Goats for clearing land

[Ruby]

I would like to have a couple goats to clear out some vines. Posion ivy, berry vines, virginia creaper, and probably more. Can someone recomend what would be the best breed of goat to do this? I am alergic to posion ivy and can't get back there to clear out the vines. Some kind to maybe later use as a meat goat or even milk.

We use to have Nubiens but they are very picky about what they eat. So we want a bread for mainly clearing.

[Sweet Goats]

All goats are great for cleaning brush, but two breeds will do more noxious weeds then anyother goats. Those are Cashmere and Spanish Goats. Here in Colorado we have lots of thissel, and they are the only goats that will eat it. But all goats will eat down most anything.

[Ruby]

Thanks for the reply. Now if I can find them here in NE Texas.

[Sweet Goats]

Texas is a BIG area for cashmere goats. I would love to go to their State Fair and show mine because they are so big. I would just love to see how mine would stand up to theirs.

[seanmn]

Personally I've had good luck with the Boers and percentage boers clearing out brush...although I do have an alpine doe that eats just about anything including pigweed....were having the hottest wheather of the year up here and the heat doesent get to those Boers one bit

[mamahen]

My buck was a Kiko/Cashmere mix (mind you, Cashmere is really a type, not a breed).He was the absolute BEST at clearing any place I put him!! Looked like it was mowed neatly with a lawnmower! Any branches were trimmed neatly also.

But he was also bull headed & a complete turd most of the time! Hey, he was a buck, I knew the day was coming! Alass, he was sold to keep my sanity, and safety! We still find places that we say, hey, Spike should be put there!

My 4 other goats, 3 are his children, do NOTHING like he did!! A nibble here, nibble there, then lie down on the glider for a siesta!! Maybe check out the chicken feed, or try the garden. No one was like Spike.