We get asked lots of questions when we’re doing farm tours, selling soap at craft fairs, or simply running errands.  Since most of those answers are heard only by the person who asked, we decided to share some of the common questions here on the blog.  And of course you can ask a question of your own!

Emery, do the goats ever nibble on your shirts? Do they eat things they shouldn’t? ~Lori

Yes, the goats have nibbled on my shirt.  They are very curious animals and they like to nibble.  A lot.  But they do not eat anything but paper, if they can get their mouths on it.  The old myth that a goat will eat anything isn’t true.  They might mouth it, but they won’t eat it.  The funniest thing I ever saw goat carry in its mouth was a stick.  She kind of looked like a dog.

A lot of our goats like to mouth white things such as feed sacks, strings, and paper.  I think it is because there isn’t really anything white in the forest.

Actually, the only thing that has ever really been a problem is Indigo’s hair.  Indigo has long, curly hair and for some reason the goats REALLY like to try to eat it.  It used to make Indigo cry a lot, but now she wears her hair mostly in braids so she doesn’t cry about it because the goats don’t like her braids the way they do her long curly hair.

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