Things You Need To Know BEFORE Getting Goats
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- Here are a few things that I believe are essential to know before you start getting into goats. Goats are an awesome animal to get you started into the homesteading/small farm world.
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WARNING: Don't park you car under a tree with low hanging branches when there are goats. They'll climb on the car's roof to get to the leaves. Goat hooves & car bodies don't get along.
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I feel like you are speaking from experience 😂
Lol. Already had this experience
My first goat butcher came from that same scenario .
My mom knew a guy whose dad raised goats. The guy has a motorcycle. He put a ton of money and time into maintaining this motorcycle, and he loved it. One day, he comes home and it's covered in poop, and the seat is torn to shreds. The goats trashed his motorcycle.
Came to learn about goats; stayed for the dog. :D
That dog!
Camera shy
Me & all! So cute. Bear: Yay! I the Star of this Show!
I came for the goats, I liked for the Bear. What a good, affectionate dog!
Like that Bear
Please do continue a series on goats. Trimming, milking, pest control, like fleas, ticks, worms, and such. Bear wants to play. A little socializing with family won't ruin him
BEAR'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO.
LIKE A LITTLE CHILD WHO WANT HIS MOM TO GET OFF THE PHONE AND PAY ATTENTION TO HIM. CUTE HUH!
The dog looks at you like he loves you so much
When I was in art school we had to fill sketch books. We were expected to draw every day. While sketching goats at a petting zoo they grabbed my almost full book and destroyed it. They wouldn’t even give me the pieces. My teacher tried not to laugh when I told him a goat ate my book. I love them still.
I can relate. My family use to raise goats and we showed them in 4 H. One day I lost my homework on the way to the bus stop. The goat ate. Teacher did not believe me. But my classmates knew about my goats and backed me up. Fun times.
Bear thinks something is wrong because you are talking to yourself.
Exactly what I thought
He’s like “WOAH! Stay back everybody! Dads talking to himself, probably going crazy! I’ll scope the situation and let you guys know if he’s ok!”
Bear worries bout your mental health, kudos Bear
Todd Seely hahahaha
Lmfaoo
I don't eat meat. What I like about your videos is that you respect your animals. They seem well taken care of and I thank you for that.
Thank you! I try my best to make sure they are well cared for.
As a kid I visited and lived on a few farms, enough to understand that some animals get slaughtered. When you're young and it's business you learn to accept it, but as you grow older and begin to understand life, the concept becomes impossible. I could 'snuff' a few people and not be bothered. People who have overstepped their usefulness. But innocent animals are off limits, to the extent that nature allows, when invoking natural selection. Even that is harder to understand now that I actually think about it, and don't just repeat the lessons of others.
I don’t eat meat either. When I was a kid, we raised animals and slaughtered them. I just can’t do it anymore! I was fine with meat until age 36! I am not sure what changed then, but something just clicked and I couldn’t bear the idea of an animal suffering and dying so I could eat, when it is so easy to become vegan. I am healthier now because of it.
@@naomimay82 some people can become vegetarian, and some cannot. I am A practicing Buddhist who was a vegetarian for nearly 10 years. When I was 34, I started declining and I could not figure out why. I did everything I was supposed to, and went to a number of nutritionists.
In the and, a naturopath asked me to try eating red meat for awhile to see if that solved my health issues. It did.
I had to come to terms with the fact that I could not be healthy without red meat. I spent years looking into this, only to discover that most food recommendations made by various organizations are politically or financially motivated.
Now, I am determined to easy humanely produced meat, and am working on a plan to produce my own eggs, milk and meat while caring for the animals very well.
@@naomimay82 Jesus ate meat, so I'm fine with the idea. I don't get any fun out of being a hunter anymore, but fine for those who do.
"goats are a gateway animal" So then you move onto the harder, street animals like raccoons and opossums. LOL
Goats are a slippery slope
Lmao I do believe this
You look happy with your life. Cool beans, homesteaders
a goat was given to me a few years ago, an old ornery hard headed billy. I put him in two acres of overgrown property. He did a wonderful job of eating the weeds, briars, honeysuckles etc. He was entertaining, comical and first cousin to Houdini. He had a knack for escaping. No matter the weather he wanted to be in the scrub on my two acres. He was happy down in that overgrown area. A sleet and freezing rain storm rolled in so I went down got the goat and brought him to the barn and put him in a stall. Next morning I went to check on the goat and he was not there but he had butted 3 boards off the side of the barn and he was outside covered in sleet and ice eating honeysuckles. His head was harder than concrete and he loved to be smacked with a broom or board. He would back up, then raise up on hind legs and come forward then drop down and run to be smacked, over and over. Numerous times he snuck up behind and head butted me in the rear end. I also had 3 dogs and he loved to play with those dogs. That old goat was quite the character.
