visual of stuffing them in the car although I oughtta not. I am really blessed to be far enough out in the country now that I don't run into those folks unless I go to town - which I only do about once a month.

I had some neighbors whose goats tore up my rose garden and orchard one year. I shot one in my vegetable garden and started a whole neighborhood feud but that's just not to be tolerated. However, as I said I want to get about 1/2 dozen I think. What I did note that they were good for is keeping shrubs or trees trimmed to an acceptable level about the ground. They made nice prettily trimmed shrubs up to exactly the height they could stretch their necks.

I actually think sheep are more the thing to use for living lawn mowers. They don't bother the trees and shrubs so much. Seems that sheep prefer the grass while goats prefer just about anything BUT grass.

39 posted on 08/26/2008 8:01:56 AM PDT by Wneighbor
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To: Wneighbor

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.


42 posted on 08/26/2008 8:10:35 AM PDT by BruceysMom (My heart is in Rock Springs.)
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