{"id":292,"date":"2021-04-22T00:34:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T00:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s27.digitalmarketingnetwork.net\/?p=292"},"modified":"2021-04-26T19:14:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T19:14:22","slug":"why-goats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiddenspringsfarmks.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/22\/why-goats\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Goats?"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p>As two city-raised kids, we really had no idea of what we were getting ourselves into when we \u201cBought the Farm\u201d. We had goals and ambitions and lots of ideas of what we could do with the land, however, we also had two small children, full-time jobs, and other obligations! We did a lot of mowing \u2013 I do mean a LOT! \u2013 but before we knew it, the fields were overrun with trees, weeds and bushes. It was more than we could keep up with! 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He sold us a package that included nine breeding does (females), one buck (male) and one wether (castrated male) for company and a livestock guardian dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let the adventures begin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hiddenspringsfarmks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/goats-2015.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Livestock guardian dog; kiko goats\" data-id=\"295\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/hiddenspringsfarmks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/goats-2015-e1619463354977.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/hiddenspringsfarmks.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/22\/why-goats\/goats-2015\/\" class=\"wp-image-295\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hiddenspringsfarmks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/goats-2017.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"294\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/hiddenspringsfarmks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/goats-2017.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/hiddenspringsfarmks.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/22\/why-goats\/goats-2017\/\" class=\"wp-image-294\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As two city-raised kids, we really had no idea of what we were getting ourselves into when we \u201cBought the Farm\u201d. 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