Arlene your garden looks great in that picture. I can see that you do grow a lot of flowers. And I can see the beehive and the goats shelter plus their pasture. But I don't see any goats.

So ok, I am so dumb. I like goats and if I had a farm I would just have one because I like them. But I don't actually know what use they are. Do you raise them for milk? What do you do with goats milk? Raise them for eating? I had goat meat once. I thought it was delicious.

A while back a well known nursery I often go to had an enclosure full of goats right there for people to see. I am sure those where only decorative.

I am cracking up over your first posted video! It's all true, I tell ya! Too funny!

Okay, back to reading the rest of the posts. LOL!!

Porkpal, you're right about that! Just going in to give them comfrey I was worried the buck would try and jump up on me. I should have been more worried about him rubbing up against me, which he did! UGH! Stunk like a goat all day! And I didn't have a change of clothes with me.

RIta, my son is raising Nubians for the milk. He drinks it. But when Rosa was in milk she was making more than they could drink so he also made Cheve (sp?) cheese and a type of cream cheese and some yogurt. I don't really even drink cow's milk so I won't drink the goats, but I did eat the cheese.

It's getting very popular to raise goats for meat too. They are very friendly but you do have to make sure to disbud them because you don't want them having horns. Too dangerous!!!

Christine, we sort of got off topic here...guess because it's just the few of us we haven't landed in the sandbox yet.

I don't drink milk either but would cook goat meat if they sold it around here. Raising for meat sounds good to me.

But nothing beats raising chickens. Eggs and meat. You just can't beat that.

I bet I'm not the only lurker who'll follow this thread to the Sandbox if necessary!

RickCorey said:I bet I'm not the only lurker who'll follow this thread to the Sandbox if necessary!

Well, I don't think we should be put in the Sandbox. We are on the Farming Forum and chickens and goats both are farming. Besides, I think we are back to talking about chickens.

And I like talking about chickens. Since I can't have any myself, I have to get my chickens fix wherever I can. This is a good place for chickens.

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Sand
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Chicken Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Sand
Rode the six hundred.

...

Chickens to right of them,
Hens to left of them,
Rosters in front of them
...

When can their glory fade?
O the wild roasters they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the eggs they made,
Honor the Chicken Brigade,
Noble six hundred.

(With profuse apologies to Alfred Tennyson.)

Rick! I think that is very creative.

Maybe we should all start writing poetry about chickens.

Oh, NO, Rita!

Don't encourage me!

Okay, thanks for the Rick fix tonight, I was feeling a little down.

Okay, back off topic here but my son just posted a picture of his new buck so I grabbed it! Here's Sir Gwayne (not sure of the spelling really, I just call him Sir).

That FILLS me with pride: a "Rick fix". Thank you!

Like a "Lime Rickey" or a Deep Space Nine "Rick-ta-gino".*

Little-known-fact: Lime Rickeys will prevent Rickets and scurvey.

* Klingon coffee.

Rick, you are too funny!

Arlene, Sir looks very handsome. Honestly, I know nothing about goats but that is a very nice looking goat.

Quite handsome, and he smells fine from here.

Still behind the conversation I really like the chicken house, Arlene!

Handsome goat too!

Christine, it sounds like you're caught up in the conversation!

My son is lucky that his father lives on the farm with him and takes care of the animals and mowing, building fences, hen houses and goat houses! I live about 12 miles away with my husband and we are over to the farm almost every day, either to babysit or work in the garden. So my son has it pretty good. His in laws come up from Panama to spend the summer. i usually get relief from babysitting and FIL is a carpenter/furniture maker. We spend a lot of time here that my daughter, who lives in Michigan calls it the compound.

That is so funny, Arlene, we call our place "the compound". I hope to get to step-2 of the hazards of raising backyard chickens very soon. It's been really slow going... BIG plans, small pockets!!