My goat Lemmy is helping the neighborhood by getting rid of invasive species.

  • abbadon420@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    34·
    3 days ago

    Omg, you have your goat ona leash? That’s cute XD

    Do you actually walk it, like a dog? Or do you just do it for fun sometimes?

    We used to have a goat and we’d tie it to a pole with its leash. We’d move the pole around every day, so it’d have fresh grass every day.

    • Zagam@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      49·
      3 days ago

      Yeah, we walk them just about daily. They took to collars pretty quick after trying harnesses. All the neighbors love them. Kids flock to them to feed them leavescabd grass and stuff.

      altr

    • Zagam@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      30·
      3 days ago

      I wouldn’t let my goats eat them. Head but them? Yeah. Kick em? Yeah. Run their water through a Freemen recaimer then use it to wash my goats? Yeah.

    • Etterra@discuss.onlineEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      That’s brilliant. Now I know exactly what Minnesota needs. A good old-fashioned cattle stampede drive. Right through the middle of wherever ICE happens to be fucking around.

    • Zagam@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      251·
      3 days ago

      They graze on this everytimecwe walk by and have never had a problem. I wouldn’t let them eat like an acre or anything, most stuff gets bad if its too much.

      Its also hard to find solid “yes/no” lists. I’d heard black locust was really bad, and that it was OK. My guys got out one day and ate 3 saplings to the bark. Turns out its ok and they love it.

      • Zagam@piefed.socialOPEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        This is English ivy. But yeah, they can eat posion ivy. Its actually good for them.

    • Zagam@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      My wife got me the pair for my birthday a couple of years ago. (after a lot of discussion. Never give animals as gifts as surprises). They’d have been a great source of joy and fun.

  • M137@lemmy.worldEnglish
    53·
    2 days ago

    “getringbrid”

    Wha… how did you not notice how badly you failed at typing that?

    • Zagam@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      Yeah, he has the prettiest eyes. And yeah, he’s the eater of the two. He’ll keep eating till I pull him away.

      • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        I wish I could keep goats here. I’ve always had a love of the little buggers, even the ornery ones.

        Those eyes are part of that, though it’s more the personality. I wish you and yours all the joy life can bring you

        • Zagam@piefed.socialOPEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          These are Nigerian Dwarf Goats. They’re almost 2 years old and about fully grown now. You can get wethers* for pretty cheap and as far as I’m telling people, they are pets, not livestock. No harder to care for than dogs, maybe easier. And you get top notch fertilizer to boot. We live near a pretty big city, so suburbs but not track home style suburbs. Small yards, close neighbors. The biggest problem was finding a source of proper hay. But once we worked out getting and storing that, its been a blast.

          *wethers are boy goats that have been “fixed”. Generally, goats that aren’t handsome enoughbor show worthy get wethered and sold cheap.

  • festus@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    Do they sleep inside the house? Like, are they housepets jumping up on your table and bed?

    • Zagam@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      10·
      3 days ago

      Ha. No. They have a nice hut we put thrm in at night to keep them safe. We could bring them inside but chaos wouldnt begin to describe it. I have read that some people have house trained their goats, but I dont believe it. And we could diaper them but a) that would just be wired and b) I have 3 kids and am done with the idea of diapers.