Most ask question at fair?

chamoisee · #21 09/30/13, 11:58 AM

The worst I ever had: a man walks up to me while I am milking at the fair (Spokane, WA), and looks at my doe's udder and says "Why are his testicles so big?" . I explained that this was a doe and I was milking her (notice the bucket full of milk??!)....but he just looked at me very uncomfortably and said, "Yes, but why are his testicles so big?"

Unbelievable. I don't even want to think about what he thought I was doing or what the bucket was for. :-/

Goat Servant · #22 09/30/13, 12:44 PM

^

Once someone mentioned, "Look at that udder!''
"Shh, don't tell HIM that."

A friend brought a newly bred with the notorious portly Boer figure. She was only 3 weeks along but he gave up because no one believed him.
It got to a place where he'd say, "Good observation" or "Yeah she's about to pop any minute."

Goat Servant · #23 09/30/13, 12:51 PM

The worst ones are families with young children who should have the opportunity to pet a goat if the owner says it's ok.
Some parents whisk the child away with paranoia.
There are signs all over, "Do not touch animals."
If I see a mom or dad with the slightest hesitation I always tell them it's ok to pet mine.

bcadybug · #24 09/30/13, 01:25 PM

AMEN TO THAT! Thank goodness fair season is over here also.....

We got alot of the same questions and EVERY DANG TIME I went to milk I got the "does that hurt them?" NO... MILKING DOESN'T HURT THEM PEOPLE.

Any how.... here's a picture of how cruel we are to our goats...

No ears, tails, horns, held down for a bath, shave and a hoof-trim. POOR POOR GOAT!

Frosted Mini's · #25 09/30/13, 02:49 PM

I am just irritated that I have to constantly answer questions about "those goats with no ears", when I don't even own them, and don't really wish to!!

I love when I show people my bucks, and they are like, "Wow, look at that udder." Snicker snicker.

DEKE01 · #26 09/30/13, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by chamoisee

The worst I ever had: a man walks up to me while I am milking at the fair (Spokane, WA), and looks at my doe's udder and says "Why are his testicles so big?" . I explained that this was a doe and I was milking her (notice the bucket full of milk??!)....but he just looked at me very uncomfortably and said, "Yes, but why are his testicles so big?"

Unbelievable. I don't even want to think about what he thought I was doing or what the bucket was for. :-/

He must have thought you had one very happy buck

chamoisee · #27 09/30/13, 10:43 PM

I guess. There are also people who think that every single goat on earth is a "billy" goat, even after you tell them that buck goats aren't even allowed at the fair.

Or who insist that my does are due to kid any moment when I know darned well that they're not even pregnant yet, and have the audacity to look at me like I'm an idiot for not realizing that my goat is "obviously" pregnant. Ugh!

Squeaky McMurdo · #28 09/30/13, 11:05 PM

I'm surprised noone has this problem or ar least hasn't mentioned it yet.

They see an ad or sign that says that a goat is for sale. Tested clean, still in milk, pregnancy checked, the whole shebang for $300.

"Well you're asking way too much but she's pretty so I'll offer you $25 for her if you throw in a bale of hay and a bag of grain" True story

Or the ever popular "I have a nanny goat...can I bring her over to breed to your buck?"

I also think I mentioned the guy that came to my house shortly after we bought it last year to take pictures for our homeownwers insurance, saw my goats, and asked if I might be interested in breeding to his buck...that turned out to be a boar cross buck...and he wanted all the doe kids out of Lily (then 2 months old) but we had to do it within the next month.

To say I couldn't get him out of there fast enough is an understatement, but I had to make nice since he was with our insurance company.

Donna1982 · #29 10/01/13, 05:08 AM

We get what happen to the ears all the time. I love it and I have fun with it. Told one snotty lady who informed me goats with goattees are male and only males. Also there is no way she would wash with goats milk soap because she didn't want to smell like a goat. I told her a large named soap company she uses buys the ears from us to help soften there soap. After letting that mill around I told her I was joking and that they are born that way. She leaned over and said "No reall, why do you cut them off." I leaned closer and said they taste really good well eggs and hot sauce.

We have gotten males only have horns. Gross you drink that milk. Why drink milk from a farm animal go to the store and buy milk, its not from a farm animal. That was from a young adult. Had some kid tell me how gross it was I play with its "boobies". Yeah that one threw me lol.

How lucky you must be goats eat everything!!! Then when i inform them actually they dont. They might chew up everything but they don't eat everything. They are very picky.

krebolj · #30 10/01/13, 07:41 AM

Not at a fair, but for a while I was offering farm visits.

I stopped because I couldn't handle the questions anymore. Oh, and this gem of a comment..."look at the goat titties on this one."

The Tin Mom · #31 10/01/13, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Goatsandsheep

We have La Mancha. No we don't cut their ears off. No it's not a birth defect. Yes they can hear.

Over heard one lady telling her friend how cruel we are cutting off their ears, horns(disbudded can't show with horns), tails (hmmm no did you look), and steal all the milk from the babies! Oh and we have to separate the blood out of the milk. Thank goodness fair over tomorrow!

ETA: What do you get ask about your goats?

We have LaManchas, too. You covered all but the one where the children were told that the ears froze off in the winter....

DEKE01 · #32 10/01/13, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by krebolj

Not at a fair, but for a while I was offering farm visits.

I stopped because I couldn't handle the questions anymore. Oh, and this gem of a comment..."look at the goat titties on this one."

As long as they weren't talking about you, what's the problem?

fadedpolaris · #33 10/01/13, 12:37 PM

lol, this is why I don't intend to bring my goats to the public. I can only humor people for so long before I'd tell them to get lost.

Frosted Mini's · #34 10/01/13, 02:38 PM

On the flipside, I think the goat barn is the most entertaining part of most fairs for the fairgoers! I took goats to Utah State this year, and the goat barn was way way more active than any of the other animal barns. Goats have the most personality, and I think the owners spend the most time entertaining folks and answering questions. City people are generally more interested in goats due to the smaller size and dog-like personalities, I think.

anita_fc · #35 10/01/13, 07:06 PM

Hands down for pygmies: ARE THEY ALL PREGNANT?

Goat Servant · #36 10/01/13, 08:47 PM

Gosh Anita don't you know anything? Of course they are pregnant!

Frosted Mini's · #37 10/01/13, 11:43 PM

Well, the poor little things have nowhere to hold that rumen in those cobby little bodies!

I saw a pregnant pygmy doe that always has quads that was a week or two from kidding at a neighbors place, OH MY GOSH! I don't believe I've ever seen a goat with a belly so big for the rest of the goat!