5 Reasons You Should Have Goats in Your Life

[@onlyscams]

This dude has completely sold me on the goat thing. Time to get a goat! Beats picking up after dog poop

[@saadaq2005]

😂

[@lilolmecj]

Baby goats are adorable, and in personality they are very similar to dogs.

[@mgwgeneral6467]

I had one for over 12 years. Better than all my other pets.

[@DAKneesy]

Oh my gosh....I have been telling my husband how much I want goats. I don't even know much about them...so this helped! I love them!

[@SD-my9so]

I’ve kept goats for 35 years. I milk them make cheese. Wonderful animals. The kids every spring are so joyful

[@tyo6896]

How hard is cheese making, scale of one to ten? I am learning mushrooms right now.

[@gasperfurman0]

I would say it depends. Soured milk 1-2, Curd 2-4, Jogurt 2-3, "Fresh cheese" (made with lemon juice) 2-4, Soft cheese (with rennet) 4-7, Hard cheese 5-8

[@SD-my9so]

Hard cheese is very time consuming. Worth it if you have time. I make a lot of whole milk ricotta and chevre. Fast easy and delicious.

[@tyo6896]

When the world goes into the next dark age, ima miss cheese.

[@kenf3539]

We have raised goats for years. I use three when I am out on a nature photo shoot. I typically do those alone, with the load shared by the goats. They carry the camping gear, food, extra photo equipment and some water. Much easier than hoofing it with a large backpack - and safer too...

[@seanyboyc86]

Do you have an Instagram?

[@zongi700]

That's so cool! I'd love to see some photos, do you have a website or portfolio?

[@JW-bu3xt]

What kind of goats are best for packing? I have about convinced my husband to get some Nigerian Dwarves for milk/meat security, but those are some big boys he is using.

[@anastrawberry8047]

F

[@DavidGalvanwiz]

@@JW-bu3xt any large dairy goat would do. The guy in the video is using several different goat breeds but there's a lot of Alpine in the blood there.

[@liberTvalance]

I bought meat goats years ago to clean up my property and to have some meat. My gf named the goats and I didn't get to eat any. Got rid of the gf and thought I'd get to eat one and got a new gf that was even worse with naming and claiming the goats. 15 years and I still haven't eaten a damn goat.

[@mariabenetti8902]

You can't leave us on a cliff hanger like that... What are their 🐐 names?

[@CrimeVid]

Apparently goats are responsible for the desertification of much of the near east and north africa .

[@danyellerobinson5940]

@@mariabenetti8902 lol

[@thatsfascinating.]

@@mariabenetti8902 Lol....

[@reggaespiritdance]

I just can’t like the taste of goat meat, trust me your not missing much.

[@miket.9172]

I got 3 goats for landscaping. Time to start taking them for walks!

[@jamboreeAG]

Ive always wanted goats. i grew up in cramped cities of Los Angeles and could never have them. They make so much sense to own. I stayed with my sister in Kansas for some time. Locals there would let you borrow their goats to basically mow your lawns for a few days and their droppings helped the grass in the end too.

[@umiluv]

That’s such a beneficial barter.

[@seandonahue87]

We have 3 Nigerian dwarfs as pets. We take them quite frequently on walks with our 2 dogs in the woods 🐐🐕 they love it

[@jean6453]

Please don't eat them, even if as this guy says - they taste good : (

[@seandonahue87]

@@jean6453 lol, only if I was going to starve

[@DarkangaelBrokenwing]

Goat tastes wonderful but I will probably keep nannies not bucks

[@MikfinityPog]

@@jean6453 why

[@thehoff4581]

OMG..... I use to make light of goat power.... The perfect apartment security. I am now more curious about them! Thanks man!

[@heldforeverbygod]

Amazing to see your goats in a line following you up a trail!

[@bryanmcdermott4204]

Also, goat videos are highly entertaining.

[@하앙-h8s]

Lol its real....

[@tyo6896]

More people need to be open minded. Love it man, and I love hiking, goats can hike!

