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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
4 H FRETTER-ER
A BUCK GROWS UP
ADAPTING
AGAIN, THE SKY IS FALLING
ALL YOU NEED IS ... CARDBOARD
AMANNAMEDJED
AND THEN IT GOT COLD
AND THEN IT WARMED UP TO ZERO
ANGRY GOAT FARMER
ANTIQUE GOAT FARMING
ANYTHING BUT THAT
ARE BUCKS EVER BABIES
AROMA THERAPY
ARTFUL DODGERS
ARTIC FRONT
AUTUMN BOQUET
B U B - B U B - B U B
BABY BACK EXCUSE
BABY MONITORS
BACK TO NATURE
BAIT
BARKING AT GOATS
BARN SOUR TRUCK
BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED
BE HAPPY
BEAUTY MISTAKES
BEHAVIORS
BEHIND THE GATE
BIG 10-4 GOAT FARMER
BIKINI WEDNESDAYS
BILLBOARD GOAT FARMING
BILLIES & STICKWEEDS
BLIZZARD OF 92
BLONDE GOAT FARMER
BLONDE HUMOR
BOTTLE BABIES
BOTTLE BABY TALK
BOTTLE BABY WITHDRAWAL
BOXING SUNBEAMS
BRONCHITIS.
BRUISE OR DIRT
BUCK LOVE
BUCKETHEAD
BUCKS IN STOCK
CALLING YOOOOU
CAN'T TOUCH THIS
CANE I DO IT?
CARPAL TUNNEL HAY
CATCHING PEARL
CHICK CHICK CHICORY
CHOCOLATE PLUM
CHRISTMAS KIDDING
CHUCK
COLD IS OUR FRIEND NOT
COUGH DROP WORMER
COUNTING
CRUMPLED
CUD CHEWING CONTENTMENT
DAYCATIONS
DEAR FAVORITE RELATIVE
DELOUSED
DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW ...
DOES ON KIDDING
DOWNSIZING
DRAMA QUEEN
DRENCHED!
DRESS FOR SUCCESS
DUCT TAPE.
DUMPSTER RAIDERS
EARPUGS
EGG SHELL MASSACRE
EMMITT
EMPTY NEST SYNDROME
EQUIPMENT OPERATORS - DANCERS
ESCAPE ARTIST
ESCORT SERVICE
FALLING SKY
FARM WALK
FARMER C S I
FEEL LIKE A NUT
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
FIRST YOU TAKE YOUR SOCK
FLOATING MUSHROOMS
FORKS IN THE ROAD
FULL OF BULL
G G
GATE ATTACK !!!!
GIRL WATCHER
GLIDING
GLOBAL SUPPORT CENTER
GNAWED AND BASICALLY CHEWED
GOAT ADDICTION
GOAT CELEBRATIONS
GOAT FARMER SONG
GOAT FARMER WEIGHT TRAINING
GOAT FARMER'S CREED
GOAT FARMING CAMP
GOAT HOLIDAY GIFTS
GOAT HUNTING
GOAT KLEENEX
GOAT LANGUAGE
GOAT OLYMPICS
GOAT PROFILER
GOAT SCIENTIST
GOAT WHEELS
GOAT WRITER
GOATS RULE
GOOD GRIEF
GOT RUNS?
GOTTA WORK KIDS
GRAND CANYON OF CHILDRESS
GREAT KIDDERS
HAULING GOATS
HAVE MILK WILL TRAVEL
HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE
HAY MONITOR
HE-BE-GEE-BE'S
HELP! HELP! HELP!
HELP! I'M IN THE BATHTUB
HELPING HOOVES
HERD OF TURTLES
HERE COMES KIDDING TIME - A CHRISTMAS TUNE
HOBBLE, HOBBLE
HOLIDAY TRADITIONS (A GROANER)
HOME DECORATOR
HORNLESS
HOT CHOCOLATE
HOW TO BUY GOATS
HOW YOU FEELING?
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I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE
I FEEL PRETTY
I PREFER LONG EYE LASHES
I REALLY DO HAVE A HOME
I'LL HOLD HIM BACK
I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT
I'M STILL HERE?
INDIAN SUMMER
INNOCENT 1ST TIME KIDDERS
INTERNET AUCTIONS
INVESTMENTS
IRON WILL
IT TOOK TWO
JINGLE BELL GOATS
JOKE - GET A JOB!
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JUST 1 MORE GOAT
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KID IN A BOX
KID SENSORY OVERLOAD
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LADYLIKE BUCK SELLER
LAST BUCK STANDING
LEFT OVERS
LETTERS
LETTERS FROM THE FARM
M. D. GOAT
MAD AGGIE
MANIPULATE WHAT?
MASTER BLASTER
MAYBE THIS TIME
