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handmade34

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5. goats are browsers

Wed Oct 11, 2017, 07:44 PM

Oct 2017

and certainly good at clearing brush- including berry plants... goats will probably live ok with no shelter (in dry, warm climate) and eating just the brush (if enough)...

that being said, I would always provide some sort of shelter for them, give them plenty of fresh water (and supplement grain) and allow them to interact... buck goats should be fine together especially if there are no does to fight over... I am sorry that some people don't care for their animals as well as they should

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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