What do Goats NOT like?

[Dawnsdad]

Does anyone know any plants that goats find repulsive?

I have mostly Boer goats. Last year I put in a sprinkler system. The sprinklers are on 3 foot risers. My goats didn't bother them last year. All of a sudden this year they are liking to rub against the risers. They have broken off three already. I was thinking about using 6inch drainpipe to surround the risers, filling them with dirt. But a test of that idea resulted in another broken riser. So, I was thinking, if I could plant something in the drainpipe that the goats wouldn't like, they might stay away from the risers. There's plenty of fence and other things for them to scratch their backs on. But you know how that goes. If you don't want them to scratch on something- that's what they go for.

Any Ideas?

[BlueHeronFarm]

Well - I guess depending where you are, you could plant agave - very, very pointy. I hurt myself on mine all the time.

Mine aren't fond of stinging nettles, either. They don't sting them, but the goats stay away anyway. Though for the life of me I couldn't imagine PLANTING those horrible things.

[FarmGoddess]

Baths. They're pretty much against anything that involves soap and water.

[topside1]

I heard they don't like eating tin cans anymore or freshly washed laundry...times have changed!!!

[needstoknowmore]

Turn the sprinklers on!!!! Or wait until after shedding season!

[HazyDay]

well My does like all different things! Here are 4 of them! Lilly (grade saanen/alpine) only and I mean only likes Alpines and some times a few carrots)
Beth, Fiath.Rihanna like every thing.! even when I try to worm them every few weeks with garicl!

[gone-a-milkin]

Electricity is the only thing I know of.

They do seem extra itchy,during shedding season. Maybe you COULD train them by turning the sprinklers on...that would at least be entertaining to try!

[vallyfarm]

Loud noise, like a child squalking. That will set my girls arunnin' every time. I can't think of too many things that goats don't like, other than the things that will poison them. My guess is that pretty much anything you try to plant would get at least nibbeled on to death. What if you gave them something else to scratch on instead? Mike

[Jen H]

Well, mine still like laundry. They're all really against baths, however. All I have to do is walk out there with a bottle of pet shampoo and they avoid me like the plague. Maybe paint the risers to look like flea and tick shampoo?

[stanb999]

Mine haven't eaten rocks yet........ But they will eat the Hawthorn trees thorns and all. I'm nervous about just cutting them with the chain saw. Because they have 3" thorns that always get infected. But when I do cut them the goats jump right in the middle and start munching. And as posted above they seem to have an aversion to electric fence.