MEMBER ME
MIND CONTROL
MR. SNUFFY
MUSHROOM HUNTING
MUTTER MUTTER
NAMING GOATS
NANNY BERRIES ~ DEAR FAVORITE RELATIVE
NEW "KID" ... SHOWING
NEW HAY IN THE HOUSE
NEW KIDS.
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
NORMAL
OCTOBER KIDDING
ODE TO ODOR
OH, MY
OUCH
PANIC ATTACK!
PAW PAWS
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PHONE CALLS
PHONE CLASS
PICK POCKETS
PIRANHA PEN
PLAYING DEAD
PLEASED AS PUNCH
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PLOP
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PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE
PRESENTS
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PRO WRESTLER OR PUPPY
PROFESSIONAL POO CHECKER
PSYCH ME OUT
PUTTING ON A SHOW
QUIPS & QUOTES
QUIPS-N-QUOTES II
REAP THE WILD WIND
RECORD KEEPING
REDNECK TANK TOP
REFEREE
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ROAD TRIP 2003
ROCK ON
ROLL'UM ROLL'UM
ROLLIN', ROLLIN', ROLLIN'
RUB DIRT ON IT
S-T-R-E-S-S
SANDWICHED
SAWDUST.
SCHEDULING
SCREAMING BANSHEES
SECRET AGENT
SHAGA GOOBLE SHAGA BLIP
SHANNIGANS & KID SLOBBERS
SHORT TIGHT STEPS & OTHER ODD EVENTS
SHOTS
SHOULD EVERYONE VOTE
SLEEP DEPRIVATION
SMART GOATS
SMUDGED
SNAP, CRACKLE, POP
SNATCHED BALD
SNEAKY
SONG OF THE FROG
SPIES, SECRET AGENTS, SPOOKS, AND OTHER GOATS
SSSNAKE
STAMPEDE!
STARGATE BOERS
STEAM-IRON SANDWICHES
STEP BY STEP
STICK IT WHERE
STOMPING ORANGE STRINGS
STUCK AGAIN
STUDENT ANALOGIES AND METAPHORS
STUPID IS...
SUNSHINE BOO BOO'S
SUPER HERO
SUPER SUCKERS
SUPPER AT SEVEN A.M.
SURVEY SAYS
SURVIVING KIDDING
SWASH - BUCKLING BUCKS
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
TALKING POCKETS
TATTOOING
THANK GOODNESS FOR MUD
THE $37.50 BUCK
THE 2003 DARWIN AWARDS
THE COWBOY WAY
THE DACHSHUND AND THE LEOPARD
THE DANGERS OF GUM BOOTS
THE FARM WOOKIE
THE FLYING GOATZANIES
THE FRAGRANCE OF HAY
THE GAME'S AFOOT
THE GOAT WHISPERER
THE MOB SQUAD
THE MORAL BUCK
THE PET CHICKEN
THE PIED PIPER
THE PLAN
THE SCARECROW GOAT SELLER
THE SMELL OF MONEY
THE TALKING GOAT
THE TARP ANNIHILATOR
THE THINKER
THE TICK
THE TRUTH ABOUT DOGS
THE V WORD
THE WINDY TAX
THE WORM HAS TURNED
THEN THE KNEE DOCTOR SAID
THIS END UP
THUMP, BANG, WHOOP, AND HOLLER
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TIE THE ROPE TO THE HAMMER
TOO MUCH FENCE
TORNADO ALLEY
TORPEDOS AND TIDAL WAVES
TOSS THE BLOCK
TOY TRUCK
TRAINING HUMANS
TRUE LOVE
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UGH DAYS
UNCLE ARTHUR
UNWITTINGLY
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WALK LIKE A TURTLE
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
WALK THIS WAY
WANNA BUY A GOAT (WINK, WINK, WINK)
WARNING LABLES
WAS THAT 65 OR 66?
WAS THAT CHRISTMAS?
WAS THAT THE WIND
WATER BUCKET TOAD
WAY TO THE HEART
WEANING WEANERS
WEE GOAT FARMERS
WELFARE GOATS
WHAT A DAY
WHAT DAY IS IT
WHAT'D YOU SAY?
WHATSTH THISTH
WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU VEGETABLES.
WHERE'S THE BRAKES
WHOOWEE
WIDE LOADS
WILD GOAT MILKING
WINTER LIST
WOE, DISPAIR...
WRONG.TURN!
YOU CALL HIM WHAT?
YOU COME HERE, NO, YOU COME HERE, NO…
ZAPPED!
EQUIPMENT OPERATORS/DANCERS

