This is our little goaty! His name is Cookie, he came with the black mare and the owner didn't realize he was a he, just gelded.He's pretty neat other than he will ALWAYS find a way out of the pasture, under the fence, through the fence, over the fence, up a tree THEN over the fence! We have 10 acres of pasture so it's way too much fence to go through and make goat proof, it's just not worth it. Goats will stick around and go back in the pen when they feel like it. I would suggest only getting one goat, that way when it gets out (because it will no matter what) it comes back. Otherwise you're going to be spending a lot of money to keep them in. They'll test that hot wire every single day and I've got a friend who's goat goes right through the hot wire. Cookie could care less about our barbed wire. If he can find a way to get up that high, he jumps/crawls right through it. The horses respect our cruddy fences WAY more than any goat ever would, lol!
I don't know if a male or female would be better. Cookie will nail you in the back of the knees if you don't scratch his head, but other than that he's not aggressive.
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