Farm Rents Out Their Goats for Zoom Conference Calls at $6.80 Per 5 Minutes

by Damjan

15 May 2021

What's not to love about goats? I mean, they're cute, they literally jump for joy, and some of them make the funniest noises.

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Well, brace yourselves, because you can now get a goat to join your Zoom meeting for just $6.80 per five minutes. And no, we're not joking!

The Cronkshaw Fold Farm in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, has recently started offering a "Goat on Zoom" service. This fun service means you can have a goat from the farm join your online call and contribute all things goat.

During the pandemic, like most businesses, the farm experienced some financial woes. So, Dot McCarthy came up with the idea to charge people for having their adorable goats join their Zoom calls.

Of course, the idea was a joke at first. But the team at Cronkshaw Fold decided to put up a website and see what happened.

Well, the very next day, the farm received a flood of phone calls and emails, all from people interested in hiring the goats.

Before long, the wacky new business venture had managed to earn more than $68,000!

The goats had literally saved the farm and the jobs of many employees who otherwise would have had to be let go. People fell in love with the idea!

The farm offers seven goats to choose from. Lulu, Ozymandias, Lisa, Elizabeth, Lola, Margaret, and Sebastian are all available for appointments through the farm's website.

For just $6.80, you can have one of these adorable critters join your online meeting for five minutes.

The calls are not limited to Zoom either—Microsoft Teams, Skype, Google Hangouts, and some other video services are available.

People are loving it, and Dot says that one family, in particular, has been booking a chat with Marge every week.

There's no denying that the initiative spreads joy in these difficult times!

Here's how people reacted.

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