[@judahthiem5487]

They’re also great for clearing brush and weeds

[@cryptoronin3073]

Adding to my prepper list. They can carry pack in buyout situation. Hehe

[@JW-bu3xt]

Dude, took the words out of my mouth 🤣

[@leonardocastro6660]

Enough to be able to make life easier, thank you for your time and knowledge Sr 🐐

[@AxelSituation]

Thank you for this great video. I learned a lot and now heavily considering this!

[@davidschmidt270]

Amen to being more sustainable....

[@TenerifeHorseRescue]

We love our goats too :)

[@effeojnedib7208]

Reason #6, the poo makes good fertilizer. Having spent the first 40 years of my life in Texas, I can say that goat meat is great. Also had the milk, great too, so is goat cheese. Is it Angolas that also grow a fine wool ?

[@YSLRD]

Angora

[@rosstemple7617]

Wow I was expecting one point is they are great at eating back weed pressure. Great video.

[@The411]

I'm sold. My first one will be Goaty McGoatface. And being a herd animal, my laws don't require me to pickup the poop.

[@tmbergeronff]

I have 3 of them and they are great. Only con is they are all the bushes and trees in the yard.

[@SubliminalD-pm1wy]

My brother's goats are like his children!

[@smak387]

This man usuing goats like Reindeer.

[@tessjones5987]

Goats should be used to eat the brush to help prevent forest fires in California.

[@mrs8792]

I had no idea goats were used as pack animals! Very cool!

[@lauracooskey9481]

I would love to get a pair of goats (i've heard they get lonely without a buddy) but am concerned about neighborhood dogs. I live rurally and we have free-ranging German Shepherds, a Great Dane, a Weimeraner (sp?), and a couple of not-real-friendly mixed breeds. Usually the dogs are fine with humans and get to an understanding with the other dogs, but they can get into a pack mentality thing and have caused my pets some veterinary bills in the past. I am afraid that unless i built an enclosure for the goats-- and it would have to be a moveable enclosure, so that they could get all around my property to eat brush-- that the neighborhood dogs would gang up and attack the goats. And a mobile enclosure, suited to my very irregular wild land, and that's tough enough to exclude big dogs, is kind of hard to envision. Has anyone known of a goat tough enough that large dogs would fear the goat? I love the idea of goats. I just don't want to have them savaged by dogs. And i doubt i can get my neighbors to get rid of their dogs or tie them up... i myself have a little free-roaming dog. Suggestions?

[@cindyjean3208]

Hehe... I have owned goats... I love goats... To say they don’t smell... Seriously... ? few animals smell worse than a billy goat( urine/musk) They can be terribly destructive... They jump on everything... Those horns need to be respected and depending on the fencing and spread of the horns,they can get their heads caught... Again, I love goats... But truth is important!!!!

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

Is it just the billy goats, or do the nannys smell, too?

[@billstevens5277]

Will a goat fetch my slippers without eating them?

[@yato329]

The real questions

[@davee5384]

Depends on how stank your feet are :)

[@JW-bu3xt]

🤣🤣🤣

[@elektrolyte]

LOL

[@saifullahsubhan5044]

I salute you mr. Marc, you have shared great information, Goats are most profitable and lovely animals... so much better than dogs... love from Pakistan ⚘⚘⚘

[@marthathompson2012]

Most people can’t deal with companionship animals and meat animals being the same creatures. That’s not a bad thing.

[@non7sens]

What goat breed is in this video?

[@PackGoatscom]

Alpines mostly.

[@KennyRider137]

"Yes you can have a loud, expensive, dangerous lawn mower. No you can't have two peaceful goats." - the borough everyone lives in.

[@elektrolyte]

so am I incorrect for assuming that a goat will flatten the flowers and greenery in the garden???

[@ronselliers6951]

Goats can be very beneficial in the southeast for keeping Kudzu at bay.

[@20920474]

I’m sold

[@irishelk3]

I believe in them.

[@jhosk]

Love my goats

[@bossman2634]

I have purchased 6 goats. One kota breed,one totapuri breed(parrot face),three gujri breed and one sojat breed.

