tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post6282517364541492720..comments2024-02-29T10:26:56.584-05:00Comments on Ohiofarmgirl's Adventures In The Good Land: Five things I do not like about goats.Ohiofarmgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-80857487897571451342015-02-12T21:13:56.507-05:002015-02-12T21:13:56.507-05:00Love the Goodwife's comment! She's a goat ...Love the Goodwife's comment! She's a goat sucker like me! Mine are needy, noisy, but only minimally destructive, and I have to say, their love and loyalty is heart melting. They are the only critters here, dog included, that will leave their food just to be with me. They are soul suckers, just by looking deep into my eyes which they do at every opportunity. How can you not love something that worships your every move, especially after they willingly come into the milking room, jump on the stanchion, and give all that milk, plus I take all their lovely sons for meat? Positively sacred to Biblical proportion animals, in my opinion. And, they cost me next to nothing to feed, as in the warmer months the herd is a hiking companion, clearing all the invasives in field and forest, in winter, eat the hay from our own fields. <br /> Frannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919701891208320612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-24267202987728317182015-02-12T11:16:05.304-05:002015-02-12T11:16:05.304-05:00I love, love my goats! I did a blog post recently...I love, love my goats! I did a blog post recently about how much and the top 10 reasons goats are better than cows.....lol!<br /><br />I just adore them, and think they are even 10 times better than dogs....there I said it! I guess we've just been lucky as our aren't the least destructive, or hard to keep in with hot wire. Mama Messhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541998872594946053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-38424285666208131342015-02-09T15:35:05.741-05:002015-02-09T15:35:05.741-05:00This is the second "goat hating" post I&...This is the second "goat hating" post I've read today. Where do I sign up? ;-)Cat Eye Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02858322427127791100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-26497287019272307892015-02-07T05:42:56.083-05:002015-02-07T05:42:56.083-05:00Goats are something we might consider in the futur...Goats are something we might consider in the future when we have moved to New Zealand but cows might just be easier for us especially since we will be setting up from scratch and will only have electric fences.Fiona from Arbordale Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05196630415124998431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-42646509730719158092015-02-07T01:26:01.949-05:002015-02-07T01:26:01.949-05:00is it possible to dehydrate blackberry leaves and ...is it possible to dehydrate blackberry leaves and store for the polio prone goat?deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-78960076265233503532015-02-07T00:43:38.924-05:002015-02-07T00:43:38.924-05:00They ate the key out of the ignition on my forklif...They ate the key out of the ignition on my forklift. Now I have to start it with a pocket knife...buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-50075184680967357572015-02-06T14:56:51.368-05:002015-02-06T14:56:51.368-05:00It is a relief that we no longer keep goats....but...It is a relief that we no longer keep goats....but I would not say forever would we never have anymore. What I mean is, that it would not surprise me if we did decide to do goats again, but we would start off with two little ones, train them to the leash and tether straight off so that they do the work on the farm we need them to do. I miss goat milk and goat cheese, so maybe, at some point in the future, we might try again! But with only two females and a male. Maybe!......Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-85030409020083609052015-02-06T12:04:17.131-05:002015-02-06T12:04:17.131-05:00I adore them, as well as my pigs.Sure, they are ne...I adore them, as well as my pigs.Sure, they are needy and noisy, but also very trainable, and working with the pig herd have cleared tons of bramble, multiflora rose, and goldenrod, opening up and fertilizing new acreage for vegetables and pasture. I love the milk, yogurt, and cheese, and the meat from the bucklings. Only livestock I'm not crazy about here are the chickens, I don't hate them but just find them uninteresting. But then again, I'm that nutty farmer lady riding her horse into my woods with 15 or so goats and about 8 pigs following me behind.Frannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919701891208320612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789865586418282697.post-33261696276849796242015-02-06T11:32:43.489-05:002015-02-06T11:32:43.489-05:00We have a love/hate relationship here with the goa...We have a love/hate relationship here with the goats. I love them, while I am in the house.....then I remember about the fence I have to repair, or the gate that needs replaced, or the hay feeder I need to re-hang, and the countless buckets of warm water I have to haul out on these frigid days....then.... I hate the goats all over again. *sigh* I DO love the milk and cheese though...Heavens Door Acreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614854227889527035noreply@blogger.com