"FREE-RANGING" GOATS TO HELP CARE FOR THOSE HARD TO REACH PLACES

I like risky experiments!

Sometimes you just don't know until you try. When you try, you only regret it sometimes. After briefly calculating the risk verses the potential benefits, I went for it this time, mostly because I had a three year old to help.

"FREE-RANGE" GOAT VIDEO

THREE YEAR OLD SHEPHERDESS AT WORK!

That's "Sweet-Pepper" there, the youngest girl of the Hive account@little-peppers. While the older children were doing some schoolwork, this little cutie was helping me. I had a ton going on down on the land, but I noticed that all sorts of undesirable plants were growing up next to the driveway. Since goats eats weeds and we've got goats, I got to thinking.

At first we jut released the four bucks; Crockett, King, Of and The. They are the tamer ones and I figured that Sweet-Pepper could keep a good enough eye on them. Sure enough, it went pretty well. Here are a few more photos.

After that small success, we let the girls out; Daisy, Wild, and Bonita. These ones are a little more rambunctious, but I went for it anyway. Thankfully, after a while of grazing, we were able to get them all back in the pen.

I enjoy things like this. First off, it allows our animals to get some free snacks while doing some work. Also, it lets even the smaller of the Hive account@little-peppers enjoy having some responsibility while accomplishing a worthwhile task. This went very well, I was able to get other things done, some unwanted plants got mowed back, and Sweet-Pepper had a great time working the animals. Eventually we will have more fences and such, but for now we make do and having fun doing it!