post goats
Is it bad that I want to trim it's goatee?
>>2069289
beats me
goat
>>2069322
best goat
>>2069292
>bleats me
G.O.A.T. goat
>>2069504
at least it's not michael jordan
i've only just realised how quiet /an/ is compared to other boards
>>2069705
If by "compared to other boards" you mean /pol/, /b/, /lgbt/, and the various porn boards, yeah. It's only a bit slower than most of the others, though, and I've found it to be faster than, say, /po/. Besides, none of the other boards have goats.
>>2069710
/vp/ gets spammed pretty often with that condescending goat meme lately.
Fucking goats. How do they work?
>>2072308
This shit is the reason why things like Goat Simulator and Satanism exist.
what are the little neck noodles called
>>2072636
Wattles.
>>2070188
There's a big difference between a meme and a kid desperately trying to force a meme.
Greatest Of All Time
>>2076317
To make people ask questions.
>>2076317
I don't think the wattles have any sort of purpose apart from just being there.
>>2076355
>Asriel
>>2076355
i've watched it about 30 times now.
>>2076677
gote
>>2080142
fucking incredible
i want a goat but i don't have a suitable shelter for them
also i don't think i'd be able to get my hands on the correct foods apart from grains and apparently they can fuck wethers up
>>2082152
Most goats do just fine on plain grass hay. Grains and alfalfa are for lactating goats.
>>2082162
What kinds of hay constitute as grass hays? Most of the kinds I've looked up fall under legumes.
>>2082365
Different grasses thrive in different parts of the world. There are warm grasses and cool grasses. In the US I know of orchard, timothy, bermuda, rye, fescue, bluegrass, brome, uh, teff, uhm.... bluestem.... There's others but those are the most common ones I can think of.
>>2082152
Goats are not pets.
If you cannot keep multiple goats and provide them proper accommodation and feed them at bare minimum a healthy maintenance diet, you have no business even considering getting one.
Goats make good pets. They are social and bond readily to humans. Just because an animal has specialized needs doesn't mean they don't make good pets.
>>2082789
Yes, goats are wondeful animals with a lot of personality, but you can't keep them like you would keep a pet.
I don't care how 'bonded' your goat is to you, she will be miserable without a companion, and she'll let you know that and she'll let your neighbors know that and pretty soon you'll end up hating the goat.
If you like goats and you don't want to milk them or breed them or eat them, that's fine, but they require about as much dedication as a 'pet' horse and you need to be responsible in your care for them.
>>2082858
big goat
>>2082860
more goat.
>>2082800
I guess we have different definitions for the word "pet". I feel that livestock can definitely be a pet. Has more to do with how you feel about the animal than whether or not it lays on the couch with you (for instance).
Most goats need a companion. Not necessarily another goat, but a companion. One of the "specialized needs" of a herd animal. Most horses need a companion also. Not all do.
In their own way, goats are just as easy to keep as a cats or dogs. Same with chickens or pigs or sheep. Because of their size and the hoof-trimming requirements, I'm going to say horses are harder to keep than those smaller livestock. But plenty of people keep horses as pets, just the same.
Reptiles, amphibians, fish - they all have specialized needs as well. Not just as "reptiles" but as individual species, with their UV, humidity, calcium and other specialized requirements.
Cats need taurine. Dogs can't have onions. Goats need copper. Etcetera. The goat stuff is less-common knowledge in our culture but ask some 4-H kids in the goat program and they'll know this stuff like other kids know Pokemon.
>>2082879
Yes, I believe we do have different opinions on what a pet means.
For me, a pet is an animal that co-habitates with you in your home for the purpose of mutual companionship.
I believe you can keep animals not suited for domestic life as a hobby, and you can enjoy it, and the animals could be happy, but I personally would hesitate to call them pets.
>>2076677
But... how?
This thread suffers from a severe lack of Goat Towers.
Fuck that post evil au goats.
>>2083314
Got shit on Evil Asgore.
>>2083053
This conversation covers a lot of the reasons why I shouldn't own a goat, at least with where and how I currently live. Friendly or not herd animals won't truly be happy if there isn't more than one of them in one place. Taking care of ONE animal's something. Multiples are a whole new can of worms regardless of whether or not your parents had experience with livestock when they were younger and you live with them.
