simplynewt
Chillin' with the herd
I was going to use my BYH Page for this purpose but the more I thought about it, the more I like responces and you lack that ability with a BYH Page.
So I started this journey with the goats in the late summer of this year. I live in Central Alabama where the ground is hard with limestone and I am on 3.5 acres with a creek that runs down the whole length of my back yard. I am in my last semester of school in getting my Industrial Maintenance Technology Degree and this has been keeping me from doing the yard work needed to maintain 3.5 acres. This summer I have seen more snakes than usual and contribute this to the lack of keeping the brush knocked down along the creek.
After some long consideration and lengthy discussions with the spousal unit, it was decided to purchase some goats and that would eliminate the brish around the creek and thus eliminating the snake population due to the lack of cover offered by the overgrown brush around the creek. So we set off to visit a local auction to purchase 2 pygmy goats as advised by the gentleman I am renting the land from who also has several goats he attends to. Pygmys are small and they will not be cumbersome in managing during the winter months.
Once we got to the auction, something I have never been to before, it took alot of time just to understand what in the world this guy was saying. I could only make out bits and pieces at first and after a while, finally got the hang of the auction. So much so that a Nubian came out and I tapped my wife and said watch this. The goats prior to this was going for $45 to $60 dollars so when the Nubian got up to $30 - I raised my card. The auctioneer pointed at me and acknowledged my bid. He did some more rambling and to my surprize, not another card went up. I kept saying "C'mon someone has to beat me!" To no avail, he yelled "SOLD" and pointed right at me. I looked at my wife and the best she could do is snicker.
This is the start of my walk.
So I started this journey with the goats in the late summer of this year. I live in Central Alabama where the ground is hard with limestone and I am on 3.5 acres with a creek that runs down the whole length of my back yard. I am in my last semester of school in getting my Industrial Maintenance Technology Degree and this has been keeping me from doing the yard work needed to maintain 3.5 acres. This summer I have seen more snakes than usual and contribute this to the lack of keeping the brush knocked down along the creek.
After some long consideration and lengthy discussions with the spousal unit, it was decided to purchase some goats and that would eliminate the brish around the creek and thus eliminating the snake population due to the lack of cover offered by the overgrown brush around the creek. So we set off to visit a local auction to purchase 2 pygmy goats as advised by the gentleman I am renting the land from who also has several goats he attends to. Pygmys are small and they will not be cumbersome in managing during the winter months.
Once we got to the auction, something I have never been to before, it took alot of time just to understand what in the world this guy was saying. I could only make out bits and pieces at first and after a while, finally got the hang of the auction. So much so that a Nubian came out and I tapped my wife and said watch this. The goats prior to this was going for $45 to $60 dollars so when the Nubian got up to $30 - I raised my card. The auctioneer pointed at me and acknowledged my bid. He did some more rambling and to my surprize, not another card went up. I kept saying "C'mon someone has to beat me!" To no avail, he yelled "SOLD" and pointed right at me. I looked at my wife and the best she could do is snicker.
This is the start of my walk.