PETA

[Mary Stetler]

Instead of animal welfare under rodeo title, we can put it here.
I have had cows, horses, sheep, dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, snakes...I don't DO Goats!
I have provided the best care I could. I have put them down on occasion. There was one person who found fault with how I kept them, not understanding the situation. And I have looked around the area and not liked how some others kept their animals.
I never neglected them or abused my animals. although I did yell at them many times.

 

[Don Alaska]

I don't know why you don't do goats @Mary Stetler. Along with pigs, they are the smart livestock. We had all the listed stuff above except cattle and horses. I had a rule that all livestock on our place had to contribute something other than companionship. I didn't have the patience to wait for beef to mature, and I had no use for horses, the most expensive livestock to own in Alaska because our winters are so long and quality hay is outrageously expensive. Highland cattle do okay here, but most other breeds require heated shelter.

 

[Mary Stetler]

I don't like animals that dance on my cars. I did think about nigerian dwarfs once, but, no.
It didn't cost much to raise a bottle calf to meat size because I have pasture and cheap hay. Today a bottle calf costs $1200!!!! In three years I won't be able to afford a hamburger cuz daughter says no more cows.
I really don't know how people afford horses now either.

 

[Marie Miller]

I don't like animals that dance on my cars. I did think about nigerian dwarfs once, but, no.
It didn't cost much to raise a bottle calf to meat size because I have pasture and cheap hay. Today a bottle calf costs $1200!!!! In three years I won't be able to afford a hamburger cuz daughter says no more cows.
I really don't know how people afford horses now either.

Taxes! Grandfathered property with livestock requirements. In my area you see million plus residences with horses, burros, longhorns grazing in the front yard. The other day a rooster was herding his hens across Highway 152

 

[Don Alaska]

I don't like animals that dance on my cars. I did think about nigerian dwarfs once, but, no.
It didn't cost much to raise a bottle calf to meat size because I have pasture and cheap hay. Today a bottle calf costs $1200!!!! In three years I won't be able to afford a hamburger cuz daughter says no more cows.
I really don't know how people afford horses now either.

We had up to 50 goats and never once had any dance on our cars. One did, however, harvest our Brussels sprouts one year.

 

[Marie Miller]

PETA people eating tasty animals.

 

[Marie Miller]

We had up to 50 goats and never once had any dance on our cars. One did, however, harvest our Brussels sprouts one year.

And you really minded? Please be honest.

 

[Don Alaska]

And you really minded? Please be honest.

Minded what? My wife loved the animals and milked at least 4 every day, even down to -40. We had to sell the herd when I broke my back as she could not haul water and lift it over the fence, not to mention the feed bags and hay bales.