Goat attacked Red-tailed hawk, saved chicken

[NJfunnyfarm]

Coolest thing happened today in Sparta NJ. I was on a work call looking out my window when I suddenly saw my one Nigerian dwarf goat run across the yard and head butt a huge red-tailed hawk who was attacking on of my chickens. The hawk flew up to a low hanging branch and left a trail of chicken feathers throughout the yard. The goat would not leave the chicken until I came out. At this time the hawk squawked at me a few times and left. Is it normal for Goats to attack hawks in protection of their friends, such as chickens?

 

[50-45-1]

Oh my gosh!
That is pretty cool. I have never had goats, i cant say if its normal or not.
I had a friend once who had a huge flock of chickens and never lost any to preditors, he only lives about a mile from me and i had endless problems with all the normal preditors in my area.
What he did have however was a free ranging pot belly pig. The pigs barn area was part of the chicken coop building.
This went on for years and i could not figure out why he lost no birds.
Then after about 10 years the pig died and then a year later, my friend had no chickens left.
The preditors took them all one by one.
You have a guardian goat!
Congratulations!
And welcome to the backyard by the way!

 

[Fillymj]

Good goat. Extra treats tonight.

 

[hayley3]

I had goats for 17 years and never had a hawk problem nor a fox problem inside the pastured area. My goose loved to be with the goats, maybe she knew they were her protection. My last goat died at the age of 17 and I am thinking I will be getting a couple more to be with the chickens.

 

[glassdragonfly]

I have goats and I raised an orphaned raccoon,That raccoon will never get close to a goat again! The queen of the herd sent her flying! Since then I have noticed that nothing gets close to the goats. Not even the chickens!

 

[cmom]

Wow. You have a great goat to protect your birds. A neighbor had some goats that I used to take care of before they moved. I never saw any hawks. I did put the goats in their stalls in the evenings and let them out in the mornings because we have had such a huge coyote population. Another neighbor who always left his goats out in his pasture would loose one occasionally to coyotes. Good luck and have fun...