RadishRose
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Oh my Dawg, too funny. But some of those mean men scaring them on purpose ticked me off.
All Goats, All The Time
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RadishRose
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That ok @Marie , there were only a few. The rest was so cute!
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hawkdon
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That is such a strange phenomonen.....don't know why that
happens.......
happens.......
They won't have to mow the lawn for a week or so.
RadishRose
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Rent A Ruminant
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The goats have returned to clear out Cedar Creek that runs through downtown Navasota. The City of Navasota has hired us to help with maintaining the vegetation along the creek which goes along with their green space initiative.
103 views Sep 30, 2022
The goats have returned to clear out Cedar Creek that runs through downtown Navasota. The City of Navasota has hired us to help with maintaining the vegetation along the creek which goes along with their green space initiative.
StarSong
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That's pretty amazing.
StarSong
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I wouldn't have known that was supposed to be a goat. Still can't see a goat in there, to be honest. If asked, I would have speculated that it was meant to be a devil or demon.
March is just around the corner....time to "Go Fly a Goat"!
Never figured out how to see hidden pictures in "magic eye" posters either, so perhaps it's just me. ("Just relax your eyes," people would say. What? Other than closing them, I don't know how to relax my eyes. Nor can I relax my ears, for that matter.)
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Near Quesnel, BC they’re using goats for a few weeks to remove underbrush from fire prone areas.
https://www.quesnelobserver.com/new...I1vHLd_9KMhOh1idgxwexhuLFHm15dXPmAwrqQoMUpsUw
https://www.quesnelobserver.com/new...I1vHLd_9KMhOh1idgxwexhuLFHm15dXPmAwrqQoMUpsUw
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Magna-Carta
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Haha! I didn't know about Fainting Goats - looked them up.
Some goats have a hereditary genetic disorder which causes brief panic attacks.
Sad, but it's hard not to laugh.
Some are bred like that, for the amusement of humans. They don't faint as such, their muscles simply seize up.
StarSong
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How sad is that...
StarSong
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Indeed there is.What a great idea.
I wonder if there’s such a thing as
Rent -a-goat?
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Really. I need a few. I shall genuinely look into this. Thanks Starsong.
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RadishRose
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MsFox
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They have used Boer meat goats around here for years to keep the underbrush and weeds under control along the river banks. They have had a few escapes in the past, but that was remedied by adding more highly trained herd dogs. The towns pay the goatherds $30K for a few weeks, plus goatherders sell off the weathers in the late fall. It adds up to a win win for the meat goat herders.
The public has to be reminded every year, that the goats and dogs are there to work and not to pet. Goats are nibblers and not grazers. They prefer stripping brush and small trees. If you want grass mowed, then you would want a sheep herd.
In one area, this spring, they used temporary electric fencing above the banks, and were able to control over 1000 goats with two herders and no herd dogs, just one pet dog, an old retired sheep dog to entertain the little kids while their mamas worked, and greet the visiting children and they could pet him and keep a distance and not distract the working goats.
The public has to be reminded every year, that the goats and dogs are there to work and not to pet. Goats are nibblers and not grazers. They prefer stripping brush and small trees. If you want grass mowed, then you would want a sheep herd.
In one area, this spring, they used temporary electric fencing above the banks, and were able to control over 1000 goats with two herders and no herd dogs, just one pet dog, an old retired sheep dog to entertain the little kids while their mamas worked, and greet the visiting children and they could pet him and keep a distance and not distract the working goats.
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Paco Dennis
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This is "Buckminster". We borrowed him from local friends to sire our does.
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This is our bunch of our does with their little ones.