Plus, goats need shit to climb on because they like doing that sort of stuff. I haven't exactly got that much stuff lying around at this point in time, plus I'd need to find a way to either buy some sort of proper shelter or the materials needed to build one. You can't just empty that doorless shed that's filled with decade old clothes, line the bottom with bedding material and call it the Western Sydney bogan goat hotel of the future.
And where does the food go? Those fucking bales of whatever grass hay you feed them can't stay in a garage fourteen fucks full of cardboard and other shit your mum has for fuck knows why. Also don't you need to get some sort of elevated food source like a bucket or manger? From almost everything I've read it's better for goats when they don't have to bend down to chow down.
And given my stepdad's track record, he'd fuck up a goat. You can tell him that he can't press his fucking hand against the ungulate's goddamn head because that will encourage it to butt, but what good'll that do when he gave the fucking parakeet anger issues and a fear of hands by spoiling the fucker and chasing it in its cage with his hands when it was a baby?
And health shit. He can't even clip the dog's claws without getting the quick once and refusing to do it again out of fear. Yeah, goat hooves need to be trimmed around once every six months, not to mention the annual vaccinations against shit all pets need. Good luck getting him to take it to the vet when it needs to go despite how often I tell him the animals need their things done.
>>2083352
Having any pet is tricky/risky when you're co-habitating with people who are in a position to FSU. Whether it's sibs or parents or housemates. Even neighbors. My friend lost a goat to bloat when her neighbor threw a bunch of lawn and brush trimmings over the fence and it had some toxic plants in it.
Goats don't eat off the ground if they can help it at all because that's how they pick up internal parasites. So they're programmed to be repulsed by food on the ground. Hay goes in a wall-mounted feeder. And they waste a lot of it. But the side effect is that then it is bedding to lay on.
Bet you those cardboard boxes have Xmas decorations in them and clothes. Bet you.
275 gallon IBC tote makes a reasonable shelter for one regular-sized goat or two smaller goats, in most temperate climates.
Why are there no pack goats on here yet?
Goats in harness.
Rollin to prom in style.
Hoof trimming.
Goat skeletal anatomy
>>2083567
>>2083568
Fucking saved.
>>2083548
I remember reading something about the dangers of goats eating short grass and parasites now that you mention it.
As for the garage, I dunno. Most of the old clothes are in that shed and nearly half of the cardboard boxes are flat as fuck.
The majority of the Christmas decs are in a hallway closet, but the lights, or what's left of them after the dog ate them, they might be in the garage.
2010 was a fun year.
>>2083568
Sorry I don't have the key / legend. It was in German anyhow.
I've been following a couple of goat blogs on Tumblr recently, and the main one I like surfing through (which has provided me with a couple of the images I've posted to this thread) occasionally reblogs stuff about this goat. The source blog's apparently called bisquitz.
Anybody got any idea what breed this adorable little thing is? I'm a little suspect about this goat's lifestyle because of the fact that he mainly lives inside and that he seems to be the only goat in the household, though, but he seems to be relatively happy and healthy, which is something.
>>2084127
Looks like a Nigerian Dwarf goat but there's several miniature breeds out there and it could be a cross. A miniature dairy breed, at any rate.
>>2082860
>hoofed mammals
>open toe sandals
>>2082860
I want to ride that goat.
>>2082860
>thees ees mai wife
>very naice
>>2084651
It's painful when my dog steps on my foot and her claws dig into the sides of my nailbed.
This however, is something else. May lady luck have sweet mercy upon that man.
>posting goats
>not posting the greatest goat
>>2085594
I might think he's cute now, but that will soon change the moment I watch that psychotic clutchfuck get his game on in that fucking movie.
>>2085594
>baa...baa
>>2085594
nice gort 10/10
Goat
![Emmanuel-Lubezki[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/i5cpebk.jpg "Emmanuel-Lubezki[1].jpg")
Chivo Chivito.
Do pygmy goats come in white or very light grey? The closest I've been able to find are pictures of grey aghouti ones.
goats are spooky as hell
>>2087869
My mum hates goat eyes but loves horses. It took a while to convince her that they have the same kinds of eyes.
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2089843
Is it true that male goats can lactate? How do they do it?
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2090004
That's not milk, Anon.
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2090458
Look that shit up, man. It's weird and it's fucking real.
http://www.backyardherds.com/threads/male-goat-lactation-ya-learn-something-new-every-day.30683/
Aside from that, I want to hug the goat you posted. It looks so happy.
