Comments on: Pygmy goats part 1: before buying your goats

By: sara

sara — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:46:48 +0000

Hi, We are thinking of purchasing 3 pygmy goats, a female and 2 wethers (or the other way round). We have a half acre garden and a 3 acre field. We are hoping to keep the goats at the end of the garden with access to the field. My daughter is keen to show the pygmies, we really want them as pets. We live in Essex, do you know any registered pygmy kids that might be for sale in april/may. The nearest Pygmy show seems to be in Cambridgeshire, are there any other shows in east anglia? Looking forward to any guidance on buying goats…would be good to know what to look for if at least one of them might be prepared for showing…. thanks

By: nigel

nigel — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:05:55 +0000

we had just one pygmy goat fora pet i had two dogs and they played well together even walked them on leads. they go for walks in the fields and the goat would return same as the dogs on recall.but i will say its like any animal interaction is a very key part. as for grass mine did not like it he had his own food his shelter had a raised platform as they dont seem to like sleeping on floors he had a play pen just out side his door but was allowed out every day as i had a two different level garden so he jump and climb. the only time he would eat my plants was when i would do the weeding around them but he would make a point of showing me of them hanging out his mouth so do be warned they can be mischeifous and yes check your fencing is strong

By: Pocket Farm

Pocket Farm — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 12:49:48 +0000

All goats will nibble and climb so I wouldn’t recommend them coming into the house for any huge length of time especially unsupervised :0)

By: steph

steph — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 07:53:47 +0000

Hi, I have had Guernsey goats before and wondered if Pygmy’s are as destructive, especially in a house environment if visiting inside the home? Also, are there any health risk to younger children?

Thank you

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:34:21 +0000

I have conifer trees, laurel bush, holly bush where i plan to keep my miniture pygmy goat. which of these are poisonous?

By: Jason saunders

Jason saunders — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 20:21:36 +0000

Hello I’m looking at getting two Pygmy goats,they will be in an area of about 40 ft x40 ft and there shelter and hard standing out side this area .is this ok
Regards
Jason

By: Ginny Kelly

Ginny Kelly — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 01:36:57 +0000

Hi. I have disabities in back. But believe I can handle 2females 1 wether. I’ve had meat goats and loved them. Pygmy seem to need more care. Vet wise. That’s ok. Dogs cats do too. Do they have to be milked? We have 3 acres of prairie grass + weeds. Small elm trees that I don’t care if they eat them. Will 4′ fence be adaquite. Can they roam the complete 3 acres. And is it ok to have great pyrmees to guard ? Housed at night. We have lots of coyotes around.

By: Pocket Farm

Pocket Farm — Sat, 28 May 2016 21:35:45 +0000

The 4 ft fence will probably need to be higher – they will almost certainly get over something that low – but other than that if your fencing is in good order sounds nigh on perfect

By: Andreas Tussuck

Andreas Tussuck — Fri, 27 May 2016 20:36:43 +0000

Hi all,
Have a suburban garden approx 50m long and 10m wide, a quarter of that is hardstanding,with a 6ft fence one side and a 4ft the other an old shed for housing and the grass can’t be called a lawn it’s definitely wild,tufted masses of! I’d say paddock grass lots of moss and weed. I’ve considered all the extra provisions I guess what I really need to know is if the space will be suitable for 2 pygmies?

By: Pocket Farm

Pocket Farm — Sun, 15 May 2016 17:04:23 +0000

If you have an area of land that is easily damaged – especially if it gets wet – then having a quick and reliable method of separating it into smaller pastures that you can rotate is a good idea. It would be difficult to achieve the separation with electric fencing alone as pygmys are small and quite bouncy meaning they can get through or jump over inadequate fencing. My suggestion would be to permanently divide the land and leave gates open to allow them extra ranging when you can.