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Speaker 1 (00:00):
President of the Mudraba Show, Melanie, good morning, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
I had to clean it the goats. We're going to
eat something.
Speaker 3 (00:05):
Yeah, I botch you some presents? What is going saying?
Speaker 4 (00:10):
Good morning?
Speaker 3 (00:10):
Good morning? So tell us all about these baby goats.
So these are the miniature goats.
Speaker 4 (00:15):
These are from the Miniature Goat Association, and they'll be
at the show all weekend and we are so excited
to have them.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
They're a big hit.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Everybody loves them and who doesn't love to cuddle with
a baby goat goose?
Speaker 3 (00:25):
They're an association, is there?
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Like? Who even starts that? There?
Speaker 4 (00:28):
Sure is?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
That's a very good question what we have? Sue? Here
the boat to the mass association. They're both holding goats.
So how did that come about?
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Sue? You started? You thought it one day? I want
to have a goat association.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Yeah, I actually started the breed back in nineteen ninety five.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Oh Europe, you're what do you want to creator? How
do you start a breed?
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Do you just selectively breed smaller animals than created a breed?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Wow? So these are miniature goats.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
These, these are miniature goats.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
We also do pygmy goats.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Are they smaller again, or.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Pigmies are smaller again. There's Nigerian dwarf goats and they're
the milking goats. They smaller again, I know, they're a
little bit bigger. They're about the same size as the
Australian miniature goats. And beautiful milk, absolutely beautiful milk.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Do you have a lot of the Nigerian goats wanting
to marry the other goats all the.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Time and then take all their money from their back?
Are there any princes? Are they all?
Speaker 4 (01:24):
I'm sure the boys would be happy to even pair
up with the dogs.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Right, So how old are these one?
Speaker 4 (01:29):
So these guys are only fourteen days old. They're a
little bit nervous because this is their first trip.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Out, okay, and then how big are they when they're born? Like,
could you decribe it in a fruit term like we
do with babies.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Probably if you put two little grapefruits together.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Okay, that's how big they've grown?
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Fast?
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Or yeah, they grow they grow really fast.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
When do they come out able to walk and stuff?
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Yes, yep, a couple of about an hour usually they
hop up pretty much after they're born, and within an
hour they're drinking.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
And how many in a litter is it usually one
or two?
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Usually two, some will have four or five. The Nigerians
are classic for having more.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Oh they've promised so much. They do and they produce
a lot of milk.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
They're fabulous for the hobby farmers.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
It's really we're really proud to.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Have the miniature goats at the show because there's a
lot of city kids that have never seen.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
A go before. We'll look at me hosk and all
these Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
So it's really interesting and this is what the Madrabas
Show is all about.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
It's about education, it's.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
About bringing the country to the city kids.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
And so we love having these little girls with us.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
These goats that you've shown us today, they could be
stars at the show this year.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
They could and you could paint them.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
You know, people, we go Queensland on the side.
Speaker 4 (02:42):
A time, Queensland on the side. Like our cows. Did
you know those Kara cows are coming to the show
as well. They're competing in our cattle competition. They are
run by yes, a stud, local stud and we can't
wait to have them there at our show every year.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
O great, So then no one panic when they've left
our corner. Correct they're just at the show.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
They've gone off the road. They move a big bath,
big question.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
We've got to cuddle them at work today. Do people
get to cuddle them at the show or are they're
just looking at them? What's the story?
Speaker 4 (03:14):
Yeah, we will have the Minuture Goat Brutes Association will
have a tent and we'll have them up at the
front of the little area we've got, so if you
want to come up for a little cuddle, we can
do cuddles and photos.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Great, that's all. Anyone wants to know. They're so soft.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
I had no idea their fur was so soft.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Is that a baby thing?
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Or is that going to stay soft the whole time?
Speaker 4 (03:37):
I know they some of them stay really soft. The
boys get a little bit more coarse, but these little ones,
the weathers and the little girls stay nice and soft.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Yeah, of course we do connection.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Our girls are just always nice and soft. That's all. Well,
thank you so much for coming in. We can't wait.
We can't wait.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
To get to the show. Enter our painting in the show,
to be a part of it.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Their miniature holand cows at the show this year.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
No, but if there were, I'd be taking them home
for myself.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Yeah, they're cute, aren't they so cute? So that's another
story the next year. We need to talk about that, Yes,
yes we do. But thank you guys, thank you goats
so much of Bars show. It's coming up next weekend
for anyone interested. Actually, you get them down there and
check it out.