Pet goat?

[aaronzclark]

LOL

 

[wombat]

I worked with a guy who got a "panic call" from his wife wanting him to come home immediately ... the goats were on the roof of the house!

They'd hopped on the car, then onto the capped pickup, then the garage, then the steep 2-storied roof.

He jumped in the car, headed home at great speed, and was halfway there before he thought ... "who cares, they're goats! Not like they're gonna fall" ... turned around to go back to work ... turned around again to remember he had a satalite dish up there that might become goat snack.

They were up there 3 days before they came down.

... and the sat-dish was tasty.

Anyway, if you get goats, be aware that they climb. They also chew dang near anything!

 

[Sillystunt]

mine hopped the fence this morning, lil buggers! they pushed the chicken tractor over to the fence and escaped!

I think it is fair to say we will be taking the tractor out!

Hey aaron hows your goat? Please do not let him eat chicken food! very dangerous!!!

 

[hearthnsoul]

So I decided,..I want goats,...to my husband somewhat dismay (truth is he loves the chicks ducks and proposed idea of goats course he just can't admit it)
So my question is, I want milk of course. But after reading so much about how a buck can change things up,..not in a good way I was wondering, How do you manage to keep your doe for milk purposes without having a buck? and which makes a better companion, two does or a doe and a whether?

Ps. and it is nigerians that won out in the end,..milk food ratio hands down!

 

[Sillystunt]

they have to kid, they can be milked up to a year then, they need to kid again. We are having the same problem! So i am getting her knocked up! I would say 2 doe's or one doe and a wether!

 

[aaronzclark]

It does not matter two doe's are just fine and if you want babies i would get a buck and seperate it and when it is time to breed take him out. just put him in a cage

 

[griffin45]

Quote:
Huh? Thats like saying all dogs smell ... they smell like dog. Horses smell like horse. Cattle have a characteristic cow smell.

Who the helll cares?

this is why we don't keep cows and horses in the house.

I think you should rephrase that... "this is why we shouldn't keep cows and horses in the house." Bart breathed on me this morning (our holstien bull) I gotta get him some better smelling hay. And somewhere I have lost the ability to smell goats. Well I smell the bucks, but I have never smelled a doe that smells as bad as any and I repeat ANY dog. And we have 7 of those!

Get a goat and let the county eat cake!

Chris

 

[hearthnsoul]

Oh the hunting we will go, the hunting we will go... Still looking for my goats I figured I am open,..either two doelings or a mom and babe. A doe and whether, a doeling and a whether,..maybe even a doe and a buckling.... talk about obsessive..

 

[Emzyyy]

I've heard of minature horses being housebroke?

 

[Sillystunt]

Quote:
this is why we don't keep cows and horses in the house.

I think you should rephrase that... "this is why we shouldn't keep cows and horses in the house." Bart breathed on me this morning (our holstien bull) I gotta get him some better smelling hay. And somewhere I have lost the ability to smell goats. Well I smell the bucks, but I have never smelled a doe that smells as bad as any and I repeat ANY dog. And we have 7 of those!

Get a goat and let the county eat cake!

Chris