RE: [lace-chat] Re: wether

2005-11-10 Thread BrambleLane
A boer goat is an African breed of goat, white with a red head and neck, very stocky and, well, beefy. They were all the rage a few years back when they first appeared in the States. We bought a youngster, and were disappointed when we ate it, as we were used to the leaner dairy goats. Margaret

RE: [lace-chat] Re: wether

2005-11-09 Thread BrambleLane
Some years back, out kid raised a wether as a 4-H project. We named it 'Lunch', and although he understood the whole process/purpose (we ate it ourselves), he still cried when it was auctioned off at the fair. (I think it was because the other kids were crying over theirs, too.) The idea is that