Jeff Owens wrote:
> Goats make good fence testers and older male
> goats can be dangerous.
Have any experience with them and say bamboo (potentially used for
fencing)?
> Neighbors dogs and goats don't mix
> very well and is a serious problem.
Actually I will have a dog or two. How about goats raised around dogs
from a very young age? On another note, *I* wouldn't mix well with
neighbor's dogs. My personal feeling is that dogs should not be free to
roam and wreak havoc elsewhere.
> Goats also like to eat
> the bark off of some trees and this is a problem in the
> orchard. Some sheep do this also. On the other hand, i
> think running a grazing animal through orchards is a great
> disease and pest control.
How do you prevent it with your sheep?
> In this area the small goat breeds with spinning wool (hair)
> are becoming quite popular. The little males still think
> they are King Kong and children need to learn this quickly.
Do they produce enough to make the wool a serious consideration?
quality?
> The down side is time. Having goats takes
> time and for us could not be justified by economics. Goats
> are more like family and a labor of love.
Did they take that much more than your sheep? Other than milking, what
were the real differences vying for your time?
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