Who Has Goats?
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And, you don’t eat goat eggs.
COSMIC (At table after dinner): Girls, you just ate Fluffy!
My dad killed one of my sister's pet rabbits for supper when we were teens, she wasn't very impressed.
They taste like stringy chicken.
They really are very cool. When the girls were younger at living at home, their job was the animals. They were regular Ellie May Clampets with the animals.
Now, I am just not as motivated to do it. I am more interested in making wine and growing more fruit... for wine, ha ha.
A peach tree has never clobbered me when my back was turned.
Now, I am just not as motivated to do it. I am more interested in making wine and growing more fruit... for wine, ha ha.
A peach tree has never clobbered me when my back was turned.
If it was more than a yearling, then yeh. You have to get them when they are young.
They are much healthier than chicken, and more moist and just falls apart when you touch it with your fork. The most easily digested meat there is.
Aaaaahh!! You had to post a video of my most hated enemy: the pigeon!
I've chickens wandering the yard most of my life, my grandad had goats. He would have me over to help catch them if need be. My best friend growing up had a big operation, they made money.. at a time. Mostly selling at auctions and to people around who bought them for BBQs. There was a guy running a Jamaican resturant who bought them regularly.
Funny story.. This guy showed up at my friends place, in a purple Cadillac, to buy a goat. We were all a little confused at first until he pulled a High Point 45 out of his waist band. This guy acted real tough.. but after 30 seconds of trying to pull the trigger, he asked my friend to do if for him. We loaded that goat right up in the trunk and he took off to set up the block party.
Funny story.. This guy showed up at my friends place, in a purple Cadillac, to buy a goat. We were all a little confused at first until he pulled a High Point 45 out of his waist band. This guy acted real tough.. but after 30 seconds of trying to pull the trigger, he asked my friend to do if for him. We loaded that goat right up in the trunk and he took off to set up the block party.
My family turns down anything other than beef, chicken, or pork. But, IMO other meats are mostly inferior.. so I see what they mean. I ate a lot of deer meat Hamburger Helper and such growing up, I usually resented it to some degree.
I can see where it has a lot to do with which goats you choose to eat.. same thing with deer.
I can see where it has a lot to do with which goats you choose to eat.. same thing with deer.
You're implying that I want to drink the disgusting, putrid, awful milk - or eat any of the products made from such - produced by those ugly creatures. You would be wrong. Wifey loves goat milk and goat cheese. I do not. Been there, done that, no ah ah.
I'll eat duck & Guinea fowl meat & eggs freely.
I really don't see how you'd really make much money off of goats. There's really not much of a demand for their meat, and competing with the Piggly Wiggly in Birmingham selling half goats for less than $40 bucks, the money it takes to keep, feed, and tend to goats... you'd be lucky to make your money back.
To be honest, I don't like any milk, from any animals, really. But, it does make a very nice cheese. But, you're not going to get rich off of that either.
People that keep goats, tend to just have a love of animals. Like dogs, if you treat them as such, you don't even really need a fence... maybe one around your cars, ha ha,
There was a guy in North Carolina that went around and bought up all of the 4H goats that were raised as "projects." He then rented them out to clear people's land, because they'll even eat poison ivy. But, if you saw how he had to live with hundreds of goats, you'd see quickly that he wasn't getting rich.
Vet bills, feed, time, space, hay, smell, more hay, it all adds up. Did I mention feed?
Growing up, I had horses for a while. Ohhh, I could tell stories about how stupid and ingenious those things are. But, when I inherited the farm, it just seemed natural to get animals. So... goats... but, you'll also want to keep in mind that they are a 16+ year commitment. That's longer than most dogs. And, you can't just "try" goats. It's a decade and a half commitment.
If you want to make money... alpacas. My wife's cousin lives in Virginia and rakes in a quarter mil a year off of just selling their wool. They smell better, and they're really cool, like big dogs. And, there's a huge market for their wool.
To be honest, I don't like any milk, from any animals, really. But, it does make a very nice cheese. But, you're not going to get rich off of that either.
People that keep goats, tend to just have a love of animals. Like dogs, if you treat them as such, you don't even really need a fence... maybe one around your cars, ha ha,
There was a guy in North Carolina that went around and bought up all of the 4H goats that were raised as "projects." He then rented them out to clear people's land, because they'll even eat poison ivy. But, if you saw how he had to live with hundreds of goats, you'd see quickly that he wasn't getting rich.
Vet bills, feed, time, space, hay, smell, more hay, it all adds up. Did I mention feed?
Growing up, I had horses for a while. Ohhh, I could tell stories about how stupid and ingenious those things are. But, when I inherited the farm, it just seemed natural to get animals. So... goats... but, you'll also want to keep in mind that they are a 16+ year commitment. That's longer than most dogs. And, you can't just "try" goats. It's a decade and a half commitment.
If you want to make money... alpacas. My wife's cousin lives in Virginia and rakes in a quarter mil a year off of just selling their wool. They smell better, and they're really cool, like big dogs. And, there's a huge market for their wool.
I'm mostly looking for a hobby. An opportunity to get my son involved with something, at least semi productive.. But really the big advantage is the grass they mow, less Bush hogging.
Well, it seems to be a thing here:
Meat Goat Production | Sheep and Goats | Government of Saskatchewan
Use these guidelines and considerations for your business in meat goat production, including market overview, management decisions and relevant costs.
www.saskatchewan.ca
Or the gov't wants it to be a thing; if either, there must be something in it otherwise they'd not encourage it. ?
Another bit:
Sask. family not sheepish about raising goats | The Western Producer
DINSMORE, Sask. — Kristie Lawes said she is not shy about trying new projects on the family farm, which gets her a glancing look from husband Jason.
www.producer.com
I'd say go for it. If things go to shit, at least your own family will be provided for: milk, dairy, meat... A cow might produce more but they also demand so much more human labour.
There's a boy that lives close to the farm. I don't live at the farm. I'm in town, and the farm is about five miles from me. Anyways, he started coming by and watching me plant corn. I learned that he was from New Jersey, New York, or somewhere all clustered up like that. His family had moved out here to get away from the crap and raise their kids rural. Anyway, he starts off by asking a bunch of questions, and then just dropping by to see what I was doing. I tried to hire him several times, but he wasn't interested. Then he just stopped. So, I dropped by his place to check on him, out of curiosity, and talked to his father. His father had told him that if he learned how to make money off the land, that he would finance anything he wanted to do, within reason. Then he started showing up at the farmers market with bushels of fruit, guava jams, flowers, tomatoes by the truck load. He had researched all of the things that sold for the highest prices and had high demand, and he was raking it in. His dad didn't look like the type to get dirty, but this kid was the most respectful, good natured kid... you just wanted to give him money. He went from getting in trouble in the city to ruling the farmer's market, before he was even 16. There's some virtue in working off the land.
There's also the moral of the story that big cities sux and they're no longer where the best opportunities for people are.
Were you diggin on the radio too?
I don't have goats as there's no room for them in my one bedroom flat?, I know the bass player from Nirvana Krist Novoselic keeps them.
I've raised goats, they're smelly, spiteful b******s
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