the "happy I have goats and aren't they amazing thread"

[Hillsvale]

So one poor poster commented that they weren't getting goats because of all our sob stories when we are looking for help. Obviously goats like everything else have issues but the joy far out weighs the sorrows, so I want everyone to post one extra cute or sweet thing your goaties did for you in the last 24 hours.


For me, mine always greet me with Maa's of joy at lock down time... its when they get their night time treat of grain, they wait for me to go in the door just in case I'm tricking them... the other extra cute thing was repairing their entertainment unit and giving it a new twist so I took the two electric spools and put the ramp between them... the ramp has wooden slats for treads if it were inclined for grip and my second littlest boer was caught doing delicate little steps in each and every tread where the others would have just lunged to the oposite spool...

 

[willowbreezefarm]

Well every time I go to the barn or when my girls see me pull in the drive way they MAA for me to come up with them. They love to be out in the yard with us. I also get lots of kisses from everyone. I LOVE MY GOATS and it makes me crazy they cant live in side with me!
Goats are Awesome and I think are WAY better then Horses or Cows
They are entertainment and even my husband is starting to come around with them too! It makes me happy to how a goat can change your attitude if you are upset. They are so funny to watch and just very relaxing to be around!

 

[redtailgal]

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[DonnaBelle]

Well, I must say, my experience with goats has been a big highlight in my life.

I've been a lotta places, worked with different folks, different nationalities, and certainly rich and poor.

Of all the things I've seen and done, I like goats best. It's kinda hard to put into words, but they are very special animal beings.

It's kinda like ole' Ronnie Milsap sang: "I wouldn't have missed it for the world".

Or Tom T. Hall: Old dogs, goats, children and Watermelon Wine.

DonnaBelle

 

[freemotion]

In the last 24 hours? How about in the last hour?

There is always an unruly mob at the gate morning and evening when I get ready to milk. It is a challenge to get the correct goat through the gate, since I take them across the yard and into the garage to milk in mosquito season. Today two does slipped out....the inexperienced one waited for me, confused, and the second-freshener, Ginger, just determinedly marched across the yard, ears forward, and hopped up on the milking stand. She had half her grain finished by the time I got Plum back into the gate. How is it that my heart swells with pride and love even when the goats are naughty? And I smile and laugh all by myself out in my yard....the neighbors watch, I've even seen them videoing.....several times a day.

This is something you only understand after you are owned by goats.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Freemotion: make sure if they send those videos to "America's funniest videos", you get a cut of the winnings. Or atleast they share some of the winnings with the goats.

I love it. The neighbors video taping you.



OH, you wont hear any they are cute stories out of me. I Hate Goats!!!!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

i usually dont get all soft on the goats but my little Nibbles is pretty cute. she milked like a champ this morning and then did her funny little run down to the gate, waited patiently, and then gave me a funny smile when i gave her a little pine shoot as a treat.

last nite i had pasta with goat cheese and it made me love those silly little creature even more. this morning the goats fed the hens and the pigs. tomorrow i'll be making another cheese and i cant wait.

yay!

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Well, let's see.....June gave me milk this morning and she didn't run away from me or refuse to walk to the barn (because sometimes she likes to pretend she's scared of the barn when she gets milked there twice a day every single day). Then Ida, my doe kid, didn't try to sneak by me when I opened the gate to let June out, and she didn't jump on me this morning and get my work pants dirty.

I thought that was pretty great.

 

[savingdogs]

Well I contributed to that other thread but let me list the reasons I love goats:

1. They have the cutest babies in the world, hands down.
2. They eat blackberry plants and kill them.
3. They think you are God.
4. They follow me around like a dog.
5. They give me adoring looks, and sit down next to me for head scratches if I sit down.
6. Baby goats frisking around together is the funniest thing to watch you will ever see.
7. Watching the love they have for each other is touching and inspiring.
8. Seeing them relish and shorten the grass is a wonderful site.
9. Watching (dehorned) goats fight and head-butt is hysterical.
10. Goat milk is a wonderful product to have on hand (sorry cows :bun) but it is a superior product.

 

[jodief100]

Before hubby fixed the gate the young babies would be able to sneak out of the barnyard and run around. This spring on several occasions I would look out the window and see them playing on the trailer. This is a small trailer for the tractor and when it is parked it tilts back and the tailgate rests on the ground. The babies would run up the bed of the trailer and when they got to the top they would eventually slip and slide down. Then they got back up and ran up the trailer and do it all over again.

It was so much fun watching them play on the goats slide.