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woody44

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3. old goat person here........

Wed Oct 11, 2017, 07:38 PM

Oct 2017

I raised milk goats for about 20 years. This is rather cruel in my mind. First off goats do need shelter, they hate rain! They are pretty hardy with cold, but would need shelter from wind, snow, rain and hot weather. Also blackberry bushes alone is not much of a diet for them and they would be suffering from malnutrition fairly soon.

Up to you as to what steps you may want to take to help them.

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Anybody here familiar with goats? [View all] icymist Oct 2017 OP

"boy things at each other" -- fight or make love? left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #1

I guess fight as I am hearing this from my roommates. nt icymist Oct 2017 #2

old goat person here........ woody44 Oct 2017 #3

Just like any other animal Timmygoat Oct 2017 #4

goats are browsers handmade34 Oct 2017 #5

Ask the conservative cave-dwellers. MineralMan Oct 2017 #6

My grandfather kept them GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #7

I don't think you need goats for an eighth of an acre sarah FAILIN Oct 2017 #8

It's not my call. Roommates own this property. icymist Oct 2017 #9

Gotcha sarah FAILIN Oct 2017 #12

I would at least sneak them a few treats. Philistein Oct 2017 #10

Raised dairy goats for almost 30 years, and like any other domestic animal procon Oct 2017 #11

You can tie out goats ileus Oct 2017 #13

Contact the local humane society and ask them to check the goats' situation SharonClark Oct 2017 #14

I bought a fifty pound sack of goat feed for them. icymist Oct 2017 #15