>>2091016
Huh, guess that hapens when you breed goats to give crazy amounts of milk.
>>2091422
Is there anything goats can't do?
What's the better companion for a wether, a doe or another wether? Would two wethers be inclined to fight each other for dominance or sexual desire despite being castrated?
>>2091532
No, two wethers should get along fine. The only thing I can think of that could possibly be less-than-harmonic between a wether and a doe (assuming the wethering was done correctly), is that when the doe goes into season, she might moon over the wether and annoy him. That's what happens with our one doe. She follows him everywhere and gets all sappy and lovey and he's like FUCK THE FUCK OFF!!! but she doesn't go away. He'll even clock her with his horns but she just bleats and looks sad for a moment and then starts following him again. It's ridiculous.
>>2091578
That sort of behaviour would also provide another explanation as to why bucks and does should be separated. I've heard that they tend to go into heat naturally every three or so weeks and that if a buck smells just right during a rut it might cause a doe to go into heat, plus some does in heat begin to act rather vivacious and bucklike. But that wether's got none of that truckload of testosterone prompting him to turn up his game so no wonder why the poor thing just thinks he's being tormented.
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2091578
This might be the cutest post I've ever read on this site.
Aww.
>>2092472
Is...is that a cross between a boer and a lamancha or something?
>>2076677
this is why satanism is a thing
>>2082788
stop being a dick
i'm sorry, but i see too many post on /an/ of just people acting like smug assholes, just stop typing like a fucking asshole
>>2092748
Not a lamancha. Its ears are cut off. I think this is a hideously deformed Kamori. Ugh.
>>2092900
Oh...oh shit. That might explain why it has such a short snout, that poor little fucker.
What is it about goat eye that makes them so cute. CUTE!
>>2093212
I don't know either, but god damn they're adorable.
>>2088668
Hello goato
>>2088668
>hello goato
So goats have a tendency to flap their tongues sometimes, like the one in >>2069322. According to the video the gif originates from, the goat is telling someone to back off. I've also heard that bucks in rut sometimes do it as well when they're trying to flirt with does. Are these the only meanings behind their tongue antics or is there more about this?
>>2093778
It is flirting / sexual arousal. The buck is not telling the person with the camera to back off. It is saying, "I'd hit that!". And yes, bucks will mount just about anything. People, dogs, pigs, sheep. They are incredibly randy.
>>2093897
The video said that the goat in that gif was a doe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbDuvZ-aiLs
Ok, I've got absolutely zero idea as to what breed these goats are (saanen, possibly nigerian dwarf?) as usual, but man, a solid white goat of some miniature breed typically raised as a backyard pet when not raised for farming, probably a Nigerian Dwarf cross probably pygmy like whatever the hell >>2084127 is, and another one of the same breed but I couldn't honestly care what colour it was just as long as the two had good, friendly personalities and were wethered if either of them were bucklings (and probably disbudded for the sake of everyone because reenacting Steve Irwin a decade later isn't a very good idea)...
Those would be cool to own as pets. One day I'll get my shit together and become a properly responsible human being. I mean, people in fucking St Marys (let alone near the shopping district that's fuck deep in abandoned establishments) of all places are raising livestock, and I'm closer to the rural parts of Western Sydney i.e. Luddenham and Kemps Creek than they are. At least we finally fixed the gaps the dog dug underneath the fences.
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2088668
You've done a pretty good job with making everyone realise that goats are love and goats are life, anon.
>>2094255
Why dehorn? Their horns help them thermoregulate.
>>2095273
Safety reasons, I guess. That's why a lot of people who get their goats dehorned do so. They can get stuck in fences and put themselves at risk of dying of starvation or dehydration if they can't be freed somehow, and if they're going to be around people and other animals somebody might want it done so they don't have a chance to injure others. Speaking of injuring others, it's uncommon but it's still possible for goat horns to become broken during playing/fighting/whatever and since there's blood flowing through most of the horn then that's obviously going to lead to some interesting shit which might require surgery, which itself proves very risky since the horns will have been a part of the goat's skull for pretty much all of their life sans the first week or so.
Here's my old goat Ben. I inherited him with my grandma's old horse. He's trying to eat the camera.
