Goat appreciation thread!

**Fortis in Arduis** · 03-14-2009, 03:04 AM

Do you like goats?

I love goats, not to eat, but the wool and the milk, is me.

Also, goat personality and cuteness are, to me, unrivalled amongst all other domesticated breeds.

I want goats...

I want to wake up surrounded by hundreds of baby goatlings.

We used to have sheep, but what is the point? They are BORING.

**SPQR** · 03-14-2009, 03:10 AM

Originally Posted by Fortis_in_Arduis

I want to wake up surrounded by hundreds of baby goatlings.

I'm not too sure about you...

But nah Goats are awesome. Lots of personality for livestock

**Lady L** · 03-14-2009, 03:22 AM

They sure are cute when their babies ...Awwwww

**Psychonaut** · 03-14-2009, 03:25 AM

I love goats!!! They're number two on my "livestock to acquire once I move back to the US" list.

**~~Æmeric~~** · 03-14-2009, 03:29 AM

They smell. Tell me again just what are goats good for? In America we don't eat goat meat or use goat milk.

**Fortis in Arduis** · 03-14-2009, 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by Mrs. Lyfing

They sure are cute when their babies ...Awwwww

As they mature, they develop a certain majesty, which other livestock cannot claim.

They can also become terribly fond of people.

Originally Posted by Psychonaut

I love goats!!! They're number two on my "livestock to acquire once I move back to the US" list.

Unfortunately, I only have small Italianate balconette:

(This was before I decorated!)

However, I will be bring more goat into my life. The goat is my lucky animal or magic animal or something, so more cashmere, more goats' milk.

Goats' milk has a different quality to cows' milk.

It is kapha and pitta reducing, so it is good or better for spring and summer.

Better for kapha and pitta disorders like obesity, irritability, rashes, allergies, odema etc.

(Light. Relieves cough, Fever, Diarrhea. Increases Vata, Decreases Pitta & Kapha. Usually, goat's milk is more easily digested for people who have difficulty with cow's milk.)

Goats' milk is non mucus forming.

Lastly, seventy-two percent of the milk used in the world comes from GOATS.

**~~Æmeric~~** · 03-14-2009, 04:38 AM

I prefer dairy products that come from a cow. But I don't plan on getting a pet cow.

**Sally** · 03-14-2009, 04:54 AM

I share the affection for goats, but they used to scare me sometimes as a child. A neighbour's goat, I swear, used to lie in wait for me and butt me to the ground!

I especially like pygmy goats and Nubian goats.