I grew up with goats, and we've had a few over our married years, as well. Wife wanted to get some again, and after we got down on horse numbers, we did have a couple of runs that had goat-proof fences. Lady that she rides with lives next to a goat farm, and goat lady had too many. Wanted to get rid of a few, but knew if she took them to the sale they would get eaten. So she gave us three does, 2 saanen crosses and an oberholser or obenthaler or something like that. A goat is pretty much a goat to me, but I do like them.
Have often wondered how they can be closely related to the sheep, but be so much different. Goats have a great sense of fun, sheep have a great sense of "duh".
Ethnic meat market has been great for both goats and sheep. Synthetic materials and loss of the wool subsidy have pretty much killed the wool market, and my sister got out of them because she said you had to get something for the wool, as well as selling fat lambs, to make anything on them. I do miss buying lamb from her- they fed them just right, and the meat was terrific. I had always said I hated lamb- so one time at sis's for dinner, another great roast as usual, she asked how I liked the meat (they have cattle, too, which I assumed it was). Great, said I. Well, this, and the last two roasts you have had here, and raved about, were lamb. So we bought one every year they were in the business.
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