@frank fernandes pretty sure he died naturally
Goats are great!
Business Solutions Too yummy.
Roy, my male is a total woos and his name Pepi matches! Lol
@frank fernandes That is what they are bread for!
I had goats a long time ago. They drove me crazy. I had no idea what I was getting into. I thought they were tame. Yeh right. Fun animals just determined as heck
Need a bottle baby, try the no ear goats. They are known for sweet and docile. However, a goat is a goat. Sheep much easier. And females of any breed much easier.
Bear needs his on channel...
And some attention & affection
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Your dog is a loving dog. You can see how much He loves you. The goats are awesome. your dog Bear wants you to know He is a good goat manager, needs your approval. enjoyed your video Blessings Laura M
Love the dog. He's showing you that he's doing his job.....good boy!
I love that all the goats are staring at the camera, like, "hey, I think he''s talking about us." -E
Ww2
Bear looks just like a dog I lost to cancer in 2014. She was the smartest, most loyal dog I have ever had. She was a mutt too, and I really believe theyre the best dogs! Also, great informative video. I didn't know you needed to have more than one goat for them to be happy. God bless
They are a part of the family. ❤
All of your videos about owning goats are extremely helpful to a newbie.
Bear is the funniest "guy" and you are extremely patient 🙂
This guys so chill. I gotta move from the city and get myself some goats.
Subbed... When I found out that they eat prickly pair, stinging nettles and other weeds I was sold.
Goats also love watermelon as a special treat (twice a month at most, otherwise they become spoiled brats). It's really gross and messy to feed it to them, but tbh it's so cute I don't even care.
Baby Bear, Baby Houston!
Thank you! You keep fortifying my passions!
You can tell Bear adores his dog daddy!
The fact that people say don't touch or love guard dogs are busted In this video. Keep up the good work Danial!
Y yes I would like to get into goat please do more posting the subject
Hey goats are the greatest pets . My goats are precious to me : sucks you raise them for slaughter ,watch the movie if slaughter houses had glass windows , movie what the health !! You kind of people suck ,, Have some compassion ,, doesn’t have to be the circle of life ,,!!!!!!Slaughtering is never human ,, go more plant based and be so much healthier
Yeah, I think that's absolutely stupid.
Just look at Bunny, the "talking" sheepadoodle. She is definitely loved by her family, yet still alarms them every time she hears a suspicious sound outside.
YES PLEASE PLEASE KEEP DOING VIDEOS EVEN WITH THE DOG BARKING YOU MAKE GREAT INFORMATIVE VIDEOS ...THANKS
I love 💗 how they’re all just standing around listening to ya talk about em‼️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Whats up Big Mama?
I'm a about an hour from kc.
Just wanted to say hello!
Hello
& PEACE !
@@jupitercyclops6521 well hello to you ‼️ an hour away in what direction from Kansas City Huny?
Loved seeing Houston he was so little so much older now
I like your dog ...
He's funny..
Dog "love me huuuumaaaan".... "I SAID LOVE ME!!! WOOF WOOF WOOF"
Hi, I grew up caring for hundreds of goats and sheep. We ate them and the best part is the milk. I'm 72, and so far my bones are good and no sign of arthritis. I love goats and sheep. Thinks for sharing. I miss watching kids, they are so playful.
i had a nanny and 6 austrailian shepards 2 horses and a few kittys and they all hung out together it was the coolest thing haha
That pallet on the ground by your "mama goat" gate concerns me. I lost a kid to a broken leg once when it slipped through the slats. I may be worrying about nothing but I had to say something. These tips for beginners ring true for me. I had to learn them the hard way. Thanks for sharing. A new SUB for me today!
"if it can't hold water, it can't hold a goat." got it!
I was never thinking of getting a goat but i am now, Thanks uploader
You reminded my father ...
We had a farm as owned property field ...so many animals ...goats
and they baby were my friends as i used to play with them ...
I m missing all that ...
bring so much nostalgia ...
thanks ...
from north Sardinia !
Just saw your TH-cam channel i have over 40 yrs experience with goat's and sheep
Great info
My boss had goats at the shop where I worked (small farm). I paid attention to one in particular as they ran the property unfenced. This one, in particular, recognized my truck when I pulled onto the property as she would run to me or call out to me if she was fenced. I always made it a point to give her some attention at these times. Wish I could have a pair in the city where I live.
A man keeps two mares on the property. They recognize the sound of his truck and start whinnying when they hear him coming.
Sometimes can. Minatures are the size of a medium dog. Just get girls as they do not smell like the males. Check zoning. These days can have a few chickens and sometimes a goat. Do not need a rooster to have eggs.
Im from Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 where we love goats … thank you for all your information I’m just getting into raising and selling goats 💚
Goats are my life thank you for this video. It really put my mind in a good place.
