Goats Butt Heads Over Breakfast
What starts as a calm video of our goat herd enjoying breakfast quickly gets a little rowdy! Goats butt heads with each other to determine and maintain dominance in the herd, and sometimes… more ›
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World Goat Day 2020
Today is World Goat Day! Enrichment doesn’t always have to be complicated! A simple way to make a head of lettuce more entertaining for a goat is to just stick it into the… more ›
What is Special About Goats’ Knees?
What is that round patch on goats’ knees? Goats have a spot of calloused skin on their knees that acts as a pad for them to kneel on. This extra cushion makes it… more ›
Goats Enjoy Training With Their Care Team
Learning is fun! Our goats thoroughly enjoy training with their care team. The trainers ask the goats to touch their nose to a target (which is often a ping pong ball on the… more ›
Goats Inspect the Camera
Domestic goats are naturally friendly and curious, and one of the things they are curious about is the camera! Several members of our herd seemed to want their close-ups as they inspected the… more ›
A Goat Gets a Bath!
There’s nothing better than a refreshing shower on a hot day! Pepper the Nigerian dwarf goat had skin irritation and our veterinary team recommended a medicated bath. Pepper did not seem to mind… more ›
Goat Enrichment
Check out this new enrichment device we installed in our goat yard! Today our two boer goats especially enjoyed foraging for some leafy greens from this hanging puzzle feeder.