[ballingall]

To be fair Roxy, my mum's reaction was to call my dad an idiot and that it served him right for not walking round the goat! I think scratches and bruises come with being a smallholder/farmer though!

Beth

[langdon]

roxy forgive for my ignorance but what do you mean by the
term entire

[Wizard]

Shall I tell him Roxy.The thing I am wondering is do you know what I am on about if I say the Entire is coming in the morning?

[Roxy]

Sorry Langdon, with having an entire horse (stallion)  I used that term, when in fact, in the goat world its intact, as in not castrated!!!

[Wizard]

Aw Roxy you've spoit my intended fun Am off to have a sulk now

[Roxy]

sorry Wizard!!  I did not want poor Langdon scanning his goat book frantically looking to see if it mentioned the word entire!!  I tell you what, Langdon will be more knowledgeable than all of us, if he has managed to digest all the  answers on goats we have given him.  Perhaps we ought to set a little test to see how muc hhe has learnt about goats so far 

[Wizard]

Good idea Roxy how long shall we allow him and hes not having a multiple choice sheet either

[langdon]

BRING IT ON
NO ESSAYS THO, WOULD APPRECIATE SOME MULTIPLIE CHOICE QUESTIONS IT WILL TAKE ME
AGES TO TYPE!
AAAHH IS THIS A HINT THAT IM ON ERE TO MUCH AND YOU GUYS WANA GET RID OF ME? MMMMMM

[Roxy]

No ....of course we don't want to get rid of you!!  We just want to make sure that we have been good teachers, thats all

[Wizard]

Langdon WE are the people not the champions but we intend you to be a champion in the goat world

[langdon]

when do i start my training?

[Wizard]

Soon as possible Langdon after I have convened a meet with the big 4 

[langdon]

lol i'll be waiting!
 

[Anke]

Beth,  have two GGs, one in kid the other one is last years kid, and have also a BT type goatling. If she has female offspring I can register them in BT section, someone else has bred her up so far.

My GGs have come from Muircock flock in Cumbria and the BT girl is Balafark Skyee, she has been mated to Lochinvar Inverghost. Not sure about showing them, plan is maybe the young stock.

Trying to initially keep the GG pure bred, but quite keen to grade up to BGs, might as well start early as it will take a few years...

[ballingall]

Oh lovely. I think the Muircock herd was started by Chris Bennett who lived up here, as I recall when she gave up she let the person who got the goats have her prefix too. We borrowed a lovely goat of hers for a few months for milk in the winter. We have a Balafark girl as well, my boyfriend bought one of Nancy's kids last year. I take it you know Sheila as well then if you used Inverghost?

Beth