I would love to see the series you were speaking about the actual care of goats! Especially hoof trimming, worming and vaccines! Love your videos!
Do a series! Who doesn't want more goat stuff?? Seriously! I know we love it!
Thanks for bringing us to date on your goats 🐐. God bless you from Michigan
Bear is just so cute and really a great guard for the goats !!
Thank you! I am excited to share this. It is so concerning to see how many people get animals without any research first then end up on FB begging for help with a dying goat.
I love you my friend for sharing great tips how to raise video. My dream to have my own goat farm since my childhood and still researching since last 10 year.
I just got two goats and this video helped me. Thank you.
Just bought 45 acres in NE MO. Strongly considering getting goats. Will be watching all of your videos.
I appreciate you videos! I am learning a lot. It would be great if you did more videos on goat care. I like to be informed before I commit.
Bears just photo bombin’!!!
Or wonderin just ‘who’ is he ‘talkin’ to!!? 😂.... fun watchin the goat herd ‘stampede’ outta the pen!!! Thx tons, and well wishes!!! 🌸
Omg, you and Bear are so precious! And those a lot more goats than I was expecting. Houston looks like he's having so much fun. Thanks for your vid!
Thanks for the info and
Thanks for the laughs, Bear
I'm a new goat owner and I love them! Would love for you to do a series on goat care. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome, I'll see what I can come up with.
Pioneer Bee Company Please am Trying to get my self involved On this Goat farming soon how profitable it is Ma?
Pioneer Bee Company what is the spacing on your fence? 4", 6 etc... thanks
Where and how did u buy it?
Our goats' favorite food was poison ivy! It never bothered them a bit. When the deer posse came by in the winter, the goats joined them to browse, even munching on the rhododendrons for a while, which is supposedly toxic, we read later.
Picking up our first Alpine buck today. Great video. Starting a herd this week!
Maybe you could start a series on how to milk Alpine goats for milk and cheese making. Then those of us who don't want to kill a goat could keep them for food as well as browsing and grazing.
Your animals are beautiful. There is so much to see. I was chased by a young goat on a farm but I still love them.
We started with meat chickens then got small dual-purpose cattle (primarily for meat). We added egg layers, got more serious about our primary cattle being for milk while they give us the calves as future freezer-fillers. Goats for milk and pigs for meat and garden tillers are next on our list. We already have an LGD and can't wait to get him a female in the next year or two.
Great video thank you. I'm possibly going don't the (cashmere) goat route in the near future (I have chickens and bees already!) and have been doing as much research as I can and really enjoyed your video. I am going to look for more of yours. Fencing has been something I have been looking into and your 'if it can't hold water' comment is quite scarey but from what I have learnt quite true too. If you haven't done anything a bit more detailed on fencing I would be really glad to hear your views as I would on everything goat. Good job. Thanks again.
Yes, I would like to see a series on taking care of goats, from beginning thru life. Thankyou.
Bear is hilarious!!!! Quite the character ❤️
I do love the way you care for your goats. That's what I would do if I leave the City.
Good video. I subscribed. I have a 45 acre farm and I'm learning more about my goats all the time. Good and bad. Lol
The goats are in the back just staring and eating, finding it fascinating that their owner is talking to himself
Great respect for you as a farmer and a guardian of the peace. Bear loves you.
I subscribed to this channel based on this video alone! 🤣 That dog needs his own channel!!
That moment when you say, "If you're like me & raise a commercial meat goat herd", they are all staring at you @ 6:15
X D its true
Omg I just went back and they are plotting their next move. 🤣
LOL... First it was the rooster... Now the dog... I am waiting for a giraffe to just walk through....
Hey you just never know!
WTH!
That’s really funny bumble bee 🐝
LoL
So true Bumble Bee!! But I'm thinking Bear was probably fussin over the same thing my dogs have been fussin about in a similar way to how he was doing...and it allows me to go "SQUIRREL!!!!!!" LOL!!! My dog Echo kinda makes a run like that and with her head looking up mostly at the trees!!! Squirrel!!!!
Every morning and evening they go bounding through the trees behind me plus along the cable line that runs down the side of the property and she sees em coming from the from of our 4 city lots and will run round the house knowing they'll come down that line! It's almost runny if I wasn't worried about the squirrels dropping down into the yard and her trying to get the trespassers!!!!
I was just talking to my wife about acquiring a goat for weeds and my son and stumbled upon this video. Thanks for the insight and Shout out to bear....🤙👍( just realized this video is 5 years old) regardless blessings to you and your family. 🙏
Bear is so lovey dovey! Subscribed for Bear!
Your goats are cool, but you have a great dog and a really cute kid. Good job all way around!
New subscriber here. I dnt have a farm yet but it is my dream, and would love to goat farm someday. Thanks for sharing tips.
