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    Goats as a deterent for predators?

    Course, the best guard "dog" we ever had was a Percheron Cross, even the bears were afraid of him!!
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    Goats as a deterent for predators?

    Or better yet you get an LGD, then it eats the chickens!!! Vicious circle!
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    Goats as a deterent for predators?

    Quote: Agreed, mine have gotten into the feed area before and we eat anything they can get into, rabbit feed, chicken, goose, duck, doesn't matter to them and them will eat until I drag them out or the bags are empty. They then get diarrhea, stomach aches and can bloat, so be very careful. Oh...
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    Goats as a deterent for predators?

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    Goats as a deterent for predators?

    The reality is goats will eat till they are ready to explode and yes they will eat off the ground, under the ground, over the ground, etc... My pigs are pickier than the goats, especially when it comes to anything the goat deems yummy!
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    Goats as a deterent for predators?

    Quote: then you would have to buy a lhama to protect the goats from the coyotes. Then you have to get LGD for the llama's... Hee Hee Hee, it is a never ending cycle..
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    Goats as a deterent for predators?

    I have learned to put flour out around the pen to identify predators (land ones). If you look at the newer Storey's Guide to Chickens, there is also a chart that shows what typical predators do to the birds. It is a good why to identify problem predators. We have learned a variety of tricks...
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    Goats as a deterent for predators?

    Where we live the goats drew in ALL kinds of predators, especially the coyotes. Needless to say we lost all our goats and gave up on the goat thing. (This was with LGD's) Bad experience for us.
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