[Ag-eq] Goats

[Susan Roe]

Well, people keep the gilded goats and use them for clearing brush, pulling 
small carts or companion animals for larger animals like horses and such. 
We took Homer in as a starter goat.  I know that sounds odd, but we had 
never had anything to do with goats and since we wanted 1 or 2 for milking, 
there is a lot more detailed work involved with breeding, birthing, raising 
the babies and milking.  We weren't even sure about the basics and I didn't 
want us to jump in with both feet and sink up to our who haws and not know 
what we were doing.  Who knew, once we got a goat, we might not even like 
fooling with it.  A guilded goat is just your basic goat.  Nothing fancy, 
nothing time consumeing, just basiccare and feeding.  Now we know we like 
goats and it is easy to get them on a routine and fitted into your everyday 
schedules.

So...we are now looking for a young female and we'll go from there.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 1:13 PM
Subject: [Ag-eq] Goats


> Are there reasons for keeping a gelded goat?  It doesn't sound like you 
> mean to eat him.  He sounds really nice.  I like goats.  They have a lot 
> of character.
> Tracy
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