Just Kidding

Griff • Feb 22, 2010 8:45 pm
Tim the Enchanter and Checkers short for Chupacabra have arrived. Well done Earie.
jinx • Feb 22, 2010 8:47 pm
Awwww! Congrats!
Pete Zicato • Feb 22, 2010 8:54 pm
Cute kids you've got there. :D
lumberjim • Feb 22, 2010 11:02 pm
that's Tim in the foreground of the first pic?
xoxoxoBruce • Feb 23, 2010 1:11 am
Way to go, Gramps. :thumb:
skysidhe • Feb 23, 2010 1:12 am
twins! They are darling.
Griff • Feb 23, 2010 6:24 am
lumberjim;636691 wrote:
that's Tim in the foreground of the first pic?


Actually Tim has the floppy ears. The pics need a do-over since you can't tell that Tim is a large male and Chupa er checkers is a delicate female. Thanks for the congrats!
glatt • Feb 23, 2010 8:50 am
Awesome, Griff!
Nirvana • Feb 23, 2010 9:25 am
Yeah goatlies!:)
Trilby • Feb 23, 2010 10:47 am
I had a goat dream once.

Those are some mighty good looking goats ya got there, Lou.
Sheldonrs • Feb 23, 2010 2:08 pm
Brianna;636806 wrote:
I had a goat dream once...


I get the feeling there's a story (and the need for some therapy) there.


:D
jinx • Feb 23, 2010 2:12 pm
Why don't we commonly eat goats in this country? I'm hungry...
classicman • Feb 23, 2010 2:26 pm
"You are what you eat?"
Sundae • Feb 23, 2010 5:19 pm
Cover the babies' ears, Griff - curried goat (note, never goat curry) is delicious. Goat is sold over here in halal butchers and Afro-Caribbean shops.

Congrats on your beautiful new arrivals.
Mum housesits for a family with goats. She hates them :) She says they are bullies and possessed by the devil. I think it's a combination of the spooky eyes and the fact they butt her.
Sheldonrs • Feb 23, 2010 5:35 pm
classicman;636887 wrote:
"You are what you eat?"


I guess I really AM a dick, then.
Undertoad • Feb 23, 2010 6:15 pm
There is curried goat in many Indian restaurants here.
SamIam • Feb 23, 2010 6:50 pm
jinx;636883 wrote:
Why don't we commonly eat goats in this country? I'm hungry...


Everyone around here eats goat - thanks to the fact that so many native Americans and Hispanics live in this region. I've eaten goat a couple of times and wasn't impressed - to me the goat flavor was just too strong. Goat in a curry might work, tho.
Griff • Feb 23, 2010 9:15 pm
I am trying to get the girls comfortable with the cabrito idea but am failing. As far as goat morals go Sundae...

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Gravdigr • Feb 23, 2010 11:26 pm
I'll get the fire going...
Griff • Feb 24, 2010 9:25 pm
I am not liking the burning goat hair smell. Yes today was Tim's disbudding. Don't google it if you are weak of stomach or a petatarian.
Gravdigr • Feb 25, 2010 3:44 pm
Thing you never hear baby goats say: "No, no, I can't right now. I'm going over here to have a red hot poker shoved into my skull."
Griff • Feb 25, 2010 3:48 pm
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Gravdigr • Feb 25, 2010 4:06 pm
Okay. No horns. (And, it appears) No little slim jim. What keeps 'em from committing suicide?
Griff • Feb 25, 2010 4:10 pm
Weiner schnitzel is intact. The clamps are for the umbilical cords.
xoxoxoBruce • Feb 26, 2010 5:12 am
The house is no fun, nothing to eat and not big enough to jump up on the table. :haha: I like the chairs though and the floor planks.
Griff • Feb 26, 2010 9:20 am
They'll be more trouble in a few days. We drank our first fresh goat milk in a long time this morning! No after-taste probably due the the convenient snow bank cooler. Love that little goat.

Retired guys should probably start a goat dairy near the city...
Pete Zicato • Feb 26, 2010 11:11 am
Isn't goat milk supposed to be better for you than cows milk? I can't remember the reason, though.
Gravdigr • Feb 26, 2010 12:04 pm
Gravdigr;637398 wrote:
Okay. No horns. (And, it appears) No little slim jim. What keeps 'em from committing suicide?


Griff;637399 wrote:
Weiner schnitzel is intact. The clamps are for the umbilical cords.


Well, at least he can still get horny.:o
jinx • Feb 26, 2010 12:09 pm
Pete Zicato;637533 wrote:
Isn't goat milk supposed to be better for you than cows milk? I can't remember the reason, though.


IGF1 is identical in humans and cows.
wolf • Feb 26, 2010 12:16 pm
How cute! You could probably get a couple good sandwiches out of each of them already!
Clodfobble • Feb 26, 2010 4:56 pm
Pete Zicato wrote:
Isn't goat milk supposed to be better for you than cows milk? I can't remember the reason, though.


jinx wrote:
IGF1 is identical in humans and cows.


Goat's milk also has vastly less casein (1-2% in goat's milk versus 80% in cow's milk,) which is the most difficult protein to digest in all milks.
bluecuracao • Feb 26, 2010 6:17 pm
Very cute!!!! Even if they don't seem much for cuddling.
Griff • Feb 26, 2010 7:00 pm
wolf;637586 wrote:
How cute! You could probably get a couple good sandwiches out of each of them already!


Sure but why waste the opportunity, stuffed with bacon and feta they'd both fit nicely inside a turkey.
xoxoxoBruce • Feb 27, 2010 1:37 am
But if you wait till they're grown, you might be able to buy a second wife.;)
Griff • Feb 28, 2010 8:12 pm
xoxoxoBruce;637851 wrote:
But if you wait till they're grown, you might be able to buy a second wife.;)


I've got 3 girls in the house right now. 4! are you high?