Thread: My wife would like us to keep a couple of goats

my little ones love goats too

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

How would a goat get along with a couple of (generally) mild mannered pet dogs?

Probably be absolutely fine together. Never seen Thai dogs be bothered by goats, they usually pay no attention to them

Originally Posted by chassamui

Does your mrs have favourite plants in the garden? They are now gone. Tents shoes, unattended chilblains, all gone. Voracious appetites and not discerning in the least.

I think the biggest cost is the aftermath not the purchase price.

this has put a bit of a spanner into my thoughts

i like our garden and my tent

Get on old one - ENT might be available

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

this has put a bit of a spanner into my thoughts i like our garden and my tent

Provided you tether them to the bits you want cut they should be ok.
You need an anchor off the Titanic to hold the buggers though.

If you find a source please post it.....I want some too. Goats are great animals....great milk, great housekeepers, funny, entertaining, friendly....and if none of that works out, they are very tasty when roasted with a bit of garlic.....

Originally Posted by Iceman123

Get on old one - ENT might be available

I knew a lady who used to keep prize goats. They get up to all sorts of mischief.....you need to be around all the time.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Everyone keeps goats here,

As in Everything. Including what you don't want them to eat.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

The Midget's best mate in her village has a herd of them. Do you want us to bring a couple up or are they available locally?

I keep asking if they would butcher one for us, but all I get are disgusted looks. Same with the rabbits...

Really?
Last I popped by the neighbor who has goats their 4 year old daughter was playing with a freshly severed head while the missus was busy with the carcass...

Originally Posted by November Rain

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

How would a goat get along with a couple of (generally) mild mannered pet dogs?

Probably be absolutely fine together. Never seen Thai dogs be bothered by goats, they usually pay no attention to them

This usually applies to chooks, ducks, cats, etc. as well.
There seems to an understanding between all [especially canines]

Never known them to eat children, well not a full one anyway.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

cheers

just been looking round the interwebs and it does sound very easy

i love goat milk cheese

might even be able to make my own

maybe start with two

You are going to have to either buy them in milk or have them bred so that they kid. then the milk comes and you have to pull the kids or they drink the milk. Gestation on a goat is 150 days. Good goats will milk up to and sometimes past 10 months and should be producing a gallon a day. But you will have to feed them 16% protein ration to get that production. Also, you need to find a place to get Cydectin and worm them about every 3 months. 10cc's per hundred weight. Oh, and if they get out of the pasture they will eat all your neighbors plants.