herding+tips

If you have a herd of anything whether it be cows, horses, sheep etc. you should consider getting goats and adding them to your herd. The reason being is that goats catch diseases quicker than most animals. So for example there is a contaminate in the water that the animals have. The goats are going to catch the sickness first, this is good so that you can find and address the problem. The same rules apply for a sick goat in a cattle herd as a sick goat in a goat herd, isolate the sick goat from the rest of the herd.

Another good thing to remember is miniature fainting goats. Miniature fainting goats were bred for herding a money herd such as sheep. They are used mainly in areas With allot of predators that would eat the cattle such as wolves. The reason they were used is when something exciting happens their muscles lock up and will not allow them to move making them easier prey than whatever the goats were being used to protect.