My 10 goats cross creeks all day long. I've had them cross water chest high, and moving hard enough to send them downstream. Not happy about it, but they will do it in a heartbeat if something they want is on the other side.

Prey animals that evolved in arid areas can be instinctively nervous about water, and I think it is because water sources are scarce in such areas and they have to drink, so predators know this and try to ambush them when they go to drink. Animals evolved in wet climates aren't nervous about this because with water abundant, predators don't get any advantage to hunt by water. Goats, donkeys, horses like Arabs, all tend to be very wary about water in my experience. Other breeds of horses vary, the draft breeds aren't concerned in my experience and they evolved in wet climates. I don't have much experience with sheep, but I suspect they would vary on this much like horses, depending on ancestry in wet or dry climates.

@skilions

4 жыл бұрын

you have too much time

@bithagrop2539

Жыл бұрын

@@skilions why? Bc he had a theory...ur a dik

I have extremely rocky land. It only takes an inch or 2 of rain to turn the place into a swamp. So funny watching the goats step from rock to rock to avoid getting their hooves wet.

I've noticed our goats don't want to cross water, even on a bridge. Your tests of trying to lure or drag them in was fascinating. Now I know I don't need fencing at the back of our property because of the drain.

Wow that is amazing! We have a creek that runs at the end of our property too and we thought we were going to have to fence it off.....Not now! Thanks for the info!

Thats wild... We've never had goats... But I've never even heard they avoided water like that... Interesting to know... Thanks so much for sharing... Always something new to learn !

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's pretty wild how much they hate to get wet.

@Ghostfanofurs

5 жыл бұрын

Apparently these goats are the exception, because we've had goats going on 10 years, and yes they Do hate getting in water and will tiptoe if need be, but they will if determined enough and ours will come feed time. It's not 100% guarantee they won't cross, it just depends on how well you know your goats. Another note, the mote won't keep out predators, but our livestock guardian dogs will ! 😎

Have two baby goats and they HATE the rain... had no idea it was an all around hatred of water! That's good to know!! Our new property has a stream on one end... that could save us some fencing!

Awesome to know!! We have a creek, back of our property and a branch on each side.

So all I need is a moat....

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

LOL, yep.

@BlueCactusDairyGoats

6 жыл бұрын

Haha. They don't go down to drink from the creek even? That's crazy. I k ow goats hate water but dang. We live in the desert so unfortunately this is not an option for us.

@IDIOCRACY-1984

5 жыл бұрын

@@ArmsFamilyHomestead that's interesting but how wide should it be? A 3 foot wide moat would be nothing for a goat to jump over

@miraleatardiff8543

4 жыл бұрын

@@IDIOCRACY-1984 I doubt they are going to jump over something they are afraid of.

I can think of a use for that creek besides keeping goats in. That creek has enough flow a water turbine would really cut your power bill down.

Nice video. We have a creek bordering two sides of our 14 acres and a small pond. They always go to the water buckets to drink. Silly things. We have 19 goats and whenever I step outside, they come running, or, if they don't see me, I can just call them like I call the dogs and cats, and them come running. So funny. I love them all. When I sit on the porch they come up and hang out with me. So do the chickens. You gotta love the country life. So natural and good.

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Yep once they get to know you and know that you are the one who feeds them they can be worse than dogs!

@Pinkenstein

6 жыл бұрын

Man, that sounds so dreamy. One day I'll have that too. One day...

Guess what? I've had goats for 5 years.... I've never had a fence. And I don't have a creek, just a barn.... they've never left.. They always stay fairly close to the barn. but I think having a creek around your property is an awesome thing ! I wish I did too!

@johnmoody6541

5 жыл бұрын

I have noticed this with a couple of folks where I live. Why do you think they stick around?

@hopeisorange

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! That’s great! How much property do you have?

@theozarksjourneytoself-suf5420

3 жыл бұрын

@@hopeisorange it was a property that I was renting in Northwest Louisiana. I have since moved and now they have to be fenced in because of the living situation. property was there, but I had no close by neighbors and it was sort of on a dead end and just lots and lots of trees behind the house.

