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Goats or Sheep?
- Thread starter KO896
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Sure, I have raised both.
One breed of sheep that I have had that might be confused at a distance is what's called a 'hair sheep'.....meaning a sheep that is not wooly:
Barbados Black-Belly
It's a Black-Belly!!
I don't see any 'pellets' lying about the floor...Is that thing potty trained?? 
CUTE!!
OR:It's a Black-Belly!!
CUTE!!
Is it an Oberhasli Dairy GOAT???
why do goats do this with their tongue?Cool!
That little guy is pretty chubby.Funny how the dogs react.
It's kinda funny
That's how a buck says, "Please, please, please?" to a doe.why do goats do this with their tongue?
It's kinda funny
No foolin'.
Actually when I was younger my family almost got one. Sadly we didn't. 
Goats and sheep are really quite different, I don’t think anyone could mix them up. Maybe I see it that way because we used to have some goats, and every year there’d be a few baby ones. I was little back then and used to spend heaps of time with the baby goats, even gave them names.
There was one I remember clearly. Its mother rejected it and wasn’t feeding it. When I went to check, it was lying on the ground, barely moving. I didn’t really understand what was happening and thought it was hurt, so I ran to my father. He explained the mother didn’t want it. I was so upset. My dad bought some animal milk, and we fed it with a bottle every day. It was cold at the time, so we brought it inside during feeds. Once it got stronger, it would run up the steps every day and sit right in front of the heater, waiting for its milk. Sadly, it didn’t have a happy ending, but it’s still a memory that’s stayed with me.
Goats really are lovely animals. They’re clean, well behaved, clever, a bit like dogs in how they act.
There was one I remember clearly. Its mother rejected it and wasn’t feeding it. When I went to check, it was lying on the ground, barely moving. I didn’t really understand what was happening and thought it was hurt, so I ran to my father. He explained the mother didn’t want it. I was so upset. My dad bought some animal milk, and we fed it with a bottle every day. It was cold at the time, so we brought it inside during feeds. Once it got stronger, it would run up the steps every day and sit right in front of the heater, waiting for its milk. Sadly, it didn’t have a happy ending, but it’s still a memory that’s stayed with me.
Goats really are lovely animals. They’re clean, well behaved, clever, a bit like dogs in how they act.
