what's better than one goat?

susie

Two goats. Meet Izzy and Atz B.

bustedknee

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?

redneckandy

I was going to say goat steaks..

montanajoe

  

susie

https://forums.gunbroker.com/discussion/comment/11208833#Comment_11208833

Yep, Atz needed a girlfriend and she has a bun in the oven. Kidding for sure. Got it.

Sam06

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. 

mac10

had goats for 40 years  i miss them lots o fun

cbxjeff

I've had two, a '64 and '67.

Ditch-Runner

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  
  

susie

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.

hillbille

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..............

Grunt2

redneckandy said:

I was going to say goat steaks..

I would prefer a nice slow roasted goat...  

diver-rig

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.

Mobuck

"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.

susie

Farm is over run by privet hedges. These goats seem to love them which is fantastic.

redhawkk480

well if you're on Facebook you can check out  Betsy the Northfield goat ,,

https://www.facebook.com/northfieldgoat

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