Love the new intro. My grandpa had goats and they were the same way. A creek was his back fence.

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brad. That's cool to hear.

This was the funniest bit of goat behavior I discovered in my own herd. There is a creek slightly larger than the one in your video and they wont go near it. There is also a smaller branch that they crossed once during exceptionally dry fall. They never touched the water but my buck showed the rest how to jump over.

Haha! That was hilarious! Brother in blue here, I really enjoy your channel. Thanks! Skip

Always learn more watching you. Thank you.

I got the same experience with this situation with my boer breed goats 👍🏻 very great video

Thank you so much. That was very helpful! Helped me a lot

We do enjoy watching your videos by the way ! 😁

Right. Homestead with a moat. I’ll add that to my shopping list.

Thanks for goat 🐐 tip. Take care

That's a really good thing to know...thanks. God bless!

I have a small creek. I wonder if they’ll just run and jump over it. I might have to experiment. Great Video! Ur goats are so cute

Lucky for me I’ve always wanted a moat and now I have a reason to dig one.

You provided us with the evidence that goats don't cross water.

Beautiful creek!

Interesting. Good information.

Thanks. I was wondering that same thing

That’s a great demo. I have a few acres on tropical rainforest...no creek or pond...but if I build a good slightly elevated goat shelter pole barn type thing, and have a wagon wheel pasture setup..I’m thinking they may no be really wanting to jump fences as long as they look forward to a dependable tasty treat in shelter every evening. I.e. are they trainable like dogs or pigs...anyone?

Goats hate water pools, ponds or rain period. Mine won't leave the stalls even with a drizzle. Cows, mine are all out there on pasture even with snow and ice. Goats do well trained to electric fence also. I start them on a small fenced pasture with at least 3 wires. They learn that hot wire fast and we don't have escapees.

So you're telling me I have to dig a creek all the way around my 2 acres lol. Ugh, I was hoping I didn't have to build a fence but after watching this I think it will be cheaper for the fence because I have no water on my up hill rocky property 😅

Thank you for this vid! I live in PA - and the water freezes in the winter - will they cross when it is solid ice?

That's awesome. Does that creek ever dry up?

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Nope, that creek is spring fed and has never dried up.

a hundred yrs ago i had a bf there was goats were he worked. I saw the babies and said how cute they were. next thing i knew he brought one home, my home. Im zoned ag and its legal for me to have critters here. Blly Bob the goat grew up, not so cute anymore. mortorcycle friends of mine would put on their helmets and do some head butting with him. I couldn't even go out the back door without a broom to beat him away. Wokeup one morning and there was 10 tennis shoes in my back yard all different kinds. He'd been visiting the neighbors and stole shoes off their porches and leaving his calling card, droppings. couldn't keep him in the fence. He had springs on his feet, jumped right over it, Boing. Well Bf's come and go as this one did. Had my cousin come over we hog tied that critter got him in the backseat of my mother's Mercury Grand Marquis. Took him to the new place ex-Bf was living and tied Billy Bob to the trailer hitch of his truck. there was a good sized hedge next to the truck. Next morning so I was told, the hedge was gone, Billy was found standing on the cab of his truck. He gave Billy to some fiilipinos they had a goat roast. Poor Billy Bob. I've lead a very colorful life.

Lovely goats and dogs.

So the solution is to put a moat around the farmstead ?

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like an idea! lol

@joeyoung3273

6 жыл бұрын

how wide and deep? it would be Awsome if it worked.....escape. proof.

@kylesmith4173

3 жыл бұрын

A moat would be a good way to defend the homestead. 😂

Our goats will go in and across our creek and in and out of the source spring. They love the lush growth and will find a way. But their hooves are too small and preclude swimming (I’m sure there’s an exception out there...’Bill the Wonder Goat’.... but that’s just MY goats! What they are skittish about are coyote and wolves that come to call on occasion. That’s why we have the herding dog AND the Irish Wolfhound.

