What did you do today?

[Nanno]

I am against de-horning (because it hurts!), but I have to say, if I had to do it all over again I'd wait until I could find some naturally polled goats! I love the horns, but the goats destroy everything with them. I'm SO sick of it. I have one goat in particular who has turned aggressive and super destructive - he destroys anything he can. I am looking for a home for him, but who wants a goat like that? I don't want him to become stew either, but I often threaten him with that! Sigh.... OK, I feel better now that I've vented.

How old is the aggressive one? Is he aggressive with people or just other goats? 

Do your goats have suitable things to push and rake their horns on? I've seen tires, barrels, wooden posts, and other creative things put to good use as indestructible goat toys. The best way to protect fences from horns is to string it with electric wire.

I'm going to have to do something about my trees this year. As my boys are reaching full size, I've found that they are able to reach higher and higher branches on my pine trees, and some of the smaller ones are being eaten down excessively. We haven't had problems with horns (yet), but we also have a lot of space with a lot of browse to keep them occupied. My PolyDome sheds and electric fences are fairly goat-proof and so far they haven't tried to destroy my house (knock on wood). We've had issues with goats chewing wires in various places (we lost our internet twice!), but by now we've gotten the wires on our house, trailers, and vehicles all hidden or reinforced. As much as we love our goaties, I can't deny that they can be very destructive critters!