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05/19/11, 07:08 PM
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Do you know what YOUR goats have done now?
Husband not happy, do you know that YOUR goats have knocked over the woodpile and knocked the little barn (6'x10') off it's foundation. All I could say was, it is Spring time and they are in a playfull mood. This is a barn that the DH is in the proccess of fixing. So he goes out to put the barn back on it's foundation, not 30 minutes latter he's up at the house and not happy. YOUR goat has my hat and is out in the pasture showing me he has it (meaning that Rocky has the hat, want to chase me to get it back). I shouldn't have LOL. Well I got the hat back, the barn is back on it's foundation and the woodpile is restacked in a differnt palace.
So what do your goats do? Still have to Love them, most of the time.
Edit: spelling
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05/19/11, 07:36 PM
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Ha ha ha!! My goats are always in trouble with hubby...It's a delicate issue with our marriage to be quite honest. Most of the time it's because he leaves a door open. But there have been times where they have gotten me in trouble without any fault of his. Like when they ate the phone wires outside our house. The worst thing they did was eat half of his tractor manual!!! That was a bad one. My goats give me lots of entertainment and stories to tell  That is why I love them so much...oh did I mention the windshield wipers that were eaten off of his car? (because he didn't park it in the garage)
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05/19/11, 07:36 PM
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I am real curious to see what my goats have done today. I opened up 4 new acres of untouched eats with all new fence and gates to the little velociraptors 
Too bad I had to get called in early to the hospital to see what they would be up to. They are going solo on uncharted waters...what could go wrong. 
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05/19/11, 07:46 PM
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Without their buddy (you) there, I bet they didn't go out AT ALL!
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05/19/11, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Minelson
Ha ha ha!! My goats are always in trouble with hubby...It's a delicate issue with our marriage to be quite honest. Most of the time it's because he leaves a door open. But there have been times where they have gotten me in trouble without any fault of his. Like when they ate the phone wires outside our house. The worst thing they did was eat half of his tractor manual!!! That was a bad one. My goats give me lots of entertainment and stories to tell That is why I love them so much...oh did I mention the windshield wipers that were eaten off of his car? (because he didn't park it in the garage)
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LOL, eat the tractor manual, very bad goats, DH would be saying their going in the freezer. Well, what can I say, I love my goats even if they get me in trouble.
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05/20/11, 03:27 AM
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Dad was working on his van, had both the side door and the back doors open....
The whole troop (maybe 8 of them) came running through, in one door and out the other!
They are nowdays, sadly, confined. Their favorite things to eat are my new fruit trees. Um, NO!
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05/20/11, 08:03 AM
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About 12ys back, my dh came in just fuming because the goats were on top of the new van sliding down it then jumping back on top of the roof. He was furious. Of course since then I have had goats kill off the garden, pull wires off the buildings, eat anything imaginable, jump into the back of his pickup to sleep, give birth on the kitchen floor, come into the house and tear open cookies, break into the feed shed..... Goats are fun creatures, very loving, but mischievous.
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05/20/11, 11:34 AM
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Mine have jumped on my SUV, get on the roof and prance, slide down the windshield and hop back up, but only two of them like to do it.
The wind tore off one of my screens and whoever opened the window did not notice but a weaned bottle kid did and she jumped right into the house and landed on the living room floor.
I once stacked hay along the outside wall of the barn, big mistake since my Nubian wether, the smaller of the two weighing only 185 lbs got up on the barn roof, and ran around up there. Two Niges followed him and I had a heck of a time getting them down.
Thankfully they have never ruined anything, like wipers, manuals or peeing on a drill lol
Goats keep things interesting that's for sure!
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05/21/11, 07:34 AM
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The final straw for my DH was when the goats ripped the wiring off the trailer and tractor, two seperate incidents! DH bought a old trailer and reconditioned it, including new lights and wiring, with all of our property he decided to park it inside one of the pastures, the wiring was short lived. The tractor normally is in the oversized garage we built, but DH decided to park it in the shed for the winter, which the goats occasionaly have access to, it wasn't pleasant this spring when he went to pull it out. What is so appealing about wires?????
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05/21/11, 07:41 AM
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ummm...copper?
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05/21/11, 11:37 AM
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my dh has finally come to understand that the problem is not the goats. He is currently at the store buying more fence posts.
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05/21/11, 12:52 PM
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my dh has finally come to understand that the problem is not the goats. He is currently at the store buying more fence posts. |
Roflmto!
I am so NOT letting my DH read this thread!!!! Or I will be goatless for sure!
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05/21/11, 06:33 PM
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Well, today I went to town and came home to a goat and 2 chickens in the house, DH left the back door open. LOL not. Well, everything was ok, no poop or eaten stuff in the house. Thank goodness, no real damage.
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05/23/11, 12:12 PM
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My girls have been a dream since i brought them home. Of course, I chalk that up to them being babies.
I was enjoying peace & quiet.
Last night after chores, I am back at the house having dinner. When I look out the window there are my three doelings cavorting in the pen with the bulls. I almost had a heart attack. DH and I rush out, gather them up, put them back in the barn and fix where they got out.
I thought that was then end to my story, but this morning my smallest doeling (Phoebe), was out of her pen but waiting for me in the barn. I have no idea how long she was out or where she got out. I did rearrange an area where I think she got out. Hope this isn't starting a trend.
So much for my peace & quiet.
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05/23/11, 01:20 PM
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Starting a trend?
The beginning of the new normal.
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05/25/11, 01:39 PM
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The past weekend I had to replace the tires on the wood splitter, I had my stepson bring the compressor from the basement to the wood shed. I had to leave for a bit, wife said to feed first (didn't). While I was gone she heard noise in the basement and thought I was back and feeding. Shortly after she hears someone on the steps.Then she hears a goat holler in the dining room. It seems that stepson didn't securely close the basement door. The 3 yr old (1st bottle baby) knows if the door isn't shut and she pushes on it it will open and she can come in the house. If it rains, gets cold or for just about any reason she is at the door. Well it took 17 yr old stepson and DW about 10 minutes of wrestling with her to get her out the front door. Wish I could have seen it!!
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05/25/11, 06:10 PM
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I so love my goats, but they get me in so much trouble with DH. At least they haven't done anything in the last few days. Just give them a few days and we will be in trouble again. Got to love them.
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05/25/11, 06:15 PM
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I've had my goats now for about a month.
What on earth am I doing on the computer..I gotta check on them NOW!! Thanks for the warnings!!
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05/25/11, 06:34 PM
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I just found one of my Boer bucklings wandering up the driveway, muttering to himself.  Not sure if he got out along the road, or the driveway. . .
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05/25/11, 07:02 PM
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Quote:
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I just found one of my Boer bucklings wandering up the driveway, muttering to himself. Not sure if he got out along the road, or the driveway. . . |
That's a goat, if it can find away out they will.
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