When I got Ben, he was totally feral. He would only interact with his horse buddy. Which had to end. That goat needed some serious care. Shortly after getting him, he got pretty fucking sick so I needed to give him antibiotics but he did not trust me enough to let me close enough to catch him. My solution: I would sit on the other side of a fence from him with a dosing syringe full of carrot juice. He would get the juice, the meds and another juice. One day he stole the syringe from me and try to operate it on his own after he ran to the other side of the pasture. He figured out pretty quick that he couldn't do it so he brought the syringe back to me. He never tried to steal it again after that.
For a while I was only able to trim his front hooves. The fence trick again. The fence trick was seriously awesome. He would actually let me interact with him if there was a fence between us. After a while, I just had to trim those back hooves though. They were super bad. So I tackled the goat while the horse ran around us whinnying in alarm. Ben pretty much pranced around the pasture afterwards. I imagine the relief was amazing. After that he would let me trim his back hooves too but I had to be sitting on the ground.
Since my grandma's horse was too old to ride, my only interactions with him were feeding and grooming. Ben would watch me brushing and tending to his horse buddy every day and eventually decided he would try the brush too. After a couple tries he decided he liked it so they both got brushed every day.
It took a couple months for Ben to go from totally feral to completely chill. After Ben relaxed and realized that I didn't want to hurt him he would follow me around everywhere and especially loved it when I would work in the garden. He got all the weeds and any veggies that were insect damaged.
>>2095409
Anon, that's adorable. Thank you for sharing.
>>2095551
Explaining to the vet about my feral goat that was sick that I wasn't able to catch for the appointment was interesting. Happily I described the symptoms well enough that he was able to get me a med that worked.
The other thing Ben really loved doing was staring in peoples' windows. There was pretty much no keeping him contained. He always found a way over fences no matter what I tried. The only thing that kept him home was the horse whinnying for him.
He would also like to hang out on my front porch. I think he liked watching TV too. Freaking weird ass animal.
Before Ben, I really hated goats. But my only experience with them before Ben was mixed herds with nasty, smelly intact male goats. OMG the smell. I had never wanted to be close enough to goats to learn about their wacky, awesome personalities.
>>2092472
looks like something I saw in a Hellboy comic
I can't wait to have a goat one day
>funny as fuck
>weird looking
>make hilarious sounds
>funny as shit dude
>can feed it basically anything
>FUNNY
I'm going to get high and then throw figs at my goat and shit
>>2095393
They were born with them. Leave em on. Put up fences with "horse" mesh (2x4 holes) or "goat" mesh (4x4 holes) rather than "cow" mesh (4x6 or 6x6 holes) and you won't have the head-in-the-fence problem.
I know 4-H requires the goats to be disbudded but goats are so much better with horns.
If there's going to be kids around then, yeah, I guess I can see disbudding. But if not, do consider leaving them on rather than just knee-jerk removing them.
Anyone actually has or has had a goat?
>>2095748
>>2095737
Yes.
>>2095758
What breeds?
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2095794
Alpine, Alpine mutt, Boer/Kiko cross.
![a3f3b14e23694460403a7ee26436887f[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/hEau5XK.jpg "a3f3b14e23694460403a7ee26436887f[1].jpg")
>>2095741
okay i'll get two goats
>I have two goats....one for each of ya.
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2095947
Those aren't goats. Those are jacob sheep.
>>2095926
10/10
>>2096043
got me
>>2096043
Sheep horns make no sense.
Fuuuuuuuck.
I made this thread nearly an eighth of a year ago.
Here's a happy looking goat to celebrate that. At least, I think it's happy. I can't see its tail but the ears are pointing forward so that's something. Probably needs some more space too. I don't know.
>>2088668
hello goato
Just look at this goat. It's so pregnant that it's doubled in width.
>>2088668
hello goato
I'm aroused by all these goats. Is that normal?
>>2097161
It's totally normal for goats to have anywhere from 1 to 4 kids at a time. Most common is 2 kids at a time. This goat is probably holding 2 or 3 kids.
>>2097328
I know. It's just so weird, seeing how big the kids are when they're born compared to their mothers.
>>2082788
>Goats are not pets.
Why not? As long as you can provide for them properly like you said, why can't people keep them for pleasure instead of profit? That goes pretty much for any animal. The domesticated ones at least.
>>2097577
Ben was an old man goat when I inherited him. We only had about 3 years together. Same with the horse. He doesn't look old in the picture but OMG did he creak.
