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Goats
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:39 pm
OK, so I moved back to Tennessee. We have some land that I can mess around with. I plan on having a kick arse garden, a bee hive and plan on raising a few chickens and ducks.
Not sure I have the land for them, but I am still curious what the hell goats are used for? The only good thing we used them for was breaking coon dogs from chasing deer.
BUT, everywhere I look I see people selling goats. What the hell do you use them for? Milk? Eat them? Cut the grass? Burn up money with feed and med's? What? I can't figure out what their purpose is.
Not sure I have the land for them, but I am still curious what the hell goats are used for? The only good thing we used them for was breaking coon dogs from chasing deer.
BUT, everywhere I look I see people selling goats. What the hell do you use them for? Milk? Eat them? Cut the grass? Burn up money with feed and med's? What? I can't figure out what their purpose is.
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Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:40 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
Lawn mowers and cheese
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:41 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
Goat is very tasty if nothing else. Roast a leg for barbacoa. Yum.
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:42 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
They keep the brush and undergrowth tame.
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:42 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
Thought about this earlier today actually
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:43 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
bow targets
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:47 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
I wanted to get some as pasture pets and to keep the brush mowed down so I dont have to bush hog as often. My wife vetoed that real quick. I was going to get some fainting goats because that would be funny as hell when your sober and piss your pants funny when you're drunk.
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:53 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
There is a meat market for them and a pretty good one to. Where a couple years ago they sold for 35$ or so every sale now I see the same goats going for 80$
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:53 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
Goats need nothing special. They eat weeds that cows don't eat. Just make sure you have something for them to stand on, even if its a concrete block or old car. They need to get off the ground for an hour or two a day to dry their hooves out(I think that's why anyway).
They will keep brush and briars down. Keep them on a concrete block with a leash and move it around the ditch banks or fence lines for weedeating.
They will keep brush and briars down. Keep them on a concrete block with a leash and move it around the ditch banks or fence lines for weedeating.
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:54 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
They will eat anything. Great for clearing land. Goat milk, goat cheese. They're edible as well. With more mexicans in the US, they have skyrocketed in price. Growing up, you couldn't give one away, now they cost 75 and up.
eta- you can also make lotions and soaps from their milk. Bees, you get honey, can make soaps and candles out of their wax too. A quart of honey goes for about 10-12 bucks now. Local honey is great for helping to curb allergies too. Also, chickens will lay an egg a day most of the time. They'll slow at times, and usually will quit laying after about 2 yrs, give or take a little bit. Then it's suppertime. Just let them set on a clutch to hatch before they do. White leghorns will start laying in about 16 weeks to 18 weeks.
eta- you can also make lotions and soaps from their milk. Bees, you get honey, can make soaps and candles out of their wax too. A quart of honey goes for about 10-12 bucks now. Local honey is great for helping to curb allergies too. Also, chickens will lay an egg a day most of the time. They'll slow at times, and usually will quit laying after about 2 yrs, give or take a little bit. Then it's suppertime. Just let them set on a clutch to hatch before they do. White leghorns will start laying in about 16 weeks to 18 weeks.
This post was edited on 12/29/12 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:57 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
quote:Bobby Q
I can't figure out what their purpose is.
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:58 pm to Nodust
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Just make sure you have something for them to stand on, even if its a concrete block or old car.
I learned this the hard way. Had a college buddy that owned a few of them. Went to his farm to drink one weekend and his freaking goat (Mulch was goats name) scratched the hell out of my truck. Woke up and the damn thing was laying down on top of my pick up.
I would have killed the damn thing but he was real good at putting our coon dogs in their place. Never had one run a deer after a few days cooped up with Mulch.
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:59 pm to Ole Geauxt
make it into a "farm", and use that as a tax deduction.
i've seen folks use their deer corn as a claim.
no i don't have a farm.
i've seen folks use their deer corn as a claim.
no i don't have a farm.
Posted on 12/29/12 at 7:59 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
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What? I can't figure out what their purpose is.
If you can train one to back up, you've got a gold mine.
Posted on 12/29/12 at 8:03 pm to lsufan112001
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make it into a "farm", and use that as a tax deduction.
This. (I think you have to have 10 acres or more for a farm deduction.) With a couple of goats and chickens, and enough acreage, you qualify for it.
Posted on 12/29/12 at 8:05 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
How does a goat break a coon dog from chasing deer? Wouldn't it break the dog from chasing goats?
Posted on 12/29/12 at 8:05 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
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The only good thing we used them for was breaking coon dogs from chasing deer.
Someone splain this to me...
Posted on 12/29/12 at 8:05 pm to Vol Fan in the Bayou
There's also the fact that people are making specialty cheeses and stuff from the milk but you can't buy it raw with all the stupid pasteurization laws. So you either do it yourself or you don't get to eat the good stuff.
Plus they eat pretty damn good and with all the Mexicans flooding across that market is only growing.
And they eat anything and are generally easy to keep.
Plus they eat pretty damn good and with all the Mexicans flooding across that market is only growing.
And they eat anything and are generally easy to keep.
Posted on 12/29/12 at 8:05 pm to 4X4DEMON
Goats can be ornery.
Posted on 12/29/12 at 8:08 pm to 4X4DEMON
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How does a goat break a coon dog from chasing deer? Wouldn't it break the dog from chasing goats?
I honestly wondered the same thing, but for what ever reason it worked. Those dogs would get head butted enough that they never followed another deer. Don't ask me how it works, it just did. Maybe the smell is similar? I still don't get it.
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