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| Name: |
Willie Goat
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Age: |
Eleven months old
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| Gender: |
Female
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Kind: |
Nubian Goat
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| Home: |
Kentucky, USA
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No!
Goats do not eat tin cans...well at least this one doesn't! As a
matter of record, goats tend to be very picky eaters. They seem to
prefer what the cows may overlook, the tasty broad leaf weeds, cedar
trees (they seem to find the bark particularly tasty!), and just
about anything prickly for some reason! Willie is just one of many
special pets at the "petting zoo" we call home. She has
the features of a Nubian -- ie the droopy ears and "Roman"
nose, but she is not full Nubian stock. She enjoys her surroundings
with her sibling (pictured laying down not facing us!) Domino, and
the rest of the herd. If you are looking for a great pet, and have
the acreage -- try a goat. If raised from kids they will follow you
like puppies and they will keep your lawn very manicured! :-)
Willie is short for Wilhemina -- her sire is BillE so I thought that
WilliE was an appropriate nickname for his offspring (besides
Wilhemina seems so formal for the barnyard!) We started with one
"billy" and one "nanny", and have built our herd
from that point. I'm not really sure what the optimum Goat to Acreage
ratio is, but we currently have nine adults and four kids on 6.5 acres
and they seem to have plenty of space to roam and "browse"
for food. This whole goat "hobby" was born from a joke I
made after we purchased our 6.5 acres... my husband wanted to know
how we were going to keep the grass/weeds mowed and I told him
"we'll just have to get a few goats." Well, it wasn't long
after that a few "friends" of ours got together and
presented us with our wonderful pets!! My husband of course was mad,
I of course was instantly a goat freak! The cedar bark is probably a
treat for them...looking through the tree line on our "goat
ranch" you see all the cedars, bare of the bark up to the point
the goats can reach standing on their back legs...but they haven't
killed one yet! :-)
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