Goats?

**Caminofeld** · 03-06-2016, 10:19 PM

Hello all, I'm building a temporary goat enclosure this week and will soon be shopping around for at least 2 goats for weed/tangle control, milk, and to interact with the kids and dog.

Does anyone have any helpful advice for picking a goat, raising a goat, etc? Any interesting goat stories? Pictures?

**barnett468** · 03-06-2016, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by Caminofeld

Does anyone have any helpful advice for picking a goat,

Yes, get the one that kisses the best.

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**86T3** · 03-06-2016, 11:13 PM

Goats are the craziest animals I've ever been around. You can't keep them in the ground, they climb everything. We were picking up some used motor oil yesterday and the people had a goat. It jumped up on a trailer, then onto the fence, walked 6 feet on the fence (an inch wide board) then jumped off. It walked out the their kawasaki mule, jumped in, got on the seat, climbed through the windshield area and stood on the hood. They said sometimes the find it on top of their horse trailers, it jumps on the hood of the truck and walks on 5o the cab, and then jumps on the trailer. They're bat

crazy. And they eat everything, my old boss had one and it ate all his mom's flowers and bushes. They're just trouble makers and you can't teach them anything. They go where they want and will probably

or piss know they're get there. Fun animals but you'll learn why the phrase is stubborn as a goat

**86T3** · 03-06-2016, 11:23 PM

I forgot the craziest thing, they said my truck was safe because it's white. He will climb anything except if it's white. Crazy animals

**onformula1** · 03-06-2016, 11:27 PM

I have heard some crazy goat stories, but they must be trainable because there is a guy down the street from me that has a goat and dog and they ride around in a SUV with there heads sticking out the window, he has a sticker of a dog on his back window and a goat on the other side..LOL. He also walks it on a leash and takes the goat to the dog park.

**El Camexican** · 03-07-2016, 02:11 AM

My friend has 400 female Boer goats on his ranch to do the landscaping. No males, or he'd have 4,000 in no time. As said they can and will climb anything. I don't think I'd trust a goat with kids, at least not a Billy. I could be wrong, but anything with horns and a brain the size of a pea is off my kid friendly list.

**barnett468** · 03-07-2016, 02:22 AM

Originally Posted by Caminofeld

...will soon be shopping around for at least 2 goats for weed/tangle control, milk, and to interact with the kids and dog.

Does anyone have any helpful advice for picking a goat,

Pictures?

.................................................. .......................... MINI GOAT

**Scootertrash** · 03-07-2016, 08:41 AM

I'd be a little sheepish about getting one off of craigslist. You never know if the goat was stolen and the seller was on the lamb.

**3 Wheel Drive** · 03-07-2016, 09:49 AM

My dad said his goat nearly killed him in the late 60's...

Some owners claim they will eat anything that challenges them: rabbits, jaguars, cobras, eagles, cougars, impallas, vipers, road runners, mustangs etc.... They have also been known to snack on bugs like: spiders, beetles, scorpions and hornets.

**atctim** · 03-07-2016, 09:50 AM

That goat's got devil eyes!

**tripledog** · 03-07-2016, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by Scootertrash

I'd be a little sheepish about getting one off of craigslist. You never know if the goat was stolen and the seller was on the lamb.

Have you got mutton better to say? That was baaaaahhhdd!

**atc007** · 03-07-2016, 02:03 PM

If you get a male. Band it immediately. I have farmed my entire life,and like T3 said. Goats are in a whole nother category of their own. Unfixed males piss on themselves, when nervous, drink it,straight. The good/nice clean ones,lay in their excrement. They are a dirty animal. They are also absolutely awesome. If you can fence them in,do not have anything near enough to the fence for them to jump out over the fence. They will. They will amaze you with their climbing and balancing skills. All they need to eat is earth and water. If we actually get a winter, hay. I went to buy goat feed at Tractor supply,mainly for treats. The lady said, you do know they will just eat hay,weeds and grass and snow all winter and be fine? I said yeah lol. She had them all her life. Milking goats seem to be the nicest. But I have a lil fainter right now I get a real kick out of.

**Scootertrash** · 03-07-2016, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by tripledog

Have you got mutton better to say? That was baaaaahhhdd!

I knew I couldn't pull the wool over your eyes!

**tripledog** · 03-07-2016, 02:20 PM

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

**cr480r** · 03-07-2016, 03:34 PM

We currently have 4 nigerian dwarfs. 3 of them were bottle fed kids that we got at 3 days old. The better the place you have to keep them the easier it will be. They can be sensitive to diet changes and prone to illness when kept in small pens.. We lost one early on by not knowing how to identify rumen issues. Need to stay on top of it when they get ill. Haven't had any problems since moving them to a larger pen with a variety of feed. They can be quite destructive if they get loose. They will also eat bark off some trees, so keep that in mind when choosing a location for the pen They don't seem to do well alone so buy two. Mine have been fine with children, but they are dwarfs.. Our female is more aggressive than our wethers.

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