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General => IHADAV8 Playground => Topic started by: daveismissing on January 29 2016, 11:18:52 AM
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I wood rather walk on a property full of angry rottweilers... ..
Steves safe.
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damn goat shoots better than me on the run. That might be due to the fact that I cannot run?
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I start 'em off at this size packin' .380's
pic taken yesterday
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Awe, how cute. Which ones your, you know, favorite? :icon_butt:
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Their mother
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Ohhhh, so them ur kids. Nice fam yo!
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Their mother
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That made me laugh!
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We've had 10 drop so far and lost 4 babies and one mother. :( With the crazy weather I'm surprised that 10 are still holding them in. :O
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just need the cold front...
I am just hoping that the coyotes and bob cats give me a break this time.
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Offered before Steve. You want to set up a yodel dog hunt and take care of a few of them?
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they seem to be to the south and east of me at the moment. I have a trapper working the place :)
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Wow, I never realized how serious being a goat herder is.
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Wow, I never realized how serious being a goat herder is.
Yodel dogs, feral hogs and dogs, not to mention snakes, can take a toll on a herd. Then there's health issues that can kill your whole herd off. :013:
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As funny as it is over some dumbass goats, I definatly have a new perspective.
I honestly wanted a couple to throw on my property just to let them live like their wild. Guess that's not a good idea. I knew I'd have to section off so they wouldn't get by the gator or its trail but my neighbor "accidently" killed him last season, I didn't think about the other dangers.
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Black buzzards and coons will kill the newly born. Red Fox, and sometimes gray, will kill smaller ones. Coyotes and dogs kill for the fun of it. Bobcats eat what they kill. Hogs are fast and will kill pretty big ones.
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Not to mention skunks and raccoon's which can spread rabies if the kids get to close. There's also cheesy chin (lymph node infection) and polio that you've got to deal with.
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Got damn! Can't I just have a couple goats? The Hawks round here will snag up the mourning doves right in front of you. I hate the predators that live around here. They kill everything. I can't risk the life of an animal, goat or not. :(
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Funny, the local goat farmer (or whatever they call themselves) never told me about the stuff yall are talking about. Salesmen, smh.
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Goat farmers plant them in the dirt, fertilize them, and pray for rain. They usually don't do very well. We goat ranchers usually do much better.
When you have goats, you need a good fence. I have found that if water can run thru your fence, it won't hold goats at all. The strangest thing about goats is if you have twenty miles of fence and there is only one hole in it, the goats will find it within 30 minutes and crawl thru it. But, once on the other side, it becomes invisible and they cannot find it again to come home.
The other thing your farmer may not have told you is that they need to be treated for stomach parasites periodically. If you live in a wet area, this may be every two months. Sheep are bad about this, but goats have a much faster metabolism and the medicine wears off quickly. It also takes about twice as much dosage as a sheep to work.The old way, and probably the best way is an oral drench. Back when I had 150 goats, this was no fun as you have to grab each goat and hold it still while you open the mouth and shoot the drench down its throat and then hold the mouth closed until the goat swallows.
These days, I use an injectible and hope for the best. Also, they have to be vaccinated for sore mouth and over eating disease along with some additives for tetanus, etc depending upon where you live.
Go buy yourself a donkey...femal e or neutered. They are smart and more interactive than goats! I may have to buy a couple to use as guard animals for the sheep and goats. Around here, donkeys and llamas are often used as guard animals but I suspect dogs like the Anatolian Shepherd are the best but they cost a lot to feed and they are better suited for certain terrains, I think. They are not so good if you have other people coming into your place like hunters, workers, etc.
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Well siht. Thanks for the 411. I was only told about the parasites that you have to treat. The guy up the road must have a hard time with his herd.
I just wanted them to run around like they're wild. Changed my mind now.
What are some good things about goats?
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60 lb kid goats were close to $3.00 a lb the other day
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Donkey is a great guard animal. If you haven't seen one at full run and head down catch a predator in the middle and throw it up in the air you are missing out. Very entertaining.
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That's it Steve? Food? People don't eat goats do they?
Donkeys are cool. Someone around my neighborhood has one. Once in a while I can faintly hear him hee hawin'. They say you can get them from the government for free. I just don't want that food bill.
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Cabrito is very tasty
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When you have goats, you need a good fence. I have found that if water can run thru your fence, it won't hold goats at all. The strangest thing about goats is if you have twenty miles of fence and there is only one hole in it, the goats will find it within 30 minutes and crawl thru it. But, once on the other side, it becomes invisible and they cannot find it again to come home.
This is so true. If you get dwarfs it's even worse. They'll hang their heads up in fences fairly often and you have to get them out. If you bud them (de-horn) then you risk infection and tetanus.
For some reason they are trainable though. The dwarfs are easily trained and can be pets, but can be obnoxious at times since they're demanding when they want attention. The milk is quite tasty in coffee and makes great cheese. BBQed goat (barbecoa) is also good. There are a number of recipes for goat and illegals have even jumped our fence trying to steal the babies for food. That doesn't go over well of course. :rofl:
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goat meat is low in cholesterol and fat but it is very juicy when cooked right....99% of it goes to the ethnic market. It's too expensive for us to eat
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My grand father had milk goats we would slaughter the kids when they were pretty young and granny always found a way to make them tasty.
My favourite was always the liver.
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My grand father had milk goats we would slaughter the kids when they were pretty young and granny always found a way to make them tasty.
My favourite was always the liver.
Did you have it with a nice chianti and fabba beans? :rofl:
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Lol!
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Did you have it with a nice chianti and fabba beans? :rofl:
*like*
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Somebody's trying too hard:
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