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Post by bradblazer on Feb 13, 2009 23:55:52 GMT -5
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Post by tuffytractor on Feb 14, 2009 0:16:39 GMT -5
Brad,
I know next to nothing about goats, so forgive me if my questions are silly.
Are you getting the goats for milking purposes (perhaps chevre?) or to knock down the undergrowth in areas of your property? Do you need an electrified fence to contain goats? How quickly will that herd get bigger, or will you let it? How many goats do you ultimately want, for your purposes?
thanks,
Tim
Forgot to mention what a nice little hauler you made on the cheap. Looks good.
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Post by bracabric on Feb 14, 2009 13:46:44 GMT -5
Brad, nice transporter you built ( and very much the right price ), the Goats are of particular interest to me as I have been thinking of buying 3 or 4, a Billy and 2 or 3 Nannies maybe. I don't want them to milk, just to chew up a couple of overgrown paddocks I have near to the house at the farm. What are yours for ?
Dick
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Post by bradblazer on Feb 14, 2009 23:14:44 GMT -5
Thanks for the comments guys. I'm trying to start a herd of Ibex. The bucks are valuable as hunting stock for stocked hunting ranches. My brother Brian is helping me get started. The behave a lot like normal goats but are even better climbers/jumpers. My pasture fence is 4' woven goat wire (4" squares) topped by 39" woven field wire for a total height of 7'3". I do not have any electric but I could run a hot wire along the fence if they start to worry the fence too much. Here is a picture of the main gate before the upper 39" was put up. It is now to the top of all of the posts.  Here is a picture of some of Brian's animals.  |
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Post by 3RRL on Feb 15, 2009 10:45:40 GMT -5
Brad,
Very cool goat hauler.
How do you find the time for building that when you have all that other stuff you're working on? Amazing...
I had asked you before about the goats, but since you mentioned they are for hunting, do you sell them to hunting ranches or will you let some dudes hunt on your property? Are there a lot of hunting ranches in your area?
Rob-
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Post by bradblazer on Feb 17, 2009 13:26:58 GMT -5
Brad, Very cool goat hauler. How do you find the time for building that when you have all that other stuff you're working on? Amazing... I had asked you before about the goats, but since you mentioned they are for hunting, do you sell them to hunting ranches or will you let some dudes hunt on your property? Are there a lot of hunting ranches in your area? Rob- Hey Rob - thanks for throwing me that bone  No hunting in my pasture. Those ranches do a good job of turning it into a hunt. There are a few in the region. I'm still a couple of years from marketing animals. Some of my neighbors regularly hunted on "my property" before I bought it. They would pepper my house with shot hunting doves. They deer hunted elsewhere and dumped the carcasses on my land after I bought it (that's about the time I posted it). Next dove season one of them made plans to hunt it without asking me - then got pissed when I told him that I didn't want it hunted based on past behavior.  That type is every hunter's worst enemy. Brad |
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Post by 3RRL on Feb 18, 2009 12:43:56 GMT -5
That type is every hunter's worst enemy.
Oh man, are you ever right about that one!!
Those guys are the dream hunters for groups like Green Peace, the tree huggers, animal lovers, anti gun lovers and all those lovely innocent liberals who faint at the thought of a hunter ... hunting. (Probably like their ALL their forefathers did to put food on the table back when) lol ... But that was OK since there was no one to kill their animals for them like there is now. hahaha
Good luck with your venture then.
In fact, I have hunted a couple ranches like that out here in CA. I shot a couple goats and ate them. They are quite delicious!! The ranches I hunted were 5,000 to 20,000 acres. They were set up so you could make a real hunt out of it. Although I much prefer hunting in the wilderness, it was pretty fun that way.
How big are those in your area?
Rob-
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Post by studor on Feb 18, 2009 18:32:33 GMT -5
Man I'm feeling old -- when I read goat hauler I thought I was gonna see pictures of a vehicle hauler with a nice restored Pontiac GTO on it!!(had one of those once).
When is the Roti party?
Regards
Steve
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Post by quikduk on Feb 18, 2009 19:01:16 GMT -5
Too funny Steve! ;D
When I saw that Brad was the author of the thread, I figured it probably had more to do with transporting goats to his brothers place than converting a GTO into a WT Pontiac pick-up. ;D ;D
Great job Brad on the "box".
How well did the Lowe's Oil based paint spray out of the HF gun? I was thinking about getting their "Universal White" and paint my car trailer (after I sand blast it) or using their one-step black to rust proof AND paint it.
It doesn't have to be "show quality", just uniform in color and ugliness.
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Post by bradblazer on Feb 23, 2009 19:22:57 GMT -5
Steve - What's a ROTI party anyhow?
The only pony car I ever had was a 69 AMX. It was not in very good condition but it was pretty fun - it was my first car.
Ken,
The paint was a litttle thick but it sprayed okay. I didn't thin it. I started out with a brush but it was slow and looked like %^&* so I got out the gun and it was much quicker and better looking. I painted the OSB panels with a roller before screwing them on and touched up with a brush after assembly. The gravity gun just didn't put out enough paint to coat the spongelike panels efficiently.
Brad
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Post by studor on Feb 23, 2009 22:25:49 GMT -5
Brad If you are ever in Tobago or Trinidad (Or other Caribbean spots) they have a dish that is sort of stew rolled in a soft Tortilla type bread called a roti --- goat roti is pretty common -- usually spicy hot and bones are frequently included -- sorta like rolled roadkill  Goes really well with Carib (Trinidadian beer) In the middle east, expatriates frequently talk about going to a "goat grab" -- sorta derogatory comment on a local party regards |
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Post by bradblazer on Feb 24, 2009 16:38:42 GMT -5
Thanks Steve, When I googled it I figured it was either that or something to do with the Rotary club. I guess that bread originated in India? Other than the Fear Factor stuff they push on me in Japan and western carolina livermush I don't have much experience with authentic internationational cuisine. There was a roadside BBQ chicken guy in Orlando who sold bone-in sandwhches  . I'll have to be pretty hungry for goat to kill a $2k ibex. Brad |
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Post by studor on Feb 24, 2009 23:35:42 GMT -5
Brad
for 100 bucks I'd avoid goat all together ;D
for 2 grand I might consider a lifetime ban!!
If you think the Japanese stuff is bad, try authentic Chinese.
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Post by bradblazer on Mar 21, 2009 20:50:15 GMT -5
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That type is every hunter's worst enemy. 
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