I don’t know about your goats, but our goats have always had dreams of being equipment operators/mechanics or equipment dancers. One or the other, or a combination of all three greatly appeals to them. It doesn’t matter what equipment either. Whether it’s you tractor, lawn mower, 4 wheeler, ATV, manure spreader, car, truck, chain saw, wood wagon, whatever, if it makes a noise or is on wheels, that’s what they want to learn.

In the last century when our first goats escaped from their pens, we knew exactly where to go to find them. There they were, dancing on our car or truck. Either on the top or on the hood, they would be leaping and dancing their little hearts out. Just having a wonderful time, making noise and kicking up their heels. That was our first clue that they liked machinery.

Then in the summer, when Lee would take the tractor and his chain saw and go up into the woods to cut wood for the winter, the goats caught on that good things came of this. Felled trees meant delicious leaves and all because that wonderful tractor and chainsaw went to the woods.

It wasn’t long before Lee would have a herd of goats crowded around his tractor as he went through the fields. And, if he ever got by them unnoticed and they heard the chain saw start, they would come tearing out of their buildings, drizzly day or not, hollering, trying to find where those wonderful machines went to.

And, if Lee ever left his tractor in the field to go work on fence or check something out, when he came back, it was not unusual to see a couple of goats on top of it, dancing happily. Or, a couple of the mechanic goats working on the wires and any plugs and stuff they might be able to work loose and rearrange, and to them put back in a better working order. After all, it was very important to them to keep this wonderful contraption going. Not only did it take them to felled trees, but in the winter it brought round bales to them.

Lee had to learn to either lock the goats in their holding pen when he went out to work, even to cut down trees. After he got some particularly large tree down, he would call me on the walkie talkie and I would go and open the gate and the goats would then fly to where they had heard the tractor and chain saw last. You had to protect the goats because some would get so close to the chain saw to watch it in action, you were always afraid they would get cut. Or, the others would stand under the tree Lee was cutting on and look expectantly at Lee, as if saying, “Okay, Lee. Drop the tree, we’ll catch it.”

If he had a place he wanted opened up on the farm, get some intensive clearing done of brush, multiflora rose, weeds, and smalls tree, Lee would make sure the goats would go with him. He’d open up the fence gate and go to that area, even though there was no fence there yet, that he wanted them to work on, and the 80-100 does and three livestock guard dogs would stay with him and work along side him with their beloved tractor and chain saw. Lee would cut down a few very small trees and they would be content to let him go and cut down others while they worked on that and the new brush. You could almost hear them comment, “ The chain seems to be running a little rough today. Lee had better check that air filter. The tractor sounds good. I knew if I switched those wires and chewed that other one in two it would work better.” Another one would say, “And, wasn’t it a grand day to dance on the tractor?” Everyone would agree. Any day is a grand day to dance on any equipment.

Now the young weanling goats weren’t left out on this love of wanting to be equipment operators/mechanics/dancers. After all, they are their mothers’ children. Any type of equipment left in their field was met with extreme favor. Besides working on electrical systems, manipulating anything that moved, and detaching anything that shouldn’t be detached, they would also use the equipment as a good back rub. The weanlings are short and they could go underneath most equipment to scratch. Unfortunately, having white backs, they ended up with long grease marks down their backs. They didn’t mind, but it was distracting to buyers.

One thing the weanlings loved better than anything was the wood wagon. Lee would leave it parked sometimes in their field, empty of firewood, but every now and then carrying old truck bed liners that he had collected to be used again next year on the round bales. The tall wood wagon and the liners made wonderful loud dancing areas and on their favorite place, a piece of equipment.

Now the way my goats like to pick up empty buckets and carry them over their heads, I am really concerned that someone might accidentally leave a hard hat or two in the fields while working on electric lines. Then people driving by would veer off the road staring at goats with hard hats on. Owning hard hats would suit my goats to a T. Everyone knows that equipment operators/mechanics/dancers need to wear hard hats. Though, if not available, the goats would make due with buckets. *sigh* You would think raising goats would be the easiest thing to do.

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