what's better than one goat?
Two goats. Meet Izzy and Atz B.
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I have heard (make that herd) you cannot keep just one goat. It will die from loneliness.The old saying: "The more the merrier" holds true for goats.I'm not kidding.Get it? Get it?
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I was going to say goat steaks.. 0 -
Izzy climbed up there to scope out your vehicles, you know that don't you.
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I have heard (make that herd) you cannot keep just one goat. It will die from loneliness.The old saying: "The more the merrier" holds true for goats.I'm not kidding.Get it? Get it?
Yep, Atz needed a girlfriend and she has a bun in the oven. Kidding for sure. Got it.
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BBQ Goat is great chow. I used to have a few meat goats and I would BBQ one up every year. One thing I miss about not going to Africa anymore is eating goat. 0 -
had goats for 40 years i miss them lots o fun 0 -
I've had two, a '64 and '67. 3 -
my wife had a couple miniature goats and one normal size one for many years they were like dogs in a way with her
they followed her around the yard played and seemed to have had a great bond with her as she did with them
it broke her heart when they passed on ( we had to have them put down when they got older due to health issues ) , even now when she sees a goat it brings back her time and a bit of sadness for the loss of her buddies
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On the 3rd day of Ramadan my imam gave to be - 3 fainting goats...
Some of the folks posting replies seem a bit gruff.
Best not to but heads with them.
Nice beards BTW - do you expect much in the way of horn spike or knub growth and do you alter or remove them at some point???
Goat falafal MRE's...
Was the gent who provided the goats named Bill or William???
Goats were one of the first animals to be tamed by humans and were being herded 9,000 years ago. Goats have a gestation period (pregnancy) of five month and the average birth rate for goats is 2.2 kids per year. Baby goats (kids) are standing and taking their first steps within minutes of being born...
- Goat meat is the most consumed meat per capita worldwide
- Goats can be taught their name and to come when called
- The life span of a goat is about that of a dog
- Goats are naturally a herd animal and require to live at least with one or more of their kind as they are very social animals. Because they are considered 'social' animals this means that goats like to be petted by humans.
- Each kid has a unique call, and along with its scent, that is how its mother recognizes it from birth – not by sight.
- Counter to the dominant stereotype about goats being willing to eat anything, they are actually very picky eaters. They have very sensitive lips, which they use to “mouth” things in search of clean and tasty food. They will often refuse to eat hay that has been walked on or lying around loose for a day.
- Goats are herd animals and will become depressed if kept without any goat companions. So, it is unhealthy for a goat if a family just owns one as a pet.
- Goats, being mountain animals, are very good at climbing; they’ve been known to climb to the tops of trees, or even dams!
- Goats’ pupils (like many hooved animals) are rectangular. This gives them vision for 320 to 340 degrees (compared to humans with 160-210) around them without having to move and they are thought to have excellent night vision.
- Goats are foragers, NOT grazers. It is actually unnatural to graze a goat on grass and increases the likelihood of them picking up harmful parasites. In their natural habitat, they roam mountaintops and reach up as high as possible to pick out choice bits of forage around them.
- Goats have four “stomachs.” Their food moves first into the rumen (from which it is periodically regurgitated for more “cud chewing”), then to the reticulum, later to the omasum, and finally to the abomasum (which is most like a more sensitive human stomach).
- Goats are burpers! This is due to the role of their rumen. The rumen, which in a mature goat holds four to five gallons of plant material, breaks down cellulose and acts as a fermentation vat. Of course, fermentation produces gas, and this gas escapes in the form of loud, healthy burps. Our goats can frequently be heard burping in the barn.
Goats tend to come from areas that have little available water. They are usually afraid of water and absolutely will not wade in water (unless you train them out of this fear as young goats). They are able to go without water for longer than most other animals, excepting camels and giraffes.
There are several plants that can be poisonous to goats. ... Some examples of poisonous plants include azaleas, China berries, sumac, dog fennel, bracken fern, curly dock, eastern baccharis, honeysuckle, nightshade, pokeweed, red root pigweed, black cherry, Virginia creeper, and crotalaria.
While, yes, they are traditionally barnyard livestock, that doesn't mean they aren't also adorable little lovebugs. In fact, goats are more and more being compared to dogs in terms of how well they bond with their humans. ... And it's not just a gut feeling, this animal's affection: goats actually do show their affection.
One reliable way to attract goats is to train them to come when you feed their grain ration. Use the same bucket and try to feed at the same time each day. Almost all goats love grain, so the minute they hear the tell-tale sound of the scoop in the grain bin, they'll come running...
Mike
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My goats are genetically polled so will never have horns. Mating the two may result in sterile kids. This isn't a concern at the moment as I have no desire to inbreed them.
They have already bonded with the grandkids and follow us everywhere. They prefer to sleep on the deck and not in the barn. They range the farm at will to eat what they want. I supplement with sweet grain.
Bought them to add goat milk, cheese and butter to the SHTF prepping.
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You are not going to become the "Crazy Old Goat Lady," of the forums are you? I worry about you Susie.
Probably not as nasty as the Crazy Old Cat Lady, because your Goats (I hope) live outside.
When they eat a portion of your vehicle, can I have them? I will give them a good home.
Do they like charcoal?
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Had a friend who had a really mean billy goat, he kept it tied up in field to a large doghouse, moved it every few weeks or so to keep weeds down. If you got close it would charge and butt you, his wife was working in garden one day and the goat had gotten loose and "made his presense" known as she was bent over picking beans. when he came home he noticed the house had a good aroma, and went in kitchen to see about dinner, there was a nice roast in the crock pot, he asked his wife if she went to the store that day as they live close to hour from town she said no, he didn't think they had any roast in the freezer but let it slide. After dinner as he went out to feed the animals he noticed " Billy " as they called him was off his leash, he yelled at wife and asked her if she had seen him she said " you had him for dinner " she had went in got gun and shot him then butchered him out while he was at work, she said it was the last time he would knock her down. Friend said it wasn't bad sorta tasted like deer.............. 0 -
I would prefer a nice slow roasted goat...redneckandy said:I was going to say goat steaks..
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Their milk smells and tastes like buttermilk. Nasty, but makes good biscuits. (Edit to add, their pens smell just like nasty goat milk)
Don't care for goat or sheep meat. To me it tastes just like raccoon or opossum, aka, really greasy beef roast with a funky twang.
But we currently have 5 of my neighbor buddie’s does, and 2 of his baby goats, of which my daughters have claimed 1 female.
i run them through the paddocks opposite the horse and cattle. Great weeders.
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"Counter to the dominant stereotype about goats being willing to eat anything, they are actually very picky eaters. They have very sensitive lips, which they use to “mouth” things in search of clean and tasty food. They will often refuse to eat hay that has been walked on or lying around loose for a day."
This definitely TRUE. Goats are the most frustrating animal that ever lived when trying to feed them during winter. During summer, goats will "foul" more grass than they eat and after the grass is fouled, nothing eats it. I've seen 40 head of goats nibble just the seed heads off 10 acres of good brome pasture and leave the rest. Put them back in that pasture 10 days later and within hours they'll be crawling out even though the grass is belly high. They ate the seed heads off once and won't eat what's left.0 -
Farm is over run by privet hedges. These goats seem to love them which is fantastic.
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well if you're on Facebook you can check out Betsy the Northfield goat ,,
she's a goat that got loose from some one and lives along I94 about 4 miles or so west of the Hixton exit , if you're going west on I94 she will be on the cliffs along that side
I've seen her many atime and will probably see her tomorrow as I go by
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