Haven't seen this channel before, but I really like how laid back, natural and relaxed this video was.
Love seeing all of the goats !
Your dog is so cute! 😂
With the wildfires here in the West, I think we need more shepherds with goat herds to help with grazing underbrush and grasslands to prevent fires! I think I'd love that job!
Literally what I’m trying to do in the CZU fire area in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Could be a lucrative ecological/economic niche.
@@williamburke9947 I wish you Great Luck 🤞
More more more please! Educate us! I’m excited to subscribe today! We live on 3 acres and since pandemic we hardly ever go to the city anymore and are thinking about getting 2 goats only so please continue series! Thanks! Shelly and Keith
Bear is like a kid you get on the phone and that is when the kids want your attention, Thank for the info,
Daniel, Bear has really grown up to be handsome Guard Dog. You have trained him well. Would love to see some new goat videos.
He's doing a great job for us. Thanks.
Bear is awesome!
Thanks so much for the info! I love your interaction with Bear!
Yes please more goat content! We are building up and my goats are coming
Home 1st week in may! Yay
I loved this! GO BEAR YOU'RE THE STAR!!!!!
Great job, thanks for the tips on goat care, your kinda the goat man on TH-cam. Looking forward to your new goat series. Can you show us how to milk a goat?
Check out my "goat on a rope" video !
th-cam.com/video/7F7JhJEHUbE/w-d-xo.html
How long after you gave medication to a goat that have running belly before it stop
I am a new farmer when it comes on to goat
Hay grass is good to gave your goats
Keeping it Dutch: he did say he was raising his goats just for meat, and not for "milk" and cheese.
New subscriber, here! Goat videos make me happy. Goat videos, with camera hogging pups make my heart sing. We've got the land. We're getting the house built. Going to be setting out garden very soon. And then planning on goats and chickens, in some order. Haven't decided, yet. Thank you for this informational video. It's much appreciated!
Goats are super easy once you get to know them!
As far as fencing? I will choose a six foot iron fence with concrete foundation! These babies destroyed my fence so Iron is a better choice for me ! I will put solid iron poles as well! You should just see my laughable fence now!
Thanks for the video bud, greetings from Bulgaria
Love the goats! Still trying to figure out if they are the right animal for us, but YES YES YES to a goat series! :)
I'm working on several ideas for a the series. You should definitely at least give them a try for a while.
@@ArmsFamilyHomestead I don't eat meat or anything but we want some for pets that eat our grass. Which type of goats are the friendliest?
@@yeagsntoastable if you are just wanting pets, I would recommend nigerian dwarves, pygmys or myotonic goats. Get goats that are already friendly. Bottle babies are the best.
@@yeagsntoastable I agree with Erin tubb below about the breeds of goats suggested but specifically if you just want a friendly goat to clear scrub I would suggest a pair of castrated males (weathers), no estrous cycle to deal with and no spraying urine everywhere. Especially pygmy weather's, they're little pump rolly things
@@Silverstreamhomecrafts that actually is the best idea I've heard.
Would love to learn more.. as I am a newbie goat owner..
Awesome.
That was just so lovely. Thank you so much. Far more refreshing and just down to earth than other goat farming videos
@Beardog. Bear had my ribs cracking all the way through 😂Thank you for sharing .
I just got goats this year. Would some more videos on their care.
Awesome! You will enjoy them for sure.
McFarm Homestead what size fence do you have? Spacing wise, like 4" or 6", etc...
consider a video about the demand for goat meat. I don't see much of it around. I just researched its demand by ethnic group. In what region of the US do you live? Who buys your meat? Just curious. I'd like to try it.
just got started with one, thanks for the tips and will ask more soon
Aloha,
Mahalo just came to Oregon from Hawaii looking into goats, I learned a lot
Mahalo
A series on goats would be a great idea
I'll see what I can come up with.
I always wanted a pet goat when I eventually get me own house
You need more than one because they are a herd animal.
Nice info for herding goats...but SO IN LOVE WITH BEAR! He definitely was the star of this video!
👋Hi Daniel. Thank you so much for posting these videos on goats! I have been obsessing on the idea of raising goats for a while now, which is why I’m here. Also, I love the idea of homesteading and being self sufficient while caring for living things. I just came across your channel and look forward to watching more. Hopefully I can convince my Daniel, I have one too 😅, that the homesteading life is the place we wanna be ! Thanks again and best wishes and good health to you and your lovely family. 💕😎
I'm a goat lover
me too :D
I've had jerseys and nubians. You open the and jerseys know where to go and they even go in order. They get in their stalls, they chew while you milk. When u get done u pull the pin swing the gate they go to pasture. With goats it's a mob, every day it's as if they've never been milked before. Goats all fight to be first. Great cheese but I sold every one.
Bear always steals the show! He wants to play.
Fun video, thanks for sharing.