Clearing Brush with Goats | Before & After

[@debracalapan3867]

Wow! The goats save you a lot work!

[@justinatterberry-rl6np]

I was JUST talking to my mom about needing to clear some brush our cows aren't eating(mostly blackberries) and this video was at the top of my feed when I opened KZbin. I, very recently, found your channel and find it very informative. I will be praying for you in your health journey, we lost my wife's father to cancer last month, he was a goat farmer as well. I subscribed and will be following you, thank you for the great informative videos.

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank you we appreciate that

[@everythingcjay4497]

I have goats that I could sell to u

[@MilkteaMomoko]

It's fascinating to see man and animal work the land together. Great video, thanks for sharing the clearing process. Here's to many years of health of you and your goats 🙏❤️

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank you we appreciate you watching

[@patshipp9195]

💖💖🙏🙏💖💖You are looking good and hope your staying well. 💖💖🙏🙏💖💖

[@elliepedigo3390]

So glad to see another video. Hope all is going well

[@kathywifall6844]

That is amazing how well they can clean up various areas.

[@ducky5msx]

Came over to your channel after watching Chad @ Adler Farms. Y'all are in my prayers & may God bless you, heal you, & keep y'all safe in every endeavor. Lois Hart in Rocklin , Ca. ❤

[@tammyschnedler7545]

So impressed with Hidden_Heights_Farms kidding season! Beautiful babies! Your buck Bo threw fabulous kids!!!❤

[@paulafeudo5504]

Phenomenal! And, seemingly, the goats don't gain enormous weight, which would have to be a big concern. Your goats are beautiful, as well as productive. Glad to see you out and about these days.

[@RndmGuy48-t1b]

Bless your family brother. Glad to see you up and about! Hope you’re doing better man! God bless!

[@megslittlehouseinthecountry]

You're looking good Josh. I pray you are recovering well. 💖🙏💖 The goats do a great job at cleaning up a property. And all that gree stuff is good for them as well! 💖💖💖

[@karenladwig3856]

Josh you look so well! The goats look like they have plenty to eat! I know how goats can clean up.

[@michaelbobbiharris2587]

Looking good. Good video!

[@lindahipp8329]

The goats says we'll take care of this for you. Hope you reach 20K. Continued prayers for you and your family. GOD BLESS Y'ALL.

[@BlueBeeMCMLXI]

The weed plants are often same origin as the goat breed - genetics. If cattle or horses ate these they would be ill. Goats do it without a problem. Many north American weeds came from Europe and Asia, and so do the goat lines. Weeds arrive before grasses on bare earth, and trees arrive last of all.

[@jerrysalgat3406]

Nice job with the goats.

[@angiebrewer9960]

Good to see ya, been a while! 🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏

[@peggyzion8448]

I love your common sense!

[@chrisjohanson9284]

It’s amazing how goats can clear a pasture. You look so good Josh hope your doing good. Prayers for continued strength 🙏❤️🙏 take care 🙏❤️👍😊✨

[@HAMBYCHARGERGUYGAMING]

I absolutely love my goats and this is one of the main reasons I have them!!!

[@monicaluketich6913]

That is the reason I started with kiko goats. With youpon trees, I allow them to eat the leaves, and then I cut the small trees down and use it for firewood!

[@lori8861]

Great video as usual. I learn something new every time I watch one. Thank you & God bless.

[@pamelahousley7543]

Love how well the goats clean up the farm!!!! Good to see that you are doing well. God Bless.

[@lindakinsey1093]

Glad to see you looking so good. Love your video. My dad put a goat on a chain and an old tire. He would throw the tire as far as he could then the goat would clear the briar bushes to the tire and then he would throw the tire again. It worked well since we had no fence in the area.

[@caroldibben9344]

Yes cedar is awful. I'm allergic. Nice job using the goats. You are looking well Josh. God Bless

[@GaryandSandysFarmLife]

Such good looking animals, Love to watch them eat !

[@billharris3335]

Miss your updates on your journey praying that everything is going well!

[@trudiharmon7640]

Great video Josh. Hope you reach the 20k. Maybe ask a friend for a shout out too so you reach your goal. Goats are amazing creatures. Did amazing clearing all that brush. Take care and God Bless. 💕🙏

[@christinastewart9830]

Love your videos! You are lookin so good. I have you and your family in my prayers every night. God bless.😊❤

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank you

[@tatumworcestershiresauce5932]

Congratulations on 20K!

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank You!

[@FEARLESSFLY123]

Man I’ve been watching a lot of your content in anticipation and getting ready to start a herd for meat/commercial sale. I’d like to get with you about how to source a buyer like how you load up, weigh, and sell. Having trouble finding a buy near me in south MS

[@markpiersall9815]

Consider installing a Screech Owl nest box. Owls eat rodents which host ticks and attract pit vipers.

