[Lesley Silvester]

Great pics. They look like they rule the roost, looking at the top photo expression 

They know their place - looking down on us mere humans 

Absolutely.

[omnipeasant]

Well the kids have been 'out' today. We were having lunch when the dogs started barking. Braith and Blodwyn were sauntering across the garden. Next the appeared in with the tups, later they were worrying the horses and Llanwenogs. Hey ho free range goats then 

[tizaala]

Told you so......
 
This will continue until :
 A) you raise your (de)fences 
 B) they get too old to jump .
 C) You get too old to chase after them
 Our landlord called round one day last week to ask why our herd was in the middle of one of his fields , " eating your thistles " sais I, " they are doing you a favour, and , If you repaired you fences they couldn't get in there " I lied. as they came running back home by jumping over what was left of his fence. he walked away shaking his head.

[Lesley Silvester]

I love tales of houdini goats.  Mine don't try to escape.  The five foot fence might have something to do with it.

[Bumblebear]

So cute...making me broody........

[Sbom]

I let ours out into the big field the other day as we were fencing in there. The little one came to us and stayed by us, Flossy came through the gate, ran down the field and turned to call her friend Marge, Marge couldn't see the open gate and stood maaing, so Floss ran back up the field, jumped the fence and led Marge out through the gate! My husband was gobsmacked, very smart creatures, well apart from Marge who failed to see the open gate! 

[tizaala]

Don't want to worry you Linda , BUT, yesterday while I was milking , the door opened and one of our Toggs walked in , I thought I hadn't closed the door propperly, so I pushed her back outside and shut the door again, then I watched her turn round and grab the handle with her mouth and open the door again , we repeated this four times before I had to place a chair against the handle to keep her out, clever girl. bloody pest , I have to find a key for the door now.
 
PS.
This morning the door was wide open and so was the springloaded cupboard door where the dairy food is kept, the trug with 15 kgs of prepaired food was in the middle of the floor , empty. and the dairy was full of goats looking for more. don't you just love e'm. 

[Perdita]

Lynda, the guilty party is Blodwyn's mother - so start building your Alcatraz now.

[Anke]

Don't want to worry you Linda , BUT, yesterday while I was milking , the door opened and one of our Toggs walked in , I thought I hadn't closed the door propperly, so I pushed her back outside and shut the door again, then I watched her turn round and grab the handle with her mouth and open the door again , we repeated this four times before I had to place a chair against the handle to keep her out, clever girl. bloody pest , I have to find a key for the door now.
 
PS.
This morning the door was wide open and so was the springloaded cupboard door where the dairy food is kept, the trug with 15 kgs of prepaired food was in the middle of the floor , empty. and the dairy was full of goats looking for more. don't you just love e'm. 

Just put a bolt across (but not drop bolts - you can get locked in... I speak from exeperience and now always carry my mobile into the shed with me... ), out of reach of the goats one inside, one outside. works for us.

[omnipeasant]

It's okay!!

We found the fence they had leaned on (broken stake not noticed until too late), repaired it and they haven't felt the need to wander.  Just a bit worried about the bark disappearing off the trees now in the area they are allowed to roam.

[Lesley Silvester]

Don't want to worry you Linda , BUT, yesterday while I was milking , the door opened and one of our Toggs walked in , I thought I hadn't closed the door propperly, so I pushed her back outside and shut the door again, then I watched her turn round and grab the handle with her mouth and open the door again , we repeated this four times before I had to place a chair against the handle to keep her out, clever girl. bloody pest , I have to find a key for the door now.
 
PS.
This morning the door was wide open and so was the springloaded cupboard door where the dairy food is kept, the trug with 15 kgs of prepaired food was in the middle of the floor , empty. and the dairy was full of goats looking for more. don't you just love e'm. 

 
 
Anyone think goats aren't intelligent?