[plumseverywhere]

Thank you everyone     the neighbours were all very excited when I said we had considered reindeer!! to be honest, its not for us, not this year anyway.  the thought of having to sort out 8ft fencing is very offputting for a start, still getting to grips with goats!

[CameronS]

There are 2 deer farms within a few miles of me

Fletchers? and the scottish deer centre?

there are also a few private herds in the relative area including one 3miles from me, and a few feral herds roaming in the forests such  as tentsmuir and falfield(peat inn) due to breakouts.

you gotta love deer but thay can be so destructive to young trees

[egbert]

Our neighbour had deer, and last xmas some a$Se broke in, nicked a load of them. The police issued warnings not to buy any meat as they were not for eating - they were either fed or injected with something to make them unsuitable but I dont know why he did that. Maybe its a requirement for keeping non-eating deer?

[robert waddell]

standard warning when any meat is stolen to frighten the   tollies that stole it their is that element of dout???

[jaykay]

We were reading up about reindeer but were put off by an article (will see if I can find it again) that said they were very prone to suffering badly from worms, coccidia etc. and needed a very large area to roam over. And that they were rather aggressive 

Decided to stick with goats too!

[plumseverywhere]

i think the word aggressive would have put me off too! and they look so cuddly in pictures. I suppose rutting season would see a difference in personality too. too much unknown. at least with the goats I feel a bit more confident and having 4 small children, can't be risking grumpy animals!!