GOATS

A friend of mine keeps some, I could ask him if he has any for sale. What exactly are you interested in, young, old, male or female and roughly whereabouts are you located?

Are goats easy to keep? in terms of any requirements or cost, my house is on a small gated plot and was thinking of 1 or 2 goats to keep the lawns down, the ground is flat but not manicured.

Are there any specific requirements for keeping animals (Dept of Agriculture) or costs? It's likely I have Foxes and nearby in an adjoining field a neighbour sometimes has cattle or a few horses.

I was thinking 2, preferably from a younger age so they could grow up around my dog who is very sociable, I'm trying to find out if there are any regulatory requirements, especially in a rural area near livestock. If they are difficult to keep, effectively as pets? I'd be thinking of females. While I've never seen any foxes in my garden which I'm ok with, I've seen a good few cubs darting into hedges when driving and signs that I think are fox scat in my garden, I think adult goats would hold their own against a fox, but I don't think so when they are younger. My main objective is to let them roam the largish garden to keep the grass and hedges under control.