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Five Top Tips for Happy Goats
January 2026
|The Country Smallholder
Keeping goats can be tricky, but by following these five tips, you can go a long way to ensuring your goats are as happy as can be!
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ONE - ENRICHMENT
Caprine kind are highly intelligent creatures. They love nothing more than using their brains to solve puzzles and investigate new things. This is always fantastic to witness, however if their energy is not directed in the right direction, it can lead to trouble. Absence of appropriate stimulus can lead to unwanted mischief, such as damaging stables and fencing, escaping, and even aggression toward both humans and each other. Fortunately, this can be easily avoided. By providing them with things to do, such as climbing apparatus and food puzzles, you can help ensure they remain mentally stimulated.
TWO - HERD SIZE
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