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Goats on the Transpeninsular (and I don't mean GTOs)

Bajatripper - 1-12-2011 at 08:15 PM

I got these shots of a herd of ranch goats (one of them had a bell) crossing the Transpeninsular south of Punta Prieta. I've never seen the variety with the curved horns and wondered if anyone else had. My guess would be that some mountain sheep had their way with some ranch goats and produced these mule-equivalents. But perhaps they are a well-known Baja brand that I've never noticed before. Anyone?







[Edited on 1-13-2011 by Bajatripper]

David K - 1-13-2011 at 12:42 AM

Thanks Steve!

24baja - 1-13-2011 at 03:14 AM

According to several articles I have found on the Net, sheep and goats can intermix. I agree that your photos definately look mixed! Thanks for sharing them, shoe one my way goat meat is delicious!

bajabass - 1-13-2011 at 05:32 AM

I did the math! Borrego+chivo=birria+barbacoa mejor!!! :biggrin:

Martyman - 1-13-2011 at 09:57 AM

That one with the black rump is cute!:yes:

vandenberg - 1-13-2011 at 10:02 AM

Sure look like different animals than the scrawny goats that wander around the highway here in Loreto.:biggrin:

And they do look like a sheep/goat/mountain goat mix.

motoged - 1-13-2011 at 01:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Martyman
That one with the black rump is cute!:yes:



Marty,
You can always explain to the judge that you were just really only "pushing" that cute goat to get it to move.... :lol:

desertcpl - 1-13-2011 at 02:44 PM

yea right :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

LaTijereta - 1-13-2011 at 02:56 PM

They are talking about us again..
This was taken off the hwy near Loreto;D



[Edited on 1-14-2011 by BajaNomad]

Goats

tehag - 1-13-2011 at 03:22 PM

I think that the top photos are all of sheep, the bottom photo, all goats. Agribiz selective breeding has made the sheep we are used to seeing into a completely different animal than these more natural appearing ones.

The easiest way to tell the two apart is by the tails; goats carry theirs up and sheep hang theirs down.

Bajatripper - 1-13-2011 at 05:01 PM

I like the tail tip. Thanks!

Goats..

LaTijereta - 1-13-2011 at 07:25 PM

Here is another image of the goats we found up a canyon one day..

Goats?

Rosamunde - 1-17-2011 at 10:17 AM

Goats on the Transpeninsular.

I had my friend look at your pics. Her family keep goats in the mountains near La Purisima. She says your goats are sheep, who have horns that grow downwards whilst it is more normal for goats horns to grow upwards. She also said something about the coloring was sheep rather than goat. With my limited Spanish and her limited English that was the best translation of everything she said.
Great pics.

David K - 1-17-2011 at 11:44 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Rosamunde
Goats on the Transpeninsular.

I had my friend look at your pics. Her family keep goats in the mountains near La Purisima. She says your goats are sheep, who have horns that grow downwards whilst it is more normal for goats horns to grow upwards. She also said something about the coloring was sheep rather than goat. With my limited Spanish and her limited English that was the best translation of everything she said.
Great pics.


More cool info!

Goats: Tail goes up/ Horn goes up
Sheep: Tail goes down/ Horn goes down

This is even esier than the coral or king snake riddle!

Red to Yellow will KILL a fellow
Red to Black, venom lack

Of course they can be mixed up!

Red to Yellow is a friendly fellow (not)
Red to Black, chop and hack (not)

Cardon Man - 1-18-2011 at 02:49 PM

Great tips for distinguishing the two.! One things for sure, both a are damn good eats!

Goats

tehag - 1-18-2011 at 04:45 PM

Might as well throw in the nose and ears: goats' noses are fairly straight and sheep noses de-curve. Goats' ears are large, floppy, and hang down; sheep's are much smaller and more upright.

Oggie - 1-18-2011 at 08:01 PM

I beleive they are Castillian sheep that look like big goats.