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In the animals and nature section a series of images featuring goats were describes as "cute"
I can assure you there is nothing cute about goats, I know, I have kept them before, you have to be very wary of those horns especially with children around, they have a habit of butting you, and they are escape artists!! they can squeeze through the tiniest of openings, they can open gates, untie knots, and leap over fences from standing. I enquired about 3rd party liability insurance after mine were found wandering up the A1 dual carriageway It would only be given with the proviso that I secured them behind an 8ft fence!!.
And milking them is an acquired skill that I never mastered and when I did manage to collect a pail full it tasted bitter because mine preferred stripping bark from the trees rather than eat the vegetation.
I did not keep them long after the A1 incident.
Sheep, goats, ducks, geese, hens, tried em all, and finally defeated by vermin and DEFRA rules which make it more bother than it's worth.
I now have horses grazing part of the land and mow the rest.
I can assure you there is nothing cute about goats, I know, I have kept them before, you have to be very wary of those horns especially with children around, they have a habit of butting you, and they are escape artists!! they can squeeze through the tiniest of openings, they can open gates, untie knots, and leap over fences from standing. I enquired about 3rd party liability insurance after mine were found wandering up the A1 dual carriageway It would only be given with the proviso that I secured them behind an 8ft fence!!.
And milking them is an acquired skill that I never mastered and when I did manage to collect a pail full it tasted bitter because mine preferred stripping bark from the trees rather than eat the vegetation.
I did not keep them long after the A1 incident.
Sheep, goats, ducks, geese, hens, tried em all, and finally defeated by vermin and DEFRA rules which make it more bother than it's worth.
I now have horses grazing part of the land and mow the rest.
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). Milking them does take a few goes to get the hang of it, but its easy enough once you get used to it, ony problem we found was that the horses would try to get to drink the milk if you were not careful 
no doubt the result of a bad experience from a previous owner.
, the horses belong to a friend, but it is still a lot of work managing the land.
