God's Country

[Steve Wood]

the goats are scrounging for anything left plus I am feeding them every couple of days.   I have sold about 2/3's of the herd and hoping against hope that we will get one rain that will be enuf to grow some grass or weeds.

Most of the country is on water restriction and wells are going dry left and right.  So far the locals don't seem to be concerned, but, I am.  Being the last one on the end of the line, I have periods with no water at times.

[SuperSix]

I hope you are stockpiling bottled water or something.

[straycat990]

Dang ...2/3 of the herd!  Which breed do you have?  I just got a couple of Nubian female kids (4 months old)  and they eat like there is no tomorrow.  They have cleared out a half acre of  woods in less than a month. 

[Charlief1]

the goats are scrounging for anything left plus I am feeding them every couple of days.   I have sold about 2/3's of the herd and hoping against hope that we will get one rain that will be enuf to grow some grass or weeds.

Most of the country is on water restriction and wells are going dry left and right.  So far the locals don't seem to be concerned, but, I am.  Being the last one on the end of the line, I have periods with no water at times.

Don't have the water issues yet but the goats are hurting for food. One of my friends trimmed his trees back and I told him to bring the trimmings over for the goats. The leaves lasted 20 minutes after he got here. The tank hasn't dried up yet but if this keeps up it will. Every thing is dusty and just driving down my street you'd thing it was a dust devil behind you.

[daveismissing]

What kind of a hit do you take on selling if everyone is doing the same?

[Steve Wood]

I am raising meat goats.  I started out heavy percentage of Boers, but, I found the more crossed they were, the faster they grew, the better mothers they were, and the hardier they were.  So, I run a mixture of Boers, Spanish, Kinko, and a few with some "fainting" goat crossed.

Some people make a pretty good living providing goats to clean out the brush to landowners and local governments.

I have some cross bred hair sheep as well.  The lambs grow much faster than kids, or wool sheep.  They are a mixture of Dorper, Barbado, and St. Croix.  I suspect a few have some Rambouillet in them as well

[straycat990]

I thought you raised meat goats ... My wife and I got the nubians to milk. I am hoping by this time next year to have some home made feta cheese for my salads.

[Steve Wood]

I like goats milk altho it has been years since I have had any.  There used to be a few milk goats around here but like the cow dairies, they have all disappeared.

Sometimes people cross their Boers with nubians to try to increase milk production.

[Nasty Wendy]

Dang Steve maybe you need to get out into the fields with the goats and do a rain dance.  If I could split weather I'd give you half of the rain we are getting.  My lawn was dieing from drought but lately the rain has been falling daily.  I wish you the same.

[Steve Wood]

Thanks, we can use all the help we can get