[@BBKERNSALLNhomestead]

Awesome video Josh!!!! 20k WOW CONGRATS!!!!!!!

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank You

[@doreebryant]

It's just amazing what they can do. Good to see you. You're looking good. My prayers to you. ❤

[@barbaramix1683]

Thanks for the tips. When I get land, I will get goats to clear my brush. I live in Oregon and things grow like crazy with all the rain. Glad to see you are doing pretty well. still praying for you.

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank you I appreciate those prayers.

[@donnaflanagan6612]

The goats do an amazing job, chalk & cheese🐐 By the time I watched this Josh, you had already reached 20K, big congrats🎉 Take care, cheers, & say hi to Audra for me🥰

[@24bidy]

What abut the dog > do you give him food an most importer a water when the goats are grazing ?

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Yes she gets the everything she needs just like the goats.

[@thereseburton1414]

Wow that's amazing. When I watched this you had 20k Congratulations. They all followed you knowing the good stuff was in your direction.

[@Bbbbbbbbbbxxxx]

I'm getting closer ever day to retiring on my land. I'll be running sheep and goats hopefully to keep the grass and weeds at bay. Won't be far from you. My farm is in Mt . Pleasant.

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Not far at all. Thanks for watching

[@TheCajunHomestead]

Great to see your out and about. I am a firm believer in using animals to clear property. Been using chickens for years, I don’t have any goats yet.

[@kkeenan536]

My sister bought a 10 acre property that the previous owner had a couple horses on, so the pasture looked like a lawn. Out in the middle was a mound of berry bushes about 5’ tall & at least 20’ around. Well, she brought her 40 head of dairy goats in & they devoured those bushes and uncovered a huge granite outcropping!! Goats are awesome brush clearers, but you better have good fencing

[@tireddad6541]

And climbing on the granite is good for them. Bonus points....

[@TallCFarms]

Love it. My bro pen group is just getting brave enough to explore the entire back 6 acres and there's a 15 foot section all along the back fence that is heavily vegetated. Don't know why I did that when I was first clearing the place, but I've been wanting it cleared for a while now. So, I love seeing the goats back in there. There's only 6 of them, with 4 being just weaned kids, but they're already starting to make a difference

[@randy6650]

Awesome video 😊

[@peggymurrell2695]

Hope you are doing well

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Doing good. Thanks

[@LoriM222]

Josh, you look wonderful and so healthy!! How is Audra doing? And the boys? The goats are doing a fabulous job on your land!! I love it! I cannot wait to get out of the State I'm in so that I can get more land and hopefully raise some goats/pigs/ chickens!! I bought my home in July of 2001, so next month will be 22 years in my home and now with all that equity, I can make the move to do this even at my age (60)! My late husband and father to my 2 boys (he passed away 31 years ago) was from West Texas and I went to live there with him for a year and a half over 35 years ago but I literally hated it!! There are far better places in Texas than West Texas for sure and I love a lot of places in Texas, but I could never again live in Odessa or anywhere near there! I'm sorry to the people that may be from Odessa/ Midland if you love it there but it just was not for me... there's literally nothing to do there except drink and I don't like or drink alcohol. I don't want to live in City limits anymore and want more land to stretch out and have a very small farm. I've learned so much from you, Josh and all of the other farming channels that I follow and I'm sure I'll continue to learn on a regular basis. I bet some people would think I'm crazy for wanting to do this at a later stage of life but I believe that it's not too late to start something new if it's God's Will and you have a passion for it! I'm a huge animal lover but in the last several years I have completely and utterly fallen in love with goats and it's because of wonderful people like you and Audra and other channels that I follow! So, do you think I'm nuts for wanting to do this at my age? 🤔 Thank you for the video and God bless you and family! 💜❤❌⭕

[@BoisDArcKikos]

I think it’s a good idea & if it makes you happy I say do it. Everyone is doing great. Thank you

[@LoriM222]

@@BoisDArcKikos Aaww, thank you sweetheart! I'm very happy to hear that your family is doing well! You're welcome. 💜

[@becky1840]

I hope all is going well for you and your family. Miss seeing updates

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank you. It’s going good. Appreciate you asking

[@judiwatts1324]

Thanks Josh and Audra from a subscriber of Chad at Doss Farms. I'm now a new subscriber so am looking forward to watching a goat farm. They are so cute so just wanted to say howdy 😊

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank you we appreciate it

[@RobertoGutierrez-hz1sj]

Great example of how to clear brush for better pastures.

