Cabritas en Primavera

Esta semana cinco cabras nacieron en la granja. Cada otoño pongo a las hembras con el macho. El resto del año el macho se queda solo. Tengo 12 cabras, incluidas 5 hembras embarazadas. Espero que vaya a tener doce cabritas cuando todas den a luz. Normalmente una cabra tiene gemelos. Los granjeros dicen que si un animal no tiene gemelos, es necesario venderlo porque no vale la pena y no van a haber ganancias.

Cuatro semanas después las voy a las vacunar. Yo voy a castrar a los machos porque no pueden tener más que un macho en la granja. Si lo tienes van a pelear y será agresivo. Se llaman cabras carneras castradas.

Las cabras me ayudan de tres maneras. Primero, bajan los impuestos en la finca porque agricultura paga 25% menos de los impuestos que otros tipos de asuntos inmobiliarios. Segundo, las cabras comen la malesa y cortan los pastos. Finalmente, las cabras diseminan abono en el suelo para su caca. En otoño, voy a vender los carneros castrados y guardar las hembras para criarlas y de esta manera aumentar el número de cabezas de mi rebaño.

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Cabritas en Primavera

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Baby Goats in Spring

This week four goats were born on the farm. Every fall I put the does in with the buck to breed them and then the rest of the year the buck is by himself. I have 12 goats now and 6 pregnant females. So I hope to have 2 x 6 = 12 more goats when all the goats have given birth. Usually a goal has twins. Farmers say if an animal does not have twins then get rid of her because she is not producing a profit for the farm.

Four weeks after the goats are born I will vaccinate them and then vaccinate them again 4 weeks later. The males I will castrate because you cannot have but one male on a farm. If you have more than one male they will fight plus they will be aggressive toward the farmer too. Castrated male goats are called wethers.

The goats help me keep the farm orderly in three ways. First they reduce my taxes on the land because agriculture is taxed at 25% the rate of residential or industrial land. Second the goats eat the vines on the property and keep the grass mowed. Finally the goats fertilize the land as they spread manure. In the fall I will sell the males goats and keep the females so they can be bred the following season thus increasing the size of my herd.

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Baby Goats in Spring

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