I agree with all this except for goats. Goats can get out pretty easily. They are easier to take care of. I know a bunch of people who went from raising chickens to having goats and got rid of the goats because they are hard to keep in. We have hair sheep and they are pretty easy to maintain. I would have suggested hair sheep any day over goats. Our sheep stay in their pens. They have exceptions though too and can have issues. One common issue is barber pole worms. Our ram we can leash up because we have had him since he was about 8 weeks. He wears a collar and we can move him around the pasture. Our ewes are docile. We can pet them and this still run around and jump off stuff like goats but still stay in their pens. I hair sheep are easy to tend, you can brush them but they do not need sheared like wool sheep. Every now and then you need to get their hooves trimmed. Also, all the goats I ever borrowed to eat poison ivy have never touched it. Our sheep don’t eat the roots but they will eat every leaf off and usually break the vine. We had our with our chickens too. We did have to change our chicken feed though due to having to watch copper being in their feed, and chicken feed has copper in it.
I agree with all this except for goats. Goats can get out pretty easily. They are easier to take care of. I know a bunch of people who went from raising chickens to having goats and got rid of the goats because they are hard to keep in. We have hair sheep and they are pretty easy to maintain. I would have suggested hair sheep any day over goats. Our sheep stay in their pens. They have exceptions though too and can have issues. One common issue is barber pole worms. Our ram we can leash up because we have had him since he was about 8 weeks. He wears a collar and we can move him around the pasture. Our ewes are docile. We can pet them and this still run around and jump off stuff like goats but still stay in their pens. I hair sheep are easy to tend, you can brush them but they do not need sheared like wool sheep. Every now and then you need to get their hooves trimmed. Also, all the goats I ever borrowed to eat poison ivy have never touched it. Our sheep don’t eat the roots but they will eat every leaf off and usually break the vine. We had our with our chickens too. We did have to change our chicken feed though due to having to watch copper being in their feed, and chicken feed has copper in it.