[@FowlerFamilyFarm]

Josh your doin a great job on your videos!!! I can tell you loveit Hello Audra 🥰~Tonya

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank you

[@CWorgen5732]

Heads up, the tree behind you at 8:37 to 8:41 looks like it's wrapped in wire. That tree will die if the wire is indeed wrapped around and isn't removed soon; the bark is bulging, it's been there awhile. Love seeing this content! Clearing brush could benefit me 😁

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank you for the heads up. We appreciate you watching!

[@Pjdlharvey]

Congrats on hitting 20K

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank you now to 50K!!

[@michelehumann811]

Congrats on the 20k subs ... keep up the great work and you will get to 50k soon

[@BoisDArcKikos]

I hope so. Thanks

[@allisoncrawford7114]

Hey Josh, Allison from Legacy goats here in Direct Texas. I love watching my goats go out and manicure up an overgrown area! I've had a problem with worms this year as well the barber pill. Prohibit saved my herd! Did you know there's a vaccine for barber pole worms. They are using it in Australia. Supposedly we can use it off label!!! I can send you a link

[@BoisDArcKikos]

We had some issues too with this wet weather. I didn’t know they had a vaccine for it.

[@JuneSmith-pk4zc]

Bug bite remedy 1 part salt 5 parts water Combine in a cup and apply with a cotton ball works on itchy bites great. I have used it on mosquito, chigger, tick, poison ivy rash

[@Nemesis_HEX]

The goats look happy

[@tireddad6541]

Besides them healthy eating, they get the shade. Do any pf your neighbors ask you to help on a section of their land?

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Yes they have plenty to get under. I wish I could help clean up my neighbors place to

[@catherinehubbard1167]

And they have been converting that excess greenery into fertilizer, something else that brush clearing machines can’t do.

[@sharone.langley2923]

Love the goats!

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thanks for watching!

[@dentability]

Thank you for showing your giat adventure

[@barbjarvi6543]

Hi

[@juliomiranda-garcia2959]

Thanks for the videos there very helpful 😊

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank you we appreciate you watching

[@Justanurse357]

Thanks for the video!

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Appreciate you watching

[@randallkerns2127]

Great video!!!!!

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank you

[@leeannekermode7452]

Curious, can you follow the goats with a few sheep to help trim the grass they leave ?

[@BoisDArcKikos]

I would think so. Sheep will eat a more broad leaf that goats won’t eat.

[@veevee7317]

do you treat the goats for ticks?

[@BoisDArcKikos]

No we haven’t had a problem with them.

[@kristinkozelsky5527]

Do you check the area first for potential toxic plants or do they just tend to avoid them if they’ve got better choices available? E.g., oaks, Virginia creeper, etc. common in the south.

[@BoisDArcKikos]

I would check if it was harmful to a goat. But they eat everything in our pastures. Thanks for watching

[@KC-uc1kc]

What type of goats are they? They are amazing

[@BoisDArcKikos]

We raise Kiko Goats. Thanks for watching

[@StevensHomestead]

I'm assuming I would get a similar result if I wanted them to clean up around a pond?

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Yes

[@janetlutter9925]

Did you have your surgery yet to reconnect everything

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Yes I did and everything is going great. Thanks We need to do a update video

[@ChaosOrZen]

How do the goats deal with trash and glass in a lot? I have a small woods and I'm concerned that previous owners have left some amount of trash in the woods.

[@BoisDArcKikos]

I have never dealt with the trash in some of our pastures we have broken glass in the ground and our goats don’t bother it. I’m not sure about the trash I would guess the goats would go after the brush & grass but goats are curious animals.

[@Christian-jx3nx]

How long does it take them about?

[@BoisDArcKikos]

This much brush with the grass to graze too about 2 weeks.

[@Christian-jx3nx]

@@BoisDArcKikos wow! I thought it would take longer. Thanks!

[@lynda2327]

I just watched you for the first time & have a couple questions. I want to get goats to clear our property for fire season in N. Ca.. How many goats would it take to keep 11 acres cleared using goats? What kind of shelter do goats need?

[@BoisDArcKikos]

For heavy brush 30 goats could get it cleared & keep it clear. All you would need is like a porta hut for goats. Thanks for watching

[@lynda2327]

@@BoisDArcKikos Thank you so much for such a quick response.

[@AnimeDreamingEcchi]

Question, how do you lead goats the way you do? What’s the secret to lead them to an area the way you did in the video, I have some brush I wana clean so I’m also trying to use my goats as well. Do you have a video or anything? Please shed some light on

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Feed bucket. I start pouring a little bit out to get them to follow me then it dont take long and they will come when I shake it. I have a young group now I’m training to follow me that way also.