[@_VICK_]

Sooo you want me to eat the goat I just created an emotional bond with?

[@raphlvlogs271]

what are the benefits of goats over llamas or alpacas?

[@dextergrimms5337]

Respect the 🐐

[@dirtyd9792]

What type of shots do goats need and how often ? I'm looking to get 2 or 3 for my new country retirement home and what type of goat for beginners like myself ?

[@11breaper68]

The goat is now my new spirt animal...

[@tjjurake3506]

Goats are Mother nature's best creation. I agree whole heartedly with Marc. Goats are the most useful and adaptable animals. If people were smart enough to have two of them in every back yard (well cared for)self sufficiency would be mainstream.....but then that's not what our government wants.

[@biomecaman3514]

go Goat!

[@Snehasinghvi1972]

Agreed

[@jimsmith1846]

The type of animal you should own depends on your needs, situation, etc. I have no need for a goat because I'm not hiking mountains for weeks at a time, I'm not going to slaughter my pet that I bonded with, and I don't drink milk. Dogs are good for security and companionship, but they need training, lots of attention, and they can be noisy. For me personally, a cat suits my needs. The only training it needs is for the litter box, and if you get an adult cat, then you don't even have to do that. Scoop the litter box, put out some cheap food and water, and that's it. In return you get a house that's free of bugs, mice, etc. Cats are some of the best hunters in the world. That being said, good video.

[@rakearia3817]

Next: 5 reasons you should have rabbits in your life

[@16grouse]

Goats give you milk, cheese, company and meat when you need it. (Cold Mountain movie)

[@fireflyfarmletontheeno777]

I was thinking about that exact scene! 🤪

[@mskozul6643]

If you love them don’t kill them?!

[@Durufle68]

I could never eat them, but I like all the other reasons.

[@anthonysimms6414]

What breed of goats are they? What breed do you recommend?

[@steveo_o6707]

Have chickens for eggs and meat... have pigs for meat, was planning on rabbits but fam won't eat the cute meat packs... piff!! going to try goats now, but only hard thing is processing them.... We are taking pigs to be processed, but would prefer processing goats for myself.. is it hard??? Don't know!

[@reggaespiritdance]

Rock on 🤘🏻

[@ericknight2161]

What kind of goats are those?

[@umiluv]

Goats are also great at eating weeds and other tough plants that most pasture animals will not eat.

[@missyrabbit5250]

What breed are those big horned ones?

[@dioscurimas1018]

Can a goat be happy alone? My township will only allow 1 goat in my residential neighborhood.

[@johndoe1880]

What breed are these?

[@kenf3539]

I think I saw Oberhasli, La Mancha, Alpine, and maybe Toggenburg (but that might have been the backside of a La Mancha). The herd looks mostly Apline.

[@SamTheSubSaharan]

Lol stroking the goatee of a goat!

[@senorsombrero1275]

Carry my lunch? Oh, if I’m taking a goat with me, he doesn’t have to carry *a thing* to carry my lunch.

[@joehumble6698]

Afghanistan is a country of mountains. Goats have been always great source of food and income for all of ethics living inside Afghanistan.

[@warrenchapoton2089]

You had me at Reasons you need goats

[@Oriares]

What kind of goats they are?

[@whiterabit09]

Goats are the G.O.A.T

[@yohananlau1620]

This guy never get starving in the modern world.

[@filippopa4621]

Clicked on your video not comercials thumbs down forever untill no more comercials

[@panexplosivoh3113]

Can they eat bermuda grass?

[@mafreaponte562]

Raise them, get attached to them, fall in love with them and then eat them?

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

I love goats and I agree with almost everything he says, but - not destructive?! 🤣🤣🤣

[@classicrocklover5615]

The best thing i can say about goats is you can use them to clear scrub brush and poison ivy. My neighbors had goats on the farm - BIG ones. They ate everything in front of them (including metal) and pooped on everything behind them. When one would get out we would find it standing on the roof of their pickup. Not the hood, the ROOF, sometimes bouncing, etc. Not for the faint hearted. I still rate chickens above goats.

