I have noticed that my sons goats seem to follow along better if I play music as I walk. I recorded this example. I had a harp in one hand and a camera in the other. What you hear in the video is what the herd heard. I did not edit it except to cut sections out to shorten it. It is pretty shaky but I thing the idea of being out in the pasture with the goats is conveyed.
Iceman, thank for posting the video. The sounds of the trombone and the cattle lowing are quite similar. I wonder if the cattle came to the sound of the horn or if that is just where they come every evening. I could try my trombone with the goats but I might end up with the neighbors cows in my yard! If I used a tuba, could I attract a herd of elephants?
Thieven, there will be no goat sausage on this farm. The pigmies are registered show goats. My son shows them with 4-H. A pigmy goat show is more like a dog show than a livestock show. The Boer goats were bought by my son to save them from the butcher. He selected the friendliest goats at the fair and bid on them. (sometimes it pays to be friendly ) Funny thing, the 4-H members my son bought the Boer goats from were glad they were going to be kept as pets and not butchered, but not one of them has come out to visit their goats since the auction.
STME58, the goats reminded me of a trip out to one of my kid's teacher's farm years ago. She invited some kids out to see the farm and she happened to have a bunch of goats. Off to the side, I casually mentioned, "what are you doing with all these goats?" Her reply, "we eat 'em"
