Thread:DancesWithGoats/@comment-33089812-20171029120708

I guess from your picture your little darlings are pygmy goats, about the only breed I haven't had at one time or another.............. I love goats and when I had the farm I usually had about 50 or so of one kind or another. I used to show them and milk record them, selling to a yoghurt producer and with the excess raised beef calves, which ran with the goats semi free range.

I've had quite a few teenagers who just wouldn't stop giving milk though they were only milked once a day and not put in kid after 10 years out of respect for their age. I also had a lot of old sheep - oldest being 19 yrs when she dropped dead with a mouth full of grass out in the field.

I always say my animals thrive on neglect,  Oldest Goat 15yrs, Oldest cat  22yrs, Oldest dog 18yrs, Oldest horse 30+ yrs, Oldest goose given away at over 20 yrs, oldest chicken 10 yrs...................... I'll stop now, it's getting boring, sorry :( 