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What the Bleat?

It is common in areas with overabundant weed problems. Our neighbors rent their goats out sometimes. Too bad they got out down in Boise! 100 goats can do a heck of a lot of damage in a very short time! :lol:
 
Yes, this is my hometown, just about eight to ten miles from my house. (Note, just about everything in Boise is within eight to ten miles from my house, which is real convenient.)

In the fire season, which is just starting here, it is real common for hillside neighborhoods to hire the goats to eat the weeds on the hillsides to remove combustibles.

It is very cost effective. Much cheaper than hiring humans to work on the steep hillsides, and no danger of rolling a mower down the hill. Also a LOT cheaper than having to fight a fire and replace whole neighborhoods if the growth is allowed to continue unabated.

Wink
 
We have a hill in our backyard. Most of the backyard is uphill actually. I wish we could rent a couple of goats.:mrgreen2:
 
This was on shark tank a few years back. Sounds like a good idea to me.
 
 
So I checked this out. Unfortunately, no residential goat services available where I live. Oh well. We'll have to tackle the hill mess on our own. Eventually.
 
lyra said:
We have a hill in our backyard. Most of the backyard is uphill actually. I wish we could rent a couple of goats.:mrgreen2:
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Seems like it is not available everywhere :)
 
Wink said:
Yes, this is my hometown, just about eight to ten miles from my house. (Note, just about everything in Boise is within eight to ten miles from my house, which is real convenient.)

In the fire season, which is just starting here, it is real common for hillside neighborhoods to hire the goats to eat the weeds on the hillsides to remove combustibles.

It is very cost effective. Much cheaper than hiring humans to work on the steep hillsides, and no danger of rolling a mower down the hill. Also a LOT cheaper than having to fight a fire and replace whole neighborhoods if the growth is allowed to continue unabated.

Wink
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This is so true, Wink. California is having a real problem with fires. Devastating, huge fires, three years in a row. I read an analysis about it and it’s because supposedly California is not doing “fire fuel” forestry management as aggressively as rural states like Arizona etc. Maybe goats are an answer, because they can roam in more populated areas and clear vegetation better than controlled burns. California has to start doing something differently!

IMO, goats could be used everywhere. They are, after all, portable. In Colorado ranchers bring whole herds of cows up to the mountains to graze in the summer. They get there by truck, not by walking. :)
 
My family raised cattle when I was a kid in CA. We would haul them up to leased land every year in the foothills east of Sacramento. More leases to such people would be beneficial. Though cattle don't clear brush as well as goats.
 
redwood66 said:
My family raised cattle when I was a kid in CA. We would haul them up to leased land every year in the foothills east of Sacramento. More leases to such people would be beneficial. Though cattle don't clear brush as well as goats.
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I wonder if there are applications for this clearing large areas (1,000s of acres) to help prevent the types of wild-fires we are seeing again this year?
 
It might but goats won't clear dead standing trees. Where we live now there is a group called Fire Smart that gets small grants to clear underbrush and dead trees near towns and along major roadways. I do think it helps to keep the towns safer, but fires still burn every year though not nearly as bad as CA.
 
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