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YES. YES it can. Also, goats seem to prefer good quality (high protein) chicken feed to 16% protein goat pellets, even goat pellets with molasses as a sweet feed. Grrrrrrr.... OTOH, Goat is pretty tasty - so when they frustrate you enough, you can invite them to freezer camp next to your...

OH> Yeah. I was thinking of the 4' x 16' 8 guage welded panels. Those are MUCH heavier. Sorry, bad imagining on my part.

My goats jump those panels, but I suppose if the landing area is small enough they might be deterred

I was thinking an octagon about 12' in diameter with 8 feed locations, each about 2' in from the edge. and yes, its a LOT of wood. Basically twenty five 5/4 x 6 x 12 PT deck boards (that's $500), seven 2 x 6 x 12s (that's another $150) placed 2' OC), some number of 4x4s cut to provide legs...

I also considered making a raised platform, with "doors" I could open and drop feed thru or mounted j-tube style feeders, or even inverted vent pipe caps - so the chickens and ducks could eat underneath, and the goats couldn't. But given the size it would need to be for my poultry flock, and...

I also considered the "Hooded" bucket designs - until the first time I had to leave a few 5 gallon buckets full of wet mash in the run for my wife to dump over while I was travelling for a long weekend - the goats decided the buckets were play things.

I have chickens, goats, and ducks. I've basically given up on keeping the goats out of the chicken feed (I offer a wet mash, so most feeder designs won't work), and the ducks out of the goat feed. Like you, I do multiple "feeding stations" - its the only way to reduce squabbles with...