[@welcom3779]

🥛millk 🐐 very helthy

[@ricky3015]

This guy has goats signing contracts and meeting quotas

[@rohnduke4495]

Goats are the G.O.A.T.

[@gigachad3695]

Indeed . I lv goats

[@fairdinkum9454]

Oooh... nice one man 🤣👍🏻

[@mvpjordan7584]

“Goat’s are great companions and friends.... goats also taste amazing” 💀

[@Satchel_Charge2]

lmfao! True and funny.

[@hardanalljr.3138]

Some goats are assholes , trust me

[@matthewsmith6934]

@@hardanalljr.3138 I know it only too well

[@iamf6641]

@@hardanalljr.3138 IN PAKISTAN THEY CAN BE YOUR TRUE LVOER AS WELL

[@andrewgodly5739]

@@hardanalljr.3138 that's why they also taste great too

[@mbisson5816]

Everything this guy says about goats is 100% TRUE!! I've had many goats (not for food) and have to say they're the most fun and useful animal I've ever owned. You'll store away your line trimmer and forget it as soon as you get a few goats. One thing I didn't hear him say though is some goats are good for wool too. I still have one pygora goat and he's still giving us great wool.

[@alessandramariano3663]

Wow, goat wool, never knew, thank you! I love these animals and l plan to get some as soon as l buy land... l draw and paint them too once in a while. May l ask you if goats are not all alike? In the sense that some breeds are more adaptable to certain conditions, terrains and conceivably to different people needs? Here in Italy I have friends that breed them for cheese and milk and keep them in well-defined areas of their properties. But everything is barren and chewed up to the ground and it doesn’t look to me happy and natural to me...

[@mbisson5816]

@@alessandramariano3663 The goats I have had were Nigerian Dwarf and Pygora. Both are small breeds and pretty easy to take care of. The Pygora gives wool, and should be shorn twice a year, especially before summer if you live in a hot climate. Neither are good breeds for meat or milk. Goats will eat just about anything they can and are very good at getting through any weakness in a fence. Give them plenty of land and good fences, clean water and watch out for problems with their feet (hard ground is better, it will wear their nails and prevent rot and long nails). They're super fun and useful. 🐐

[@alessandramariano3663]

@@mbisson5816 thank very much Mark!!

[@EliminateSir]

This is why you need both goats and dogs. Dogs is to protect the goats, detect threats and neutralize them. On the other hand Goats can produce high outputs of benefits for your survival. You can have both. You don't ask traffic police to both protect and carry a politician on a bike. The bullet proof limo is a goat and the escort bike is your dogs.

[@MyName-zd9pe]

Very true, that's why we got 2 Blue Heelers to train before we get our goats. ✝️🙏🇺🇸

[@marty5300]

Goats are amazing animals. They're intelligent, playful and they really give a bunch and don't need much in return. They would definitely be the best outdoor companion. They can climb over and around anything.. plus they can comfortably hump more gear than humans can while only weighing half as much.

[@richardkremmen7811]

Thanks for the info. Very long time goat keeper here. So goats don't chew things up? I must warn anyone who reads this that they will in fact chew up, as in defoliate and debark, most plants they come upon. How are they "loving pets"?. They love each other maybe but we at most can establish a dignified, symbiotic relationship with them. They are livestock and treating them as lovey dovey pets yields head butts and contempt from these hierarchical herd animals who expect their human keepers to be "head billy goat" so to speak. That is, they require firmness and a bit of distance. Just research like crazy, be sensitive to their needs and provide for them abundantly folks and you'll probably have a good experience with them.

[@davee5384]

You might wanna go back to husbandry school and learn how to properly raise goats. Cause if thats the kind of goats you are dealing with, you failed.

[@elizabethblane201]

Exactly right. And I would love to hear how he justifies allowing horns.

[@OneAsteriskRunning]

I have two goats, and they are freaking awesome!

