Well sure, SOMEtimes, maybe, occasionally.
I certainly wouldn't want to bank my family's long term plan for dairy goats on a rare occurrence that happens in certain breeds, only occasionally. So the *plan* is to acquire some girl goats, get in touch with someone who is brave enough to keep a boy goat (no thanks) and arrange a romantic getaway.
Then we'll see how we do. If the milk is still adequate after a year, we might wait to freshen her, or if we find someone who wants a kid for meat or a 4-H project or something, we might go for it again.
Thought of another one:
We have a female relative who is a bit of a worrier. She's a dear, and she cares very much, but she had to make sure to tell me how very concerned she was about the dangerous raw milk we had been using. This woman grew up on a farm and had fresh milk every day as a child. On her 80th birthday she did not look a day over 60. It obviously didn't do her any harm, but she's just convinced... I know the farmer we buy our milk from. I've even met some of the cows. I've seen the greenhouse they set up to sprout grains so the cows could have green fresh foliage to eat during the winter months! That is serious dedication to the well-being of their livestock. Sadly, we don't live close enough to get milk every week anymore, but any time we are going to be on that side of town we order milk from them.
I just smile and nod and change the subject. I have no idea what she'll say when she hears we have chickens now. If there's anything outrageous I'll be sure to update.
I certainly wouldn't want to bank my family's long term plan for dairy goats on a rare occurrence that happens in certain breeds, only occasionally. So the *plan* is to acquire some girl goats, get in touch with someone who is brave enough to keep a boy goat (no thanks) and arrange a romantic getaway.
Thought of another one:
We have a female relative who is a bit of a worrier. She's a dear, and she cares very much, but she had to make sure to tell me how very concerned she was about the dangerous raw milk we had been using. This woman grew up on a farm and had fresh milk every day as a child. On her 80th birthday she did not look a day over 60. It obviously didn't do her any harm, but she's just convinced... I know the farmer we buy our milk from. I've even met some of the cows. I've seen the greenhouse they set up to sprout grains so the cows could have green fresh foliage to eat during the winter months! That is serious dedication to the well-being of their livestock. Sadly, we don't live close enough to get milk every week anymore, but any time we are going to be on that side of town we order milk from them.
I just smile and nod and change the subject. I have no idea what she'll say when she hears we have chickens now. If there's anything outrageous I'll be sure to update.