SAB Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mags Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 my friend had goats and chickens , the chickens used to wander about the fields with the goats without any problems never bothered the goats Mags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 At foel farm park in Anglesey I noticed that there were chickens in the goat pens and all seemed happy enough to be together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I have some sheep arriving tomorrow to live in a field with the chickens - I have heard that this sort of thing is fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAB Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 Alll worth remembering for future utopia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 They had goats at the farm, and the chickens used to free range all over, the only one you sometimes had to be careful of was the billy, but he was the same with people aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend21 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 someone has the same dream as me how lovely Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raina Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 At the Welsh mountain zoo they had a petting zoo type thing and they had in there Goats Turkeys Rabbits Guinea Pigs Chickens I think thats it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tink Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 We went to Temple Newsome Home Farm on Tuesday and there were goats, chickens and geese in the same pens..... Then my daughter excitedly announced that there was a sheep in one of the chicken coops.....I had my doubts but went to look (as you do) and sure enough there he was, stood eating the pellets out of a hanging feeder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAB Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Now that I think of it I once visited a place near York where they have a maze of maize and they had goats, chickens, etc all living together on an old double decker bus - had forgotton all about it, but at the time thought "wouldn't that be great sitting at the end of the garden" (if the garden was bigger). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I am happy to report that the sheep and chickens are fine together although the chickens don't always appreciate the keen friendliness of the sheep the sheep do tend to follow them around but its curiosity more than anything else One thing to bear in mind is that sheep shouldnt eat chicken food due to an intolerance of something or another so feeders need to be shut away during mingling sessions but a pop hole to a feeder would be a good solution - best double check this doesnt apply to goats too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAB Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Cheers for the advice - any goats would be 2 or 3 years away yet, but it costs nothing to dream and to start planning . All sounds more feasible than I thought though, which is very encouraging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