[@JoeGo101]

I want to get a goat now 😃😃😃 great video 😎👌

[@KrugerrandFarms]

Six years ago I had 75 dairy does, mostly Alpines and Saanens. We made artizen cheese in the Dutch stile similar to Gouda except from goat milk rather than cow milk. It was a lot of work. It was a 4H project that got out of hand and became a buisines. Agriculture is not for sissies but it is hard to make it pay so I had to get out of it. I kept a few for therepy. It was great to see your pack animals in familliar dairy breeds. Alpine, Saanen, Oberhasli, LaMancha I don't think I saw a Toggenberg or any meat breeds. Good to see your video Marc.

[@raymondperez8558]

Bro my wife been talking about getting a goat or 2 for weeks

[@JW-bu3xt]

This wife too, I even got permission from the in laws to keep them in the country for us 🤣

[@raymondperez8558]

@Shadow.dragon D hahaha true

[@raymondperez8558]

@@JW-bu3xt nice man good for you👍

[@cherylcarlson3315]

Miss my herd,had to move into town that won't even allow bees! They helped heal my aspire son with milk, company, discipline

[@dirk480]

Goats are a very socialable animal. We have 16 goats and 3 livestock dogs.

[@VGrillone]

I wanted goats BEFORE I saw this!! 🐐

[@paulgrogan8032]

This demonstration made such a impact on me that when I purchase my 20acres I will build a goat pen/barn immediately 🌟🌟🌟🌟🐐🐐🐐

[@PackGoatscom]

So cool!!

[@charlottegoldman3580]

Ive always wanted a goat and seeing your stuff makes me want a hiking goat

[@DropForgedSurvival]

*Now I need to grab some Goats!* 🐐

[@trackerbuckmann1627]

Be careful. They kick.

[@nahomeassefa9503]

And headbutt

[@brendaroxde6471]

I could never eat the meat of an animal which I raised and pet at my backyard. I’m not vegan but I guess I would love them as much as I love my dogs 😅 .

[@meredithmonroe9723]

I have always wanted goats. They just have so much personality! I would never eat one and I have no interest in milking one either, but I would love one as a hiking buddy!

[@DarkangaelBrokenwing]

Get a wether if you don't want to milk or worry about a randy buck 2 is better they get lonely easy. A wether is a castrated buck fyi. Edited to define and to correct spelling.

[@scaira60]

Being an Italian American when I grew up my grandparents had goats & chickens. As you said the goat milk is good & of course we used to make goat cheese & butcher the animal for meat as well as chickens for eggs & their meat. I’m going to get a goat when I move in a few months.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇮🇨🇮🙏🙏👨🏻‍🦯

[@OmegasBillys]

Dude wrong flag

[@ronanryan9472]

Lad that's the ivory coast flag wtf

[@isasilver6315]

🇮🇹🇮🇹this is our flag 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@betkay6684]

Goats are the best gardeners of all time. In Victoria, Oz, moved into a very dilapidated residential rental property so overgrown with blackberries through trees and Kikuyu grass totally out of control. Had goats in Sth Africa, so knew the answer to the initial cleanup process. One beautiful goat ... Sally !! I followed after her and clipped out the denuded blackberry canes - 3 huge piles almost as high as the power lines... council needed to remove them as dangerous for burning !! She was more valuable than any human help I could have employed and happily made my life manageable. AND NO she was not eaten despite the fact that goat meat tastes like lamb devoid of the fat infusion ... Sally went on to another needy home !!

[@margerybedford4184]

OK....I am back onto goats : ) Thanks for reminding me how important this lovely animal is!

[@hollywood84660]

Would you be able to ask him where he found the information, that you can survive off of goats milk as a sole food. I'm interested in reading that.

[@sayoshinakamario]

You can survive but not thrive

[@maysyummy5267]

I have one goat,I love her so much!she is so beautiful!

[@elizabethsessions4486]

This came in my feed right on time! We're getting ready to get goats.

[@William.Driscoll]

Great to see you vibing with the goats. The love is wonderful to behold. Thank you for sharing- Very interesting stuff. Great point, welcoming goats as resource and in symbiosis, in urban areas. And beautiful photography.

[@EthanBares]

Thank you for convincing me I need a goat now