Does anyone have an idea how often or when goats poop? I need to get fresh goat poop for fecal testing, but don't want to sit out for hours watching a goat waiting for it to poop. While they browse is there usually like every 20 minutes or 30 minutes? How long after eating?
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yes, I have stood and waited with a yogurt cup to catch a sample. LOL - it didnt take long. I collected my sample when I went out first thing that morning to feed - clean, etc.
Our goats seem to poop pretty often.
I think they sometimes also poop socially because when we first come out and all them too us as they're running up to the gate, when they're close they usually take a potty break.
Mine seem to be pooping machines also! When I collected samples, I fed them and stood there and waited and sure enough they all pooped a few minutes later. I collected and took to the vet. Good luck ;0)
Mine seem to be pooping machines...I never in my life thought so much poop could come from 2 little goats...though now we have had a frost, they are not eating until they waddle and the poop in the pen seems to be much less.
great now I have something to work with :-)
They usually poop about 15 minutes after they start eating if you feed them something like hay or grain that they gobble up. The textbooks say they poop something like 8 to 12 times a day.