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6.5K views 11 replies 8 participants last post by  Nicky10  
#1 ·
I love goats.

It is pretty damn likely I will be moving to Wales in the next year and we will have a LOT more space than I have now, and I've been discussing getting some pygmy goats with the OH.

He likes them, but thinks they just 'grow up to be smelly goats'. See, I like goats, small and large. I like the look of them, the personality etc. But imagine they demand more time and more space than pigs because they are so clever and so active.

He has always said he wants pigs and was researching goats last night and saw miniature pigs. I like the Kune Kune pigs (not quite teeny but smallish), but have seen you can get smaller ones (the Pennywell farm piggies).

Does anyone have experience of either that they'd like to share?

Just being nosy really - the reality is if I ever end up getting either it'll be a year or two at the very LEAST.
 
#3 ·
how much room will you have? personally id go with goats. i love pigs but they trash the place, any field you turn them out into will be a mud bath within a few weeks, of course if your gaining a lot of room then there fantastic animals but you really need to be able to move them between fields (for the sake of the land if nothing else). pygmy goats are fantastic pets though! give them a lot of stuff to climb (we have a big pile of rocks for our goat and she climbs the trees) and there feet wont need doing as often. they only become smelly if there intact males (billys), nannys and castrated billys smell no more than any other animal. they do need space (and they are escape artists) but they wont trash the place like a pig will. we kept pygmy goats for years (up until about 4 years ago) but have only just got back into goat keping and didnt realise how much we missed having one around :2thumb: (before anyone points it out, i know goats shouldnt be kept alone but as she's pregnant she wont be alone much longer lol)
 
#6 ·
I understand that the miniature pigs don't always stay miniature.....!!
 
#9 ·
Weve got 3 Pygmy goats at the sanctuary, they dont smell and as long as you are sensible they dont eat everything in sight. Goats/pigs are wonderful creatures but goats dont churn the land up like pigs do
 
#10 ·
How much space are we talking ?, If you going to have a really good amount of space.

What about looking into,

A pair of Wallabys.
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Or a pair of Rhea's.
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#12 ·
I've always wanted a pair of pgymy goats :flrt:. Apparently make very good pets as long as you keep them away from anything you don't want them to eat. I didn't know you could keep wallabies though I want
 
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