Sun, 27 Nov 2005

Draft Goats

I hinted at a holiday project, and promised some pictures, and, well, here's one! Draft goats, hauling Yule tress for the good customers of Dull's Tree Farm here in Boone County. In the picture above, Donner's getting his tip for a job well done!

We have the petting zoo set up at Dull's - Peanut, aka 'The Great Moodini', Rasta Llama, Sweet Pea and a couple of Kevyn's sheep, as well as the goats. I've been passing out flyers on the delivery business as well, and taking real tips for services rendered with my working goats. So far we've cleared about $50, which is more than enough to keep the critters in hay while they're up there, so any new business I generate should be gravy money. And we could sure use some of that right about now...

Several kids noted my rather bushy facial hair and assumed I was a certain Mr. S. Claus - perhaps next weekend I'll dress the part! That'd be a hoot, for sure!

For those who are interested, we got the harnesses at Hoegger Goat Supply, and modified a simple garden hand cart to hitch. We really need to fix some shafts on the cart, both to act as a brake and to keep the cart from bumping the goats on a downhill roll, but haven't been able to figure out exactly how to do it yet - it works fine, as is, but the goat must be walked, not led or driven, so we can keep a hand on the cart to act as a manual brake. If I get some extra time this week (yeah, right!) I'll get something more professional rigged up.

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On 12/1/2005 13:03:05
brainwise wrote

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On 12/1/2005 18:43:52
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