Comments on: No Kidding: Goat Condom Keeps Herds Chaste http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-kidding-goat-condom-keeps-herds-chaste/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:04:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cory http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-kidding-goat-condom-keeps-herds-chaste/comment-page-1/#comment-23595 cory Sat, 30 May 2009 14:30:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-kidding-goat-condom-keeps-herds-chaste/#comment-23595 as a goat milking mom (my daughter breaks out into hives when she drinks cow milk, and keeping a goat is economically more feasible than buying soy milk) , and learning 4-h mom, i recently had the opportunity of learning how to use a burdizzo. it was simple, had a pretty short learning curve, and had no risk of blood loss. to the animal. On the other hand, it was a permanent castration solution. It involves a small hand tool, no bigger than a pair of pruning shears. One wonders why so many of the kenyan male goats are allowed to reach maturity instead of being burdizzo'd or banded at young ages to prevent this problem in the first place? Surely reducing the number of fertile males would be a management solution...You would not need to reduce the number of bucks as severely as a farmer would here, but it would be an improvement over so many males vying for dominance, and make goats intended for meat use easier to herd/handle as well. as a goat milking mom (my daughter breaks out into hives when she drinks cow milk, and keeping a goat is economically more feasible than buying soy milk) , and learning 4-h mom, i recently had the opportunity of learning how to use a burdizzo. it was simple, had a pretty short learning curve, and had no risk of blood loss. to the animal. On the other hand, it was a permanent castration solution. It involves a small hand tool, no bigger than a pair of pruning shears. One wonders why so many of the kenyan male goats are allowed to reach maturity instead of being burdizzo’d or banded at young ages to prevent this problem in the first place? Surely reducing the number of fertile males would be a management solution…You would not need to reduce the number of bucks as severely as a farmer would here, but it would be an improvement over so many males vying for dominance, and make goats intended for meat use easier to herd/handle as well.

]]> By: Ann Marie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-kidding-goat-condom-keeps-herds-chaste/comment-page-1/#comment-21527 Ann Marie Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:14:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-kidding-goat-condom-keeps-herds-chaste/#comment-21527 I'd love to know how to construct an "olor" for our buck. Do you have any tips? Our buck is proving to be a bit too enthusiastic in his "duties" and is actually putting our does at risk. We have free-range cattle, and are searching for the most humane way possible to deter our billy without electric fences or castration. When I saw this article I wondered if this could be used for our buck, it seems very humane and environmentally sound. Thank You for Your Time, Echowood I’d love to know how to construct an “olor” for our buck. Do you have any tips?
Our buck is proving to be a bit too enthusiastic in his “duties” and is actually putting our does at risk. We have free-range cattle, and are searching for the most humane way possible to deter our billy without electric fences or castration. When I saw this article I wondered if this could be used for our buck, it seems very humane and environmentally sound.
Thank You for Your Time,
Echowood

]]> By: Sacred cows « Heliotropes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-kidding-goat-condom-keeps-herds-chaste/comment-page-1/#comment-20707 Sacred cows « Heliotropes Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:46:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-kidding-goat-condom-keeps-herds-chaste/#comment-20707 [...] Enough with the cows. Bring on the goats! [...] [...] Enough with the cows. Bring on the goats! [...]

]]> By: PoliticEye.com http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-kidding-goat-condom-keeps-herds-chaste/comment-page-1/#comment-15813 PoliticEye.com Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:43:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/10/08/no-kidding-goat-condom-keeps-herds-chaste/#comment-15813 <strong>MAKE IT RAIN ON THESE DOES</strong> Africa is facing big problems these days with their livestock, which in many cases is their only means of survival. Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have created a device to prevent bucks from mating with the female goats at a time that is very crucial t... MAKE IT RAIN ON THESE DOES

Africa is facing big problems these days with their livestock, which in many cases is their only means of survival. Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have created a device to prevent bucks from mating with the female goats at a time that is very crucial t…

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