chickens in the same yard as the goats

Yep, totally fine! My two boys and the flock live together in harmony.
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yup..mine have had no probs...the goats dont even seem to know they are there..
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I'll just paste something I had written for someone on another forum about it..

It is possible to have them together, but we try not to.
Reasons being:
Chickens like roosting, and can soil hay, feed, and water, and also poop on the goat itself.
Some goats don't like chickens and can actually hurt the chicken, one of our goats broke one of our hen's legs in half, although that was by accident I'm sure.. goats can get pretty heavy!

You can free range your chickens during the day and they will most likely enjoy the goats pen if they can get in.

Also - goats can get sick from chicken feed, most nonmedicated chicken feed is safe for goats, such as stratch grains etc, but its mainly the medicated stuff you need to watch out for, and vise versa.
 
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They will have their own spot to sleep at night. Not with goats. I just didnt want to make another seperate pen for outside. As goes for feed. I am going organic.
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what i am really concerened about is each other eating poops. I know chickens will eat anything. WIll they eat goat poop. Or goats eat chicken poop..??
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I've had my goats and chickens together for 2 years. They don't eat other's poop. The goats cannot get into the chicken coop. Well, a couple of times they snuck in when I had the door open and tried to eat the chicken feed. Don't let goats eat the chicken feed. It's not good for them.

My goats and chickens love each other!
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