>>2097641
It sounds like you made their last years very happy
>>2097647
Did my best. That horse was my grandma's favorite pet and he was SO attached to his goat Ben. So I did everything I could for them to make sure that they had good, happy lives. Neither of them ever got tied to get groomed. I'd just wander out to the pasture with the brush and the hoof pick and whatever else I needed. I would hold up the brush so they could see it and call out to them. They'd both trot over and get a good brushing. They both got in the habit of turning so that I was always brushing where they wanted me to brush. Turning this way and that until they both shone. When they were done, they would wander off and find something to nibble on. It was about as stress free as I could possibly get their lives.
>>2097715
You're a good person, anon. Bravo.
>>2097715
Anon you made my day. We only have a bro and sis duo right now but my family used to have a bunch of nubian dams we milked, and every one had a different personality. I was pretty attached to a couple of them and your story brought me back, thank you.
>>2098336
After my experiences with Ben, I wholeheartedly love goats now. Ben was such an awesome little weirdo. So now I want to eventually get a couple dairy goats. I like goat milk and I like goat cheese and I'm convinced that goats rock now. Get a couple sheep too so that I can spin my own wool as well. Someday.
>>2083291
From what I've seen, goat hooves are superb climbing tools.
>>2088668
hello goato
What is the best way to pick up and hold a baby goat?
Sit on the ground with a bottle of warm goat milk. It will cuddle into your lap and drink all the milk.
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2100841
This post lacks sufficient goat content.
>>2082861
>>2102398
Avert your eyes, anon, and have some cute instead.
But seriously, how the fuck is that goat managing to pull an owl and not break its neck?
>>2102499
OH JESUS FUCKING CHRIST FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT LOOK UP THE SOURCE IF YOU VALUE WHAT LITTLE INNOCENCE YOU MAY HAVE LEFT
I knew I should've gone to the page the image was from before saving it. Here's some more therapy for anybody who managed to find said page.
How much grass does goat eat?
I saw a regular house with a regular yard and they had a pet goat.
Gave me idea to never mow my lawn again.
>>2083291
Some asshole teenagers put them up there
![Horse%20Eye[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/iMaTREj.jpg "Horse%20Eye[1].jpg")
>>2087887
>horses have goat eyes
Woah fuck
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2102953
Something to do with them being ungulates who browse/graze/etc. They need that wide field of vision to look out for potential predators while they're busy munching.
>>2102943
There's a family story my mom always tells me about when she was a kid. My grandma kept nagging my grandpa to mow the lawn. She wanted it mowed by the time she got back from her errands or she would have had it.
So my grandpa had the brilliant idea to let the horses and goats do it for him. He brought them out onto the lawn and they immidiately started to eat the unruly grass. He would feed the animals hand have the lawn trimmed. He went inside to relax while the animals did the work.
After a while, he was startled by screaming. He went outside and saw my grandmother, absolutely horrified, as she came back to find the lawn completely destroyed. The horses and goats had pulled up the grass by it's roots in huge patches all over.
>>2103025
It's also been found that goat eyes rotate when bending their heads to eat.
>>2103025
Goat eyes are tight. I want a horizontal pupil too.
>>2103095
Absolute kekkage. Which species do you think was the worst offender? Goats usually don't like to eat from the ground since they're afraid of getting stomach parasites from doing so.
I fostered a nanny goat for about three months last year. We tried to put her in with our two trail horses but one of them immediately tried to kill her so she got to room with the chickens (which somehow worked beautifully). I loved that stupid goat, and I'd love to get some more. I have plenty of space to keep a few milk does and a buck separately, but would a couple of whethers make good companions for a buck?
Here's Taffy coming home with us.
>>2103819
They should, but it might be a good idea to keep them away from the buck whenever he goes into rut just in case he injures them while trying to retain his dominance.
What was Taffy like, by the way?
>>2103887
She was really skittish at first but she loved sweet feed, so she was easy to win over. Peed in my sister's car twice, but never in mine. She also liked to headbutt the cats and dogs, but got comfortable enough with the chickens that they could roost on her back. She was a tiny little pygmy cross, 10/10, would recommend.
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2103794
I think it was definitely the horses. I think that was part of the story too, that the goat idea wasn't so bad but my grandpa went full retard when he chose the horses.
>>2082861
When he hits it from the back and youre trying to find a way to kiss him
>>2104213
Nah. Horses are fine on lawns. Just don't leave them there all the time and don't forget to clean up after them. Huge piles of horse turds don't look very good on your front lawn.
