*requesting pictures* How to keep goats out of my coop?

[DallasCriftins]

Hmm, my Sheep have horns it is going to prove very interesting as they were already able to get through the gaps in standard sheep hurdles where I was originally putting the bird feeders.
I may well end up keeping them in a separate paddock.

 

[mjanderson437]

[/quote] That is a beautiful animal!

 

[DallasCriftins]

They are a tiny rare breed Sheep called Soays I have three blond Ewes and a Chocolate Ram Lamb
They are low maintenance and do not need to be sheered as the fleece sheds on its own or can be pulled off.
Some people say their faces resemble Deers.

They were my first choice as alternate lawn mowers.

 

[judge]

We have 2 fainting goats that were always climbing up the ramp into the coop, so we built a wooden cage around the ramp. It's high enough that the goats can't climb it, but low enough that the chickens can fly down.

 

[Andiexb]

Thanks Pharm girl, that picture gave me a good idea. I'm going to try to build a pophole with a thin ramp going up to it. Similar to the set up in that picture. I don't really have any other option to keep the goats in a separate enclosure, as my chicken run is pretty large so I will have to figure something out if this doesn't work. The goats are Nigerian dwarves too so they will be pretty small

 

[Andiexb]

I couldn't keep the goats out, but I can keep them from eating chicken food!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/764870/goat-proof-chicken-feeder-success

 

[rpj]

If you really want to see it I can maybe reattach it and show u

If like to see a pic of this plz

 

[DaisyFaye7]

Kids can squeeze through tiny holes! Would it be possible to make a small pop door for the chickens that is pretty high up? If you could do that, and instead of a ramp, use a series of perches for the birds to reach the hole, I think that might work to keep the kids out. Years ago, when my goats were small, their pen backed up to my brothers chicken coop. There was a really small door for egg collection that ended up inside the goat pen (chicken coop was there first). If it was left unlocked, one of my goats would open the latch and squeeze through!

 

[Chickie friend]

If like to see a pic of this pls

this thread is from 2013 and the member you tagged hasn't been active since 2015. in the top left you can see a time stamp.