Goats?

[Scootertrash]

You mean thighs... you did mention being on the lamb.

Well, I figgered I should at least buy you dinner and a couple drinks before we went that far

[tripledog]

Well, I figgered I should at least buy you dinner and a couple drinks before we went that far

Wow, the yarns we are spinning are derailing this thread.

[Scootertrash]

Well, we tend to be a pretty close knit group around here. A little needling comes with the territory.

[tripledog]

I can't compete with ewe Scooter!

[Scootertrash]

Dude, you and I need to get together for beers sometime! We'd have a blast! It would be shear lunacy! Probably drive our wimmenz nutz with all the puns and bad jokes, but it would be a blast! My wife is pretty used to it, but I still get the occasional eye roll from time to time.

I do have two goat stories, just to prove I'm not here to only derail this thread:

A buddy had 2 mini goats for awhile. eat everything, climb on everything, and when they wanted to play, think butting heads, you would put your foot up and they would head butt th ebottom of your foot. When they didi that you pushed back as hard as you could with your foot. After you got them started they didn't want to quit. You have to watch your back for awhile when you were done.

A guy I was doing some yard work for had a full size goat, meaning his head came up a few inches shy of my shoulder. His name was Derek. He would come running when you called him and follow you around the yard just like a dog. He would play chase with the owners black lab, it was funny as hell. He would chase the dog and play butt him, the dog would chase him around the yard and then Derek would jump or climb up on something where the dog couldn't follow. The dog would start to walk away after a few minutes, Derek would jump down, play butt him in the hinder again and it would start all over.

I think the lab had gotten a couple of good solid head butts from Derek, because there were times when the lab was chasing Derek and he would abruptly turn around and put his head down and the lab would be like "OH SH!T!!!" and turn around and high tail it. Great cartoons!

[tripledog]

Sure, blame it on the goat.

http://www.marketmenot.com/geico-scr...at-commercial/

[Caminofeld]

Sure, blame it on the goat.

http://www.marketmenot.com/geico-scr...at-commercial/

Personally I blame it on the rain...

[Caminofeld]

Thanks guys, tomorrow is my first day of pen-building. I'll get some pics up when I get it done.

In the evening I'm driving to look at 2 goat kids for sale…one is a Nubian/Boer doeling and the other is an Alpine buckling. I'm steering towards the Boers though, because I want something big enough that it won't get eaten by a fox (I've seen some huge ones on my property). It sounds like they will probably be good with kids and dogs if they are raised around them, so I have high hopes.

I scored a large free shed off CL and my plan is to rebuild it next to the chicken coop with a large pen by late Fall. For now I'm going to pen them in the back part of my yard; which is plagued by unbelievable tangle. I'm going to use livestock panel for the fencing and make a temporary run-in insulated with straw. I think the panels will be great because I can easily move the enclosure to prevent overgrazing and work my way around the property to clear some brush.

[tripledog]

Personally I blame it on the rain...

You mean the song title isn't "Blame it on Lorraine"? Bummer.