Help! What are the disadvantages of goats

and strip wiring off your tractor! don't ask me how i know this..............

bucks, and all others truthfully, have been known to knock my feet out from under me and tip me head over tea kettle when I am weeding the garden. The buck just took my legs out from under me this morning when I was carrying the bucket of warm molasses water to the new momma goat. I thought about how to cook him for a minute or so, then I laughed because I had to look like a sight. Mud covered and soaked with the male eating my hair. No problems!

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Its a good day, I woke up on the right side of the grass.

Goats can and will "trim" your hair for you .

You may think you want two, but you will end up with a heck of a lot more in no time.

Goats will chew through the phone line.

Goats are really smart. And they always want to be with you, even when you are up a ladder .

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I cried because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet.

Saanan's are fairly docile, but there's always one that proves to be the exception. I have one named Blue Belle who is a total B****. One year she decided that all the babies were hers and wouldn't let any of the other mother's come near them. Took me about two hours to get that mess straighened out.

Sometimes they have trouble giving birth. Most of the time it's a matter of sorting out legs and the kid pops right out. Other times it's not so easy. Be prepared for anything.

Do not buy anything from the sale barn. That's how I ened up with an elderly boer doe with an attitude. She's arthritic and grumpy and I love her to death.

And they are smart. Much smarter than cows. And will learn how to escape in matter of minutes. And goats look at green growing things with but one thought "Why haven't I eaten that yet?" The only thing I have found that my goats won't eat is a rubber tree plant. They take one bite and spit it out because the sap must taste awful. Of course that doesn't stop them from coming back the next day for another bite, just in case the flavor has changed.

Like any other live creature they are totally dependent on you for care. They are an expense, they can get sick, if you breed you can go through some traumatic kiddings and possibly lose a doe or more likely kids. Some individuals will try your patience, be very vocal or mischeivous, etc. But all that is FAR outweighed IMO by the rewards.