[@AnimeDreamingEcchi]

@@BoisDArcKikos man ima have to try that. They were just all running when you were driving! It was super cool and easy to move them from 1 spot to another.

[@tw-mj4vx]

How do you train/coerce them to follow you like that?

[@BoisDArcKikos]

I have a little bit of feed to get them trained to follow my on my side by side. Thanks for watching

[@katecrosby7890]

Love this

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Thank You

[@mickeywebb3681]

Miss seeing new videos hope everything is okay

[@judiwatts1324]

Why do you put a stick across the goats horns? Just noticed one goat like that. Curious

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Some get their head stuck in the fence and it prevents them from doing that. Good question!

[@judiwatts1324]

@@BoisDArcKikos thanks! Your goats have attributes other than cute.

[@MrBsizelove]

How long did it take for those goats to give you that result? And how many are you using?

[@BoisDArcKikos]

There was 25 and 3 weeks

[@madaxe79]

Hey I’m about to do the same thing, how many goats do you think it would take to clear 50 acres of virgin scrub? And how long do you think it would take? Also is temporary electric fencing suitable to contain them in specific areas?

[@BoisDArcKikos]

You could put 100 goats on 50 acres easily. Yes a good hot charger will keep them in. Some people use that electric netting.

[@madaxe79]

@@BoisDArcKikos thanks, I am not gonna buy 100 goats, I was thinking about 10-15. I don’t need the block cleaned up overnight, if they take a few months to get it knocked back and in control, to a state where I can build some fencing and get some cattle in there to keep it tidy, that’s fine. I would probably just do sections a couple of acres at a time.

[@Lily-si5br]

Is. there any way to clear. with goats with no fence? I can't even get a temp electric one bc brush so. thick

[@BoisDArcKikos]

No fence and they will roam once they eat through a clearing. You could let them graze it for a few hrs a day then pen them.

[@Lily-si5br]

@@BoisDArcKikos great idea!

[@gingermccoy2732]

WOW WOW WOW 😊

[@harrybaulz666]

Send this to so cal🔥

[@BoisDArcKikos]

I agree that would help a bunch

[@bobworkingman4366]

What about snakes in the brush? Thanks!!

[@BoisDArcKikos]

We have had snake bites but it has been only twice. We gave the goat an antibiotic & it was ok. Not sure what kind of snake bite it was.

[@bobworkingman4366]

@@BoisDArcKikos love watching videos 👍💙

[@BoisDArcKikos]

@bobworkingman4366 thank you

[@mickeyjones2874]

I'm missing seeing your videos. Is everything ok? I'm not getting any of your videos for a month now

[@BoisDArcKikos]

I’m doing good 👍🏼. Thanks for asking

[@mickymac6571]

Nature's lawnmowers, i believe donkeys will do a similar job.

[@AlexisHanson-v6l]

Hello, do you sell breeding stock? If so for what price? I am interested in grazing goats with my cattle herd.

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Yes we do. Commercial doelings start at 350. Thanks for reaching out.

[@Nemesis_HEX]

Great ❤ 😊🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐..... 🐐🐐🐐🐐

[@iantawashington-allotey9913]

How do you get them to follow you?

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Feed bucket

[@mikemiller5139]

Are yall OK it's been over a month.

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Yes we are doing good. Thanks for asking

[@huckstirred7112]

after goats put in sheep to finish it off .But bad for deer

[@leedza]

I've never seen goats this well behaved. Usually a nightmare to herd

[@josephlathrop1914]

They think with their stomachs like dogs, they know that them moving means they are going to be fed

[@cherylguess3859]

u r 20k now

[@donnytyler-eb1ty]

goodddddddddddd.

[@Chuckplayzz]

Ima order me me some goat and start a goatscape services

[@BoisDArcKikos]

You can make money doing that!

[@johnsandoval347]

So what is your favorite breed of goat?

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Kiko hands down best goat for us

[@trumanhw]

genius

[@marjoriebell4956]

😇💜

[@jimmyjohnson7041]

Goats dont remove or kill trees. They only defoliate trees brush !

[@BoisDArcKikos]

Trees or brush can’t live without leaves.

[@jimmyjohnson7041]

@@BoisDArcKikos Agreed......Im sure the goats are not kept in that area before the brush trees shoot new leaves !! Then.......they are off and growing again !

[@rg1599]

Cedar trees will not survive if you remove all the green. Larger trees and brush will survive if there are leaves above the goats’ reach, however the goats also strip and eat the bark from smaller trees which will kill them as well.

[@Omar-id9hv]

*Promosm* 😝