Does anyone raise goats?

Nex
Nex Posts: 36
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I need them for brush clearing. Is the a worthwhile thing?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,553
    @lightman1


    B)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,645
    I hate goats.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,598
    edited October 2023
    If you tether them like a dog that works but with free run they will eat your car bumper and everything else not to mention climbing on shtuff. But they taste good over an open fire basted in apple juice.
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  • stangman67
    stangman67 Posts: 2,289
    My parents raised a GOAT
    2 Channel in my home attic/bar/man cave

    2 Channel Focal Kanta 3 I Modwright SWL9.0 Anniversary Pre I Modwright PH9.0X I Modwright KWA-150SE I VPI Prime Signature w/ Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC I Lumin U2 Mini I North Star Designs Intenso DAC I Audience OHNO ICs/Audience Furutech FP-S55N and FP-S032N Power Cables/Acoustic Zen Satori I Isotek Sirius
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,059
    Tom Brady, Jerry Rice? Whatcha talking here....
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,107
    I LOWER goats.
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 1,918
    There are no goat forums, eh?

    Brian

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    edited October 2023
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    ^^^ Goats.

    We have several friends who have goats. I think they're pretty low maintenance.
    They've got weird eyes, though. They creep me out.

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    This is Benson. He is a goat. A pretty pleasant one, at that.
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    His buddies (to the right in the photo above) are Zeke & Zorro. They are not goats.

    I am a biologist, so you can trust me on that. B)

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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,784
    Don't know about raising goats, I prefer a more casual dating experience
    Sal Palooza
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  • stangman67
    stangman67 Posts: 2,289
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    Tom Brady, Jerry Rice? Whatcha talking here....

    Me obviously
    2 Channel in my home attic/bar/man cave

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,116
    That's twice now - what the heck's a GOAT?!?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,553
    msg wrote: »
    That's twice now - what the heck's a GOAT?!?

    A ROWDY hardheaded Sheep!
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 1,918
    Goats, sheep and chicken (dentures). What the heck is happening around here?! 😂

    Brian

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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,598
    msg wrote: »
    That's twice now - what the heck's a GOAT?!?

    Greatest Of All Time.
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    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
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    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

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  • Nex
    Nex Posts: 36
    edited October 2023
    bcwsrt wrote: »
    There are no goat forums, eh?

    I found this but it's too advanced

    https://www.thegoatspot.net/
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,116
    audioluvr wrote: »
    msg wrote: »
    That's twice now - what the heck's a GOAT?!?

    Greatest Of All Time.

    No, not Zach.
    (lol I keel me)
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,116
    Nex wrote: »
    bcwsrt wrote: »
    There are no goat forums, eh?

    I found this but it's too advanced

    https://www.thegoatspot.net/

    no way I'm clickin' that.
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,059
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
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    ^^^ Goats.

    We have several friends who have goats. I think they're pretty low maintenance.
    They've got weird eyes, though. They creep me out.

    kl4j0h3pfg9i.png


    This is Benson. He is a goat. A pretty pleasant one, at that.
    52066294301_41bd693478_b.jpg

    His buddies (to the right in the photo above) are Zeke & Zorro. They are not goats.

    I am a biologist, so you can trust me on that. B)

    Dude, you have the coolest stuff at your house!
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,116
    msg wrote: »
    audioluvr wrote: »
    msg wrote: »
    That's twice now - what the heck's a GOAT?!?

    Greatest Of All Time.

    No, not Zach.
    (lol I keel me)

    @stangman67 Zach! laugh! you sob!
    we're hilarious!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    ...

    Dude, you have the coolest stuff at your house!

    Nice of you to say, but the red goats aren't from around here -- they're from the internet. :/
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  • Nex
    Nex Posts: 36
    It's just a serious forum for farmers I guess. I just want to know if it's worth it to put a goat out in my yard not all that other stuff.
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,141
    I baby sat my bud's goat Cleo for a week in my backyard when my bud went on vacation years ago. All day long Cleo would munch on poison ivy and briar bushes. In that one week he cleaned up a lot of brush and saved me the effort. The only time Cleo would stop munching was when I went out with banana peels or corn cobs. Those things were a delicacy to him.

    Another friend that owned a sawmill had a morass of brush surrounding his mill. His fix was to get a goat and chain it to an old spare time. After the goat cleared a spot in the briars Joe would heave the spare tire as far as he could into the briars and wait a few more days till that spot got eaten. Goats are nature's own brush hogs and it's amazing what they can eat especially since they do not have upper teeth.
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  • msg
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    @motorstereo - Wow! That is truly interesting. I did not know this. Was this intentional, or really just babysitting Cleo with an efficient side benefit?

    You too @audioluvr - have you had goats?

    What would one do with a goat or few after the work is done? Aside from the apple sauce idea, I mean. I suppose they could be rehomed, but that seems exploitive. I guess it might be kind of like what I've seen a couple of times with families having dogs and hunting hounds penned. Didn't understand this, and it seemed a bit cruel. Is this a normal "working animals" kind of thing? Hounds and goats sometimes deemed lesser, and just tools?
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,141
    msg wrote: »
    @motorstereo - Wow! That is truly interesting. I did not know this. Was this intentional, or really just babysitting Cleo with an efficient side benefit?

    Yes I knew Cleo would be a brush cleaning machine like no other. He made the trip here in the back of my very beat up looking 78 Dodge pickup. I sure got some looks with Cleo in the back and his long beard blowing in the breeze just looking around. He really was a cool animal.
    My boss at the time was showing his modified race car at a local car dealership where he was signing autographs etc. Cleo, his owner and I made the trip to see him along with a crate of spoiled bananas. Former boss was not impressed as Cleo eating spoiled bananas in the back of a beat up pickup with a couple of rednecks didn't quite fit in with his agenda.
    Those were the days; sadly both my good friend and Cleo have since passed.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,598
    msg wrote: »
    You too @audioluvr - have you had goats?

    Yes.
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,116
    That's a cool and funny story. I'm sorry to hear about your buddy and Cleo, though.

    Now I kinda want a goat! Seems like you'd want 2 at least, for some company. For the goats, I mean.

    I agree with Doc on the weird eyes, though.

    Also...
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    @Nex - so what have you learned? Brief skim reading indicates there's more to it than just picking up 'a' goat, which seem to cost between $50 to $300 to $800. Reputable breeders, papers, care and housing, enough property, preventing escape, city ordinances... I wonder if there are fees for goats. Vet bills - they get worms easily, apparently.

    Just for property maintenance, pets, meat or milk?

    Do only mountain goats climb stuff? Could I put out stacked crates for them to use to get onto the roof of the house or shed?

    What kind?
    What about scapegoats?
    Or even Escapegoats?
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,107
    Scott is on the deep web looking at goat dating sites.

    He will be back to Club Polk in 2025.
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,141
    Yes they are jumpers. Another friend of mine had a goat and he jumped on his convertible with the top up punching through and completely destroying the top. Same goat hopped on the hood of the local deputy sheriff's vehicle when it pulled up one day. I was in my teens back then and found that particular incident hilarious. In today's world there would no doubt be a lawsuit for that scratched up hood. As cool as goats are I wouldn't want the responsibility of owning one unless I lived far from civilization. Another thing to keep in mind is they would have no problem impaling their owner with their horns even after petting and feeding them; they just do not care.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,116
    Hahahahahaa! Dyin' at both of those stories!

    They're starting to sound very unpredictable and psychotic.

    So, ROWDY sheep, just like Ivan said!

    That is very valuable information.

    Rob - is this why your goat ownership is past tense? Did you eat them one by one in front of those remaining as warnings apparently unheeded?
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