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To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Pride in the USA
Oh, noooo! Not the goats!!
28 posted on
10/22/2014 4:03:28 PM PDT by
lonevoice
(Life is short. Make fun of it.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I thought the price of cabrito was going up.
29 posted on
10/22/2014 4:04:05 PM PDT by
Pilsner
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Goats getting smaller in UK because:
1. More hedgerows destroyed for crop growing so less bio-diversity natural foods for the goats.
2.Farmers can't afford best quality foods.
3.Corn feeds tainted with genetically modified strains
4.Low cost foods from China many are contaminated with toxic chemicals.
5. Farm situated near wind power generators (reported from a Goat farm in Germany that the goats were disturbed by the noise and moving shadows of the blades).
Meanwhile, in California happy goats go surfing:
31 posted on
10/22/2014 4:06:00 PM PDT by
spokeshave
(He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
To: Oldeconomybuyer; All
Having cared for goats on and off through the years, they are useful for one thing and one thing only...
32 posted on
10/22/2014 4:07:41 PM PDT by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
That's not all!
D@#m you, Glowbull Warming!!!
34 posted on
10/22/2014 4:08:19 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Maybe goats are shrinking because Islam is growing?
37 posted on
10/22/2014 4:10:55 PM PDT by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
But human children in the US are becoming obese.
Maybe we should breed humans with goats to shrink those fat kids.
38 posted on
10/22/2014 4:13:02 PM PDT by
KosmicKitty
(Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
It is Darwinianism at its purist. The larger goats are easily found and removed from the gene pool. The smaller ones evade the Moose Limbs that are using them for breeding purposes and food. The smaller ones also survive better on the disappearing habitat.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I someone would compile two lists of links.
List 1: Links to stories explaining why the temperature hasn’t changed yet, even though the AGW forces are building up behind the scenes to start changing temperature eventually. (There are hundreds and thousands of those stories out there.)
List 2: Links to stories claiming that this or that phenomenon that we can observe TODAY is directly caused by rising temperatures (that actually haven’t started rising yet, please see List 1).
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Domestic animals like goats don't get to choose which goat they get to mate, their owners do.
If they are getting smaller, it's because breeders are selecting for smaller animals.
How do you think pigmy goats came about?
There was no such thing as pigmy goats fifty years ago.
People like them.
48 posted on
10/22/2014 4:49:43 PM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I thought all libs worship Darwin. Just evolving naturally.
49 posted on
10/22/2014 4:53:42 PM PDT by
AmusedBystander
(The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
” The research, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council...”
I’m sure a very impartial organization.
51 posted on
10/22/2014 5:06:37 PM PDT by
aquila48
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I'd bet the owners of today are less experienced in which Billy to keep and which Nanny to allow too breed. Many things factor in including supplementing feed, how often the Nanny's are allowed to breed, keeping new bloodlines in the herds, etc.
In general though many breeders and owners are purposely going for shorter but stockier goats. You can cross a Nubian {taller and more slender} with a Saanen {shorter but more stocky} the goat will be slightly shorter and more stocky. Smaller goats are easier to deal with. Goats like a Nubian or Saanen if not debudded {dehorned} can kill a child and seriously harm an adult. Goats can be very violent and aggressive animals.
52 posted on
10/22/2014 5:09:04 PM PDT by
cva66snipe
((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
To: Oldeconomybuyer
55 posted on
10/22/2014 5:30:08 PM PDT by
Wuli
To: Oldeconomybuyer
well, OK. Maybe they’re shrinking to fit their muslim boyfriends.
58 posted on
10/22/2014 6:16:53 PM PDT by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Giraffes too.
59 posted on
10/22/2014 6:18:43 PM PDT by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Globullist Theorists need to be unhinged at the brain stem.
60 posted on
10/22/2014 6:21:35 PM PDT by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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