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what's better than one goat?
susie
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Two goats. Meet Izzy and Atz B.
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Yep, Atz needed a girlfriend and she has a bun in the oven. Kidding for sure. Got it.
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
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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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.
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.
Farm is over run by privet hedges. These goats seem to love them which is fantastic.
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