Got my Goat!!!
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Aaahhh ... Gabby is THE most gorgeous goat! He looks just as though he is smiling at the camera too. Lovely looking coat, it looks as if it would feel very soft(?) Horns look pretty sharp though, so don't think I would like to make him cross 
cirianz
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Yeah, Gabby's cool & he's half angora so that fur is lovely & soft & fluffy 
Plus Being not a pure-bred, he's spent most of his life up in the hills keeping the gorse down so is pretty tough
Angora goats can be a bit soft & prone to getting sick in bad weather etc.
But a year or so up in the hills has taken care of that.
Was quite impressed at the farm. Over here Gorse is a 'noxious weed' (ie it's illegal to grow it on purpose).
Brought over to make pretty hedges like in England,
it sunk it's roots into NZ soil
(Most trees & the like grow about 4x faster down here because NZ has very rich soil.
Although our timber industry is taking care of that for us... renewable resource my ar*se, pine will strip the soil & constant replanting without renewing the soil is going to turn our timberlands into useless desert in less than 100 years. Stabbing themselves in the back really
)
said 'yummy' & took off.
most farmers do constant battle with gorse,
poisoning & burn-offs
& are still losing.
This guy had two hills.
one he kept the gorse down with goats... almost bare.
The other he burned off-each year,
covered in gorse!
I know goats will eat anything but that was bl*ody impressive!
The farmer & his wife kept Gabby down for a couple of weeks,
Getting him used to people etc,
before they let us take him,
& we've been patting & hand feeding him heaps since he arrived
& he is so tame now
No need to worry about them sharp horns
Plus Being not a pure-bred, he's spent most of his life up in the hills keeping the gorse down so is pretty tough
Angora goats can be a bit soft & prone to getting sick in bad weather etc.
But a year or so up in the hills has taken care of that.
Was quite impressed at the farm. Over here Gorse is a 'noxious weed' (ie it's illegal to grow it on purpose).
Brought over to make pretty hedges like in England,
it sunk it's roots into NZ soil
(Most trees & the like grow about 4x faster down here because NZ has very rich soil.
Although our timber industry is taking care of that for us... renewable resource my ar*se, pine will strip the soil & constant replanting without renewing the soil is going to turn our timberlands into useless desert in less than 100 years. Stabbing themselves in the back really
)said 'yummy' & took off.
most farmers do constant battle with gorse,
poisoning & burn-offs
& are still losing.
This guy had two hills.
one he kept the gorse down with goats... almost bare.
The other he burned off-each year,
covered in gorse!
I know goats will eat anything but that was bl*ody impressive!
The farmer & his wife kept Gabby down for a couple of weeks,
Getting him used to people etc,
before they let us take him,
& we've been patting & hand feeding him heaps since he arrived
& he is so tame now
No need to worry about them sharp horns