Jack and Casper and Ellie Mae and Gracie.
Well, we can start the count here.
We have four: Jake and Ellwood and Blanche and Rose.
We had three others Earl, Earl and Earl but, sadly, they are deceased.
FYI Goats are very fragile healthwise. Once they get bloat or a blocked urinary tract, there is really nothing anyone can do.
:*-(
13 fainting goats here.
This is the same Federal Department which wants to revive the NAID program. National Animal ID. Chip every crreature....reports for every time you move any animal off or back onto your farm.
IE: IF I ride one of my horses off my property & ride for a couple of hours with a neighbor, we both must file a report within 24 hours (Many of my neighbors do not have computers) that says where we are going-why-what route-when we expect to return, etc.
Then when back on the property, a similar report has to be filed, with all the matching information.
Fine for not doing so within 24 hours? $5000 per animal per trip in & trip out.
There is also a push to declare horses COMPANION ANIMALS. That prevents us from breeding them & selling them for more than $500 per horse. Guess I will have to find another way to collect funds for the gelding I have in training that is for sale.
Perhaps $500 in cash & the rest in gift certificates from the local grocery store?????
We had Nubians when I was a teenager (one male, one female, and they obviously had some babies). One of the offspring got bloat and died, unfortunately. They were great for eating the thorns and poison ivy (which I’m highly allergic to). They are also very entertaining little critters—except when they tap dance on the hood of a car. ;) I wouldn’t mind having another one.
Jack and Casper and Ellie Mae and Gracie.