My grandma would let the horses into the yard once in a while as a treat. They loved the delicious, watered lawn grass so much.
We'd also let him eat all the fallen fruit in the orchard. We could only let them into the orchard 1 or 2 at a time though because they would get so territorial over the fermenting fruit. They all get a turn. We'd let them eat until they got wobbly and then put their drunk asses back in the pasture and let in the next couple to get drunk. They'd all stand at the fence staring into the orchard longingly.
>>2069288
You're not going to get *my* goat.
>>2069288
>post goats
So I found this on that goat Tumblr I mentioned up the thread... Luckily, the kid went to live with the family of another friend of the guy who posted this.
If I could impulsively buy a couple of nigerian dwarves, I would. Dunno if there's anybody nearby selling baby goats though.
>>2104350
I'm surprised it's not on the mailbox.
>>2104372
I...have no words.
>>2088668
hello goato
Fainting goats?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsAgNl1p974
>>2104561
Do you ever think fainting goats ever get pissed off about their muscle issues?
>>2104567
Well that one refused to come off the gazebo because he knew he would faint if he did. So that indicates that he sure as shit doesn't like it.
>>2104382
>I'm surprised it's not on the mailbox.
Goats do like being on top of things.
>>2104570
I wonder what part of coming down from the gazebo irked that goat. Fainting goats usually freeze up when something startles or surprises them, but I never knew that a 10cm precipice was so powerful. Poor little guy needs to get a ramp to smooth his way down.
OC
This thing accosted me and it was uncomfortable.
It was cute tho.
>>2105128
it actually followed me into the cafe.
>>2105129
"mm tree"
>>2105130
last one
>>2105083
Look at the neat hand-forged toggle on that gate chain. I bet it used to reach to the big ring before they got a damn goat who stood on the gate all day and made it sag. Nice fence. Nice strap-hinges in the background. Where'd this picture come from? Some kind of living-history type place?
>>2105131
I wouldn't mind having a goat encounter and follow me if it was friendly. Lucky.
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2105168
It just followed me around and kept nibbling my fingers. It was hoping i had food i think.
>>2106081
That goat's got some major Jacob Sheep thing going on. Polyceracy is weird.
A goat at a school wearing cushiony horn hats, which might actually be a pretty good idea when you think about it.
>>2106528
People always confuse Jacob Sheep with goats. It's kinda funny. When I eventually get some acreage again, I am totally going to get a couple milk goats and a small herd of Jacobs too. I WILL have ALL the yarn!
>>2106873
And I will cuddle ALL the goats.
Man I wish I was whoever's in this pic Or every other person who gets to hang out with friendly goats.
>>2107104
Fuck, I only just realised that I forgot to put a full stop before "Or". Apart from that, I just remembered something. Apparently saanen bucks are surprisingly gentle and placid compared to bucks with most breeds, then again the saanen is one of the more serene goat breeds out there. Is this true? What breeds of goats happen to be more antsy then others when they're being buck-ish or in rut?
>>2107134
Don't do it! Intact male goats cover themselves in their own urine. It is the most disgusting smell I have ever encountered. And it's a powerful smell that really covers the distance. OMG. Just don't do it.
>>2107260
I know what bucks do in rut, dude. It's some really fucked up shit and I don't know how does find it so attractive. I just wanted to know what breeds tended to be more aggro then others if they were bucks.
>>2107531
None of the intact male goats have ever been violent or aggressive with me. If anything they disgust me with their constant attempts to get me to pet their urine coated selves. Ugh! It might be entirely how their raised. All of our goats where played with and cared for as kids. We would take them out for play time constantly. Maybe that's why all of our bucks were super sweet and docile.
Two months.
I started this fucking thread two months and a day ago. Probably should be making this post on my phone instead of my iPad since that was the device I posted the thread on but the charge port's fucked.
Have some little Nigerian Dwarves standing on a plank and a cable spool nailed together.
One day, goats. One day.
>>2107835
Wait. Those were Nigerian Dwarves, right? They seem a little stocky, like pygmies. Maybe they were pygmy goats. Then again I've seen photos of Nigerian Dwarves that look a lot like pygmies, and the two breeds are around the same height anyway. One's a dairy breed, the other's a meat breed.
