Goat Breeds

You gonna change your handle to Chupacabra? 

Get it drunk yet?  If it doesn't eat your poison oak, try it on empty beer cans.

I have a friend who used to live on the Klamath River and his property was covered in poison  oak.  He drank the milk from the goats that eat the poison oak and developed an immunity.   There used to be a product called immunoak that was an extract of the plant that you took orally to develop the immunity. I don't think it's still available but the goat solution seems like it might work.

El joto goat'o, you gonna make some cheez homie?

She might not be a goat, homie. Looks like a barbados ewe.

She might not be a goat, homie. Looks like a barbados ewe.

+1  look like sheep to me as well

Separating the sheep from the goats

Taxonomy
While sheep and goats have many similarities, their taxonomy (scientific clasification) eventually diverges. Each is a distinct species and genus. Sheep (Ovis aries) have 54 chromosomes, while goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) have 60. While sheep and goats will occasionally mate, fertile sheep-goat hybrids are rare. Hybrids made in the laboratory are called chimeras.

Look at their tails
The easist way to tell the difference between a sheep and goat is to look at their tails. A goat's tail goes up (unless it is sick, frightened, or in distress). Sheep tails hang down and are often docked (shortened) for health and sanitary reasons.

Foraging behavior
A big difference between sheep and goats is their foraging behavior and diet selection. Goats are natural browsers, preferring to eat leaves, twigs, vines, and shrubs. They are very agile and will stand on their hind legs to reach vegetation. Goats like to eat the tops of plants. Sheep are grazers, preferring to eat short, tender grasses and clover. Their dietary preference is forbs (broadleaf weeds) and they like to graze close to the soil surface. Goats require and select a more nutritious diet.

Behavior
Sheep and goats usually exhibit different behavior. Goats are naturally curious and independent, while sheep tend to be more distant and aloof. Sheep have a stronger flocking instinct and become very agitated if they are separated from the rest of the flock. It is easier to keep sheep inside a fence than goats.

Goats will seek shelter more readily than sheep. Neither species likes to get its feet wet and both prefer upland grazing to lowland. In a fight, a ram will back up and charge to butt heads. A goat will rear up on his hind legs and come down forceably to butt heads. During controntation, such fighting behavior favors the ram.

Physical differences
Sheep and goats have numerous physical differences. Most goats have hair coats that do not require shearing or combing. Most sheep grow woolly coats that need to be sheared at least annually. Lamb tails are usually docked (shortened) whereas goat tails are not.

Sheep have an upper lip that is divided by a distinct philtrum (groove). The goat does not.
Male goats have glands beneath their tail. Sheep have face or tear glands beneath their eyes and foot or scent glands between the toes. Male goats develop a distinct odor as they grow in sexual maturity. The odor is very strong during the rut (mating season). Sexually mature rams have much less of an odor, if they have an odor at all.

Horns
Most goats are naturally horned. Some goats have beards. Many breeds of sheep are naturally hornless (polled). Some sheep have manes. Goat horns are more narrow, upright, and less curved than sheep horns. Sheep tend to curl their horns in loops on the sides of their heads.



Don't talk to me unless you like to party hard,  with sheep.

I have a friend who used to live on the Klamath River and his property was covered in poison  oak.  He drank the milk from the goats that eat the poison oak and developed an immunity.   There used to be a product called immunoak that was an extract of the plant that you took orally to develop the immunity. I don't think it's still available but the goat solution seems like it might work.

Maybe Andy could feed her beer then drink the milk and he could develop an immunity to beer, wouldn't that make the world a better place

She might not be a goat, homie. Looks like a barbados ewe.

I see you've upgraded from.....

Saw this video on facebook today and thought of Andy.
Wait for it at the end LOL

"Drunk guy rides sheep"

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Somehow it reminded me of this gem of a video