minx Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 anybody know anyone who rents goats for land clearing? anybody have any experience with this clearing technique? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I heard this getting talked about a lot on the radio. There is a local goat herder person who does this. I thought I remembered that the business was a clever name--lemme think on it and see if I can remember. The city used the service and said it worked well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 http://www.goatsrus.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 thanks cj--need something here in W. WA. I found two folks referenced in a news paper story. I'm looking for others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizard_brain Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Tammy Dunakin, Rent-A-Ruminant, POB 1345 Vashon, WA 98070, 206-251-1051, email - tdunakin@hotmail.com  Ren-a ruminant Web page is not complete yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 That's it! Yer good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 that's one of the ladies that I called. hopefully there are more. probably not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Goats rule for land cleanup. Â The city of Seattle needs goats all over the hillsides on Beacon Hill above I-5. There are a bunch of other places where they're needed around Seattle. Â BTW I am not joking about this. The city needs some cleanup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 anybody know anyone who rents goats for land clearing? anybody have any experience with this clearing technique? Â My cousin cleared about an acre of blackberries with 200 rented goats. It took about a month. It is now beautifully landscaped garden, in Cali, so no useful contacts here. Goats work. Â Just a data point.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizard_brain Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I know about them from the UW - they are using them to clean up parts of campus as an alternative to spraying toxins that will eventually wind up in Lake Washington, among other places. They rented something like 60, and they are talking about buying some and using them year round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Don't pet them during mating season. Trust me on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I'd have to post the scratch n sniff format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 pee on your beard and we'll call it even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 It's not  just   pee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 yummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 You want goats? I think we have too many, though I often demur, "they're not my goats." I'm curious how they manage fencing for this land clearing business, my experience suggests they're crafty and hard on fences. Â Â Â Â Â It's really only the billys that smell, but boy do they ever. They have a fondness for peeing into their own mouths, and the girls seem to find that hawt. There's no "mating season" per se, the females go into heat and the boys are always ready. Having a billy on your farm affects the female's hormones and makes the milk much more "goaty" as well. I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I've now peed on my beard, and I even got my truck runnin'. Â Ladies, come git sum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 it worries me that your post just dwindles away... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizard_brain Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Here's the article.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 you mean that 50 word blurb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 you mean that 50 word blurb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 it worries me that your post just dwindles away... Â It's just that I remembered that they weren't my goats... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 well. I Â Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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