And it's nearly 5 in the morning so of course I'm going to have next to no clue what the fuck kind of goat a goat is.
Obviously THE best guerilla training session out there.
kids
>>2108220
more kids
>>2104339
he's holding the blade backwards i guess
>>2083291
my spanish goats like to climb up trees with low branches like in that picture
>>2083548
fuck dude I just thought the hay I used to buy was shit (alfalfa)
I always put it out on the ground
I've gotten one of those triangle feeders since then but have substituted alfalfa for a much more pricey hay
>>2083352
>>2083352
Goat hooves are easily trimmed if you have one of those goat stands, 10 minutes max to trim a fully grown boer buck who hasnt been trimmed for years on end coming from experience
deworming is real cheap but you got to give it that horse shit forgot what its called
if you have a tree in a yard thats enough shit for them to climb
also you can "empty that doorless shed" and make it into a shelter, good as anything
you can get plastic hanging feeders real cheap at tractor supply
and yeah you don't want to encourage a male goat to buck especially any of those big breeds, especially if you dont want to be carrying a cattle prod around them for your own safety
>>2110496
and shit if you get this breed called the kiko, I've heard they dont need any shelter and could survive on almost about anything.
They're the fastest developing goat breed from infancy to adult and among the largest in size.
Also they apparently dont need vaccinations or deworming because of their immunity and hardiness
>>2110499
Having a big goat as a backyard pet would probably be a spectacularly bad idea. I was thinking about something like Nigerian Dwarves or pygmies.
Apart from that, thanks for the advice. Getting a goat stand or paying someone to build one for me shouldn't be all that hard, and with all of the people raising livestock in the more rural parts of the region I might be able to find someone who supplies the deworming food and a vet that can give them their annual vaccinations along with checking up on them.
>>2110499
I didn't have a stanchion when I got my goats, I just trimmed them standing up. They struggled at first - didn't want their legs to be touched/handled but I hung on for dear life and eventually they gave up. A few rounds of that and they decided it wasn't worth the struggle. Got a new goat and had to "throw" him in order to do his feet the first few times.
To "throw" a goat, put a collar on him and tether/leash him to a fence or post or something. Give about 4-6 feet of length on the tether. Crouch down next to him, facing his side. For this next part, you have to be quick and strong. Reach underneath and grab hold of the two legs on the opposite side - one front leg and one hind leg. Often, the goat will jump in surprise and you pretty much just have to hold on and he will fall over on his side. If he doesn't fall, pull those two "off" legs toward you and he'll topple. Doesn't hurt him, although if he's a tall goat he might "oof" just a bit when he falls.
Pounce on him and hog-tie all four feet with a soft rope. Helps if you have an assistant to keep him down while you trim hooves.
I had one combative goat that had to be "thrown" for hoof trimming the first three or four times because he simply would NOT give up and let me handle his leg while standing. After a few times of that, he decided that maybe letting his leg be handled wasn't that bad after all, compared to the ignominy of being dropped, hog-tied, and sat on.
>>2069710
Every board is faster than /po/.
>>2110766
I'm going to go ahead and screenshot this because it sounds useful. So by throwing them, it usually leads them to decide that having their legs held up is more preferable to being bound and sat on?
>>2110804
It worked on my four and the two others I "trained" (if you want to call it that) for a friend. The main problem my friend had was simply that the goats were stronger than she was, and had learned that they didn't have to put up with anything they didn't want to. I manhandled them a few times and they would behave for her for a while, then revert back to just yanking their foot away. She eventually got a stanchion to help level the playing field. These were all full-size goats... Alpine and Boers.
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>>2112104
pictured: asgore dreemurr, king of monsters
G.O.A.T.
>>2069289
>goatee
are you trying to tell me thats why its called a goatee
i dont know what to say
>>2112370
And that's just some mild shit.
>>2072636
>neck noodles
This made me lol
I found this cool image of a little, light-coloured goat with big horns looking to the right with this expression like I don't know what, with an overhead camera angle, but I seem to have lost it. Sucks, because it seemed like a good reaction image.
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2113216
ok nevermind it was on my ipad
>>2088668
hello goato
>>2114073
Does anyone ever wonder if some goats have fallen from heights while doing that shit?
>>2105480
What do you do personally that allows you to own a couple of goats and are they expensive to maintain? I'd love to have goats more as pets than anything else when I own land and I'd like to see the numbers behind it.
