Raising livestock a bit more naturally...

[ohiogoatgirl]

i just found this topic and its great!
good story pig story!

i only have the two girls right now... saanen does for milk once they kid in may and buying a couple angora goats this week. also wanting to get: meat rabbits, scottish highland cows, coturnix quail, chickens, horses, and pigs.

the horse(s) will go with the cows. but other then that what of these animals can be companions?

 

[miss_thenorth]

I have my sheep, horses and calf in together. They do fine.

 

[Denim Deb]

Until we were finally able to contain them (for now at least), RU's goats were constantly getting in w/the horses. So, horses and goats together are not a problem. I know people that have horses, llamas, donkeys, mules and goats all together w/out having a problem.

 

[Wannabefree]

Goats are excellent companion animals to horses and cattle because goats browse leaving behind most of what the cows/horses will eat and the cows/horses graze leaving behind what the goats will eat. It makes the best usage of your property to have them all together in the pasture.