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You're right. I guess if it happens it happens. Cant keep them from loving what they do. It better then them killing themselves on something i guess...

Are you serious? Man that stinks cause I have some 100 year old trees i would like to protect and not have killed and I'm gonna be pretty ticked to say the least if that happens to me.

Yeah i figured they could get in there and nibble the bark, and i didn't want to go to the effort of making an actual fence and the cost of poles.

I was thinking along those lines since i have some leftover 4x4 field fence but i guess they can easily get through. Chicken wire or this stucco wire seems better suited to keeping goats out.

Yeah. Ive heard they are tricky to keep away from where they wanna be, lol. You've been a big help throughout the thread(and even on my goats vs cow thread), even if you weren't able to answer this one question.

Ok, good. I might just wrap the trees individually with 4 x 2 square field fencing and use a staple gun to secure it so they don't strip the bark. Most trees in this woods are pole trees :/ so they can kill those all they want, but then they're around 10 trees that are really old and I would...

In that case, I think i'll keep them in their pen. I would rather have them in a controlled environment where I choose what to feed them, nothing for them to eat and possibly die from, not as many predators. All I'm saying, is if there's a chance they'll die, even if it is 10%, I don't want to...

What are the negatives of grazing goats in the woods? I have about a tenth of an acre on my mini farm that is all woods/weeds and i want to get rid of it. It is inconvenient to get to and from my barn and is just an eyesore. I heard some plants can kill goats, which i wouldn't want to happen(on...