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[flowerbug]

yes, i also remember beaning myself several times... i think...

 

[CrealCritter]

@CrealCritter yes, 10 is a herd.

You still have the 3 calves from last yr....plans to butcher those? That's a lotta beef

I'm surprised FB hasn't added a milker yet . A goat would be perfect for your home size now. Goat cheese is easy, fast, tasty.

10 ain't no herd, this is a herd.

PR, HB & FM are 11 months old, almost 12.

FB read goats are escape artists, I'm OK with that.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[Mini Horses]

Yes, that's a LARGE herd, yours a small herd -- but, a herd. So the yearlings have a few more months before harvest. cookout!!

Some goats are escape prone...others not so. My Saanen milkers are pretty happy in their own pastures. I have a couple athletes -- mixed Nubian/ Saanen -- high jumpers . Great milk! (Yes Bay, I'm enabling!! )

But goats LOVE fruit trees!!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

But goats LOVE fruit trees!!

and grape vines!

 

[CrealCritter]

and grape vines!

And vegetables

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[CrealCritter]

True or False?

Goat Mentality: If you can't eat it, headbutt it and move on.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[farmerjan]

There's only 10, does 10 constitute a herd?
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Yes, 10 qualifies... anything over 4 is a herd.... 2 is "a couple" ; 3 is "a few" ; 4 and more is a herd.....

 

[farmerjan]

10 ain't no herd, this is a herd.
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PR, HB & FM are 11 months old, almost 12.
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FB read goats are escape artists, I'm OK with that.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

I think that looks more like a FLOCK.... it looks like sheep.....

 

[CrealCritter]

I think that looks more like a FLOCK.... it looks like sheep.....

Most definitely cattle. My granddaughters like to stop and watch them. Only problem is it's a narrow back country road with no shoulder and we have to stand in the bed of the truck because the road is lower than the pastures. They are beef cattle and are rotated over I believe four 20 acre pastures. Sometimes they are in the back pasture and not visible from the road.

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[CrealCritter]

I you are interested in self judging market steers here is what I use to help guide me through the three growing phases to finishing. It's very interesting to me, you might not find it all that interesting though.

Beef Cattle Discovery - Judging - Market Steers | Animal & Food Sciences

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