I didnt know they avoided water! I dont remember my goat having a problem with the creek. There was one place where we had to cross but it was no more than a fee inches deep and 4' wide. She just jumped it! Lol. She did like climbing this steep hillside dad would excavate for gravel. Even when we had ice and snow on it, she was happy! So the moral of the story is build a moat around the goat pen!

Okay that was torture to watch. Poor goat being experimented on. LOL I think it's awesome how all your animals love you all and follow you all, especially you. Even your children look so happy to be in your presence. ~Smile!

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

I promise it didn't bother her much at all! She loves to follow me around and is always first in line to be hand fed.

awesome info

I had a nanny and kid many years ago. When it rained I brought them in the house while the kid was really young. After that everytime it even sprinkled they ran for the house. lol

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

lol, I've been there. We raised two bottle babies in the house one really cold winter and that was huge mistake!

@ConchoPearl

6 жыл бұрын

lol I hear ya. :)

I think water is about the only thing that will keep a goat in. :)

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

LOL, Yep I know what you mean.

@tonyp304

5 жыл бұрын

@@ArmsFamilyHomestead are you serious i have did almost everything to keep them in but never water . thx i will put in a moat . i need one for fish anyway.

I wish I had creek that surrounded my property

I thought you was going to take a swim ! At the end of September my family get to together and have roast ed pig and snapping turtle! Know that's good eating! Love your videos take care !

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Well for a minute or two she could have knocked me on my butt in the water if she had wanted to! Thanks!

just bought my first goats 4 boers 3 born in november and one 15 months old that might be bred not showing any signs yet, I have 5 acres fenced with woven wire 3 sided barn open to the south east.not making much progress getting them to come to me all are from farms where they were not handled much take feed out every time i go to the barn only one will feed from my hand the rest are very skittish.

I kept waiting to see if you were going to land in the creek LOL My sister had a horse like that. Hated to get wet. Every time it rained he headed to the barn. We had more fun jumping him over a ditch that had water in it. Would not get his feet wet.

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah one good bump and she would have put me right in the water.

I know this video is 7 months old but it popped up in my "suggested" lineup. My wife says that you are absolutely correct about goats not liking water. She said that the goats in Philippines are the same. We're planning to have a small herd on our farm once we are living there full time. Keep the great videos coming, Arms Family. We really enjoy them while we are working overseas. Thanks for sharing. ~Mike and Ester~

hilarious..... such great video

thats interesting didn't know that about goats. 😄😆😃

Very interesting

I have a creek but the goats just jump over it. And they just don't care about rain. I had them standing outside when we had a thunderstorm and they did not care at all

good info buddy they don't like water.....

Mine hate water. We are building them a covered deck to stand on in the winter and when it rains.

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's crazy how much they hate to get wet.

how wide does the moat need to be? I own a large excavator and can easily trench my property if need be. Needs it for better drainage anyway. Ha!

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Well I'm not really sure but I'm sure it would work!

And they hate the rain too! So sad to see them and other animals out in fields and pastures with no shade or shelter from the weather😘😓. We don't have any running water wherever live, the goats dance on the cars🙈🙈

There's an island on Tenkiller by Petit bay that has goats on it. That's a lot o water. lol.

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that... That's pretty cool.

I know our sheep run for shelter when it rains and seem to act like the goats about it but we don't have a creek so no way to test it but I do think that the sheep wouldn't go in either ... Not sure though

How much water is needed for them to avoid it? A have a small stream by my home but it dried up during fall and late summer, only about 3.5 Inchs the rest. Do I need more then that?

you rock

Like ur goats man....they looking pretty. ..

Our goat has problems then 😂 she will stand in the rain

@dylanquarrie2265

3 жыл бұрын

Haha mine swims in the trough

@trickeyrocks2340

3 жыл бұрын

Lamooo

Will goats come home to sleep in the same spot like a dog will? Somebody please reply as mine get out sometimes.

Ha! I keep mine on a little island for the same reason.

