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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 2264680" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>[USER=372207]@Antje77[/USER] </p><p>Goats make lovely and amusing pets if you have the space, and learn how to care for them. (their feet in particular).</p><p>We had a nanny goat for many years. She was a kid when we rescued her from a hotel garden as she kept eating the flowers. She grew and grew and would eat anything, and I mean anything. She was excellent at keeping nettles at bay, weeds, grass, washing hanging on the line, the toggles on my anorak (while I was wearing it). She could climb just about anything, so boundary fencing must be extremely high and strong if they are to roam loose. We had a well enclosed small paddock where she could roam free, which is where her hut was. It was an empty shed with boards a few feet off the ground the length of the shed. She had a thick layer of hay down for bedding on the boards. They like to be high up to sleep. She used to eat that as well. We also tethered her in other places where she was needed. One thing we tried was to string a washing line across an area and tether her to that with a loose loop. She could then access the whole length of the washing line and both sides of it for the distance her tether allowed. It was a long tether. You can also buy goat hooks that skewer into the ground. Her droppings made excellent fertiliser for the flower beds. I don't know how much she weighed, but she was big.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 2264680, member: 94045"] [USER=372207]@Antje77[/USER] Goats make lovely and amusing pets if you have the space, and learn how to care for them. (their feet in particular). We had a nanny goat for many years. She was a kid when we rescued her from a hotel garden as she kept eating the flowers. She grew and grew and would eat anything, and I mean anything. She was excellent at keeping nettles at bay, weeds, grass, washing hanging on the line, the toggles on my anorak (while I was wearing it). She could climb just about anything, so boundary fencing must be extremely high and strong if they are to roam loose. We had a well enclosed small paddock where she could roam free, which is where her hut was. It was an empty shed with boards a few feet off the ground the length of the shed. She had a thick layer of hay down for bedding on the boards. They like to be high up to sleep. She used to eat that as well. We also tethered her in other places where she was needed. One thing we tried was to string a washing line across an area and tether her to that with a loose loop. She could then access the whole length of the washing line and both sides of it for the distance her tether allowed. It was a long tether. You can also buy goat hooks that skewer into the ground. Her droppings made excellent fertiliser for the flower beds. I don't know how much she weighed, but she was big. [/QUOTE]
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