A herd of goats are on the loose...
Posted by Kimberly O  on November 17, 2014, 7:09 pm
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If anyone is missing about ten to twelve really nice goats they are up on concha Molida roaming up on the hill. A few of them are belled so they do belong to someone. Big white one seems to be the leader.
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Posted by Daniel H on November 17, 2014, 8:53 pm, in reply to "A herd of goats are on the loose..."
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La Mmmmanzanilla 
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Posted by mark on November 17, 2014, 9:17 pm, in reply to "Re: A herd of goats are on the loose..."
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I assure you the owner knows where his goats are. Bell on the billy-goat is a tracking device. They never roam too far. Be sure to try the local birria de chivo.
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Posted by Kimberly O on November 17, 2014, 10:47 pm, in reply to "Re: A herd of goats are on the loose..."
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Mark, I'm going to disagree with you. They were in search of a paddock ( a place to bed down). They were very nervous. That's why I posted the message. I live here year round and this is not a normal grazing route.
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Posted by mark on November 18, 2014, 11:24 am, in reply to "Re: A herd of goats are on the loose..."
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Again, I assure you the owner knows where his goats are. Nobody in the meat goat business looses goats. Nor do they rely on gringos to keep tabs on their animals. They likely belong to the Aceves clan and some of their youngsters check on them periodically through the day. Are they still there today? And cattle graze, goats browse.
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Posted by Evelyn Storsley on November 18, 2014, 10:21 pm, in reply to "Re: A herd of goats are on the loose..."
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Yes they were still here today. They have pretty much eaten all my outdoor plants.
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Posted by Rick (Lyle's Dad) on November 21, 2014, 3:09 pm, in reply to "Re: A herd of goats are on the loose..."
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Wow, I did not know there was a real live doctorate in animal husbandry with specialty on sheep/goats here in LM. I was thinking that as a native of, and graduate of the University of Wyoming, and growing up on a 14,000+ acre ranch outside of Laramie that I'd heard it all when the topic of sheep was brought up. By gosh, I'm going to have to tune in more regular to this here MB every afternoon to get more exposure to this wide cross current of Mark's ovine musings on the efficacy of grass foraging of goats with respect to browsing (sustainable) vs. grazing and the intricacies of comparing the cow's dexterous tongue to the sheep's cleft lip. Riveting huh?
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Posted by mark on November 22, 2014, 10:21 am, in reply to "Re: A herd of goats are on the loose..."
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That's great Rick, and I used to work at a goat dairy myself. Clearly these goats are not "missing".
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