Had a friend who fence ended in a pond it got real cold the pin froze and the goats walked on the ice to escape

@KeepingItDutch

6 жыл бұрын

gene snyder hahaha that would be my luck

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

That's about right! We don't get cold enough very often for the moving water in the creek to freeze over.

that cool but we have bring water in by big water tank so dont thank that work but good too know thanks

Well, I guess I mess this up by hiking with mine. They don’t like creek crossings, but it has to happen to get anywhere.

Oh wow! That spotted goat is so pretty! What is that breed/pattern called?

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Well she is a Boer Kiko cross. Spotted Boers are getting really popular in our area.

oh I have to say, your music is great...

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

That is the same way to herd a bunch of cats, believe me I have done it.

@Pinkenstein

6 жыл бұрын

elanapetrovich I've gotta hear that story!

I've been told they hate being in the rain, too.

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

5 жыл бұрын

Yes they do.

What are you do about ticks and fleas with the goats

I new a guy who has goats and they cross everyyday a shallow lake to get to a trashpile of fruits of a farm in the neighbourhood

She is never going to trust you again! Lol

Do you think a moat might work?

We are thinking about getting goats and we have a natural spring that flows through the goat area, will they not drink from that because that's how we were going to give them water. It's not near as wide as your creek.

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

I really doubt they will have any problem drinking from it at all. My goats go down and drink from the creek on their own regularly. They do not like me trying to push them to the creek though.

This is genius

I'd appreciate any advice...I've been left 3 fenced acres on side of small mountain. I adopted these 2 neutered males from a nursing home that were basically spoiled pets. I have a dog and a dog door(doberman) well as soon as it got cold they followed the dog in the dog door while I'm at work in the basement. So I put up 4ft kennel surrounding dog door. That seems to work. But the doberman has lost his freedom

@christineharrer270

Жыл бұрын

I would love to correspond send pictures of my situation. The goats are helping to keep brush and poison ivy down and stomping around hopefully keeping copperheads away

So how big does the goat moat need to be? Can i dig a ditch with a trencher and fill it up or does need to be several feet wide?

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

5 жыл бұрын

Well I really don’t know

Moats, good for castles Good for goats 🐐

That’s funny CM is Louisiana

Interesting I never did know that goats didn't like water. And I was raised with one. I guess an ordinary goat I don't know what kind it was we milked it for my sister when she's a baby she had to drink it's milk she's allergic to everything else. Does it get you humid there where you live?

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Yes it can get very humid here during the spring and summer.

Do u have a creek around the whole goat pasture than

This only worked for a couple of years with my larger goats. Now they tolerate the water and jump. :/

main thing i got from this is people(including me) come up with weird ass noises to call for animals...i had a horse that was "free range" and to get him to come eat i whistled them smacked a metal gate with a bucket

My family raised pygmies on lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. Those goats would run across creeks, jump any water. What's the difference of pygmies and kikos? Are they a better meat? How much price difference for your goats? I am a regular subscriber but I think I keep missing when you've said it. Sorry.

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

5 жыл бұрын

Kikos are a very hardy meat goat and much larger than pygmies.

That good if you have a creek

I've heard that sheep are the same way. Does anyone know for sure?

Goat are prone to feet-hoof rot due to humidity, so,,, they do not like to get their feet wet.

must be the goat wisper R wink -im a goat herder too now what do u to deworm your goats and how often do u deworm them

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

I don't have to deworm Kikos very often at all. I usually rotate through a few options that my local feed stores sell, but mostly safeguard.

Wonderful 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

So you have a creek all the way around your property? How practical is that? Also, a dog will cross that creek and attack your goats so what good is that?

hahah even some of my cats would do it

my goat swam in the water he was a kinko like yours I think he was like his name sake my brother in law

Whoa. Has anyone ever tried to give a goat a bath? 😂

I have goats and a small creek they will walk in to get a drink

I like the new open. Have you been looking at drones now?

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Oh yeah I'm looking all the time!

BAHAHAHA you wore the wrong shoes for that job!!! LMBO

What breed of goat?

do they go to the creek to get water?

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

5 жыл бұрын

Yes.

How do you keep them from butting you?

@ArmsFamilyHomestead

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve Mercer has a issue with butting in my herd.