Posted on 07/07/2016 4:46:25 AM PDT by SJackson
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lol - funny.
Used to live in Northern Virginia where our HOA would hire a goat herder to clean out the common grounds. I can vouch that they have a voracious appetite.
Kids these days..
In AZ, we had a goat and a guard dog. Both of them would run around the 5 acre yard checking for intruders, using the same path around the fence line. Contractors were more afraid of the goat then the dog, because of the horns. I truly believe the goat that it was a dog and acted accordingly.
True statement.
Yep, they form relationships with my family, right up to the moment I load them in the trailer and take them to the sale barn. End of “relationship”,
and the check arrives in the mail in a few days....
This will certainly be good news to our Religion of Peace brethren.
In England, During WWII, my parents’ goats would panic at the sound of night-time sirens. The pub owner often called them to demand; ‘come and get your bloody goats off my bar’.
Ah - family legends never die.
Cabrito is the specialty at El Tio’s in Monterrey.
Goats eat poison ivy, which right there has great value.
A town near me hired a goat herd and the herder would move the electric fence every week or so as the goats denuded the landscape.
I made the mistake of touching the electric goat fence.
Once.
Nice article We raised Saanen dairy goats for 20 years. We knew they were smarter than dogs and showed that in many ways. We had a lot of births over the years and I had to help many. One behavior I particular I remember well. We had one breech birth, our only one. The doe kept trying on her own and too much time was going by, I knew something was wrong. It was difficult and painful for her, only time I ever heard one of them scream. It was finally over and successful. For about a week she kept licking my hand like a dog when I came in the pen each day. I felt she was showing gratitude. After about a week she stopped and never did it again, even after a successful birth later. It’s been 3 years since we had any I miss them!
I’ve been considering getting a couple. That’s the great thing, they eat the weeds and not the grass. What’s to hate?
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