Do goats ever sleep?

[mlw987m]

No matter what time I go outside, there they are - mom, dad, 3 babies, all walking around playing happily - sometimes 3, 4 in the AM

Do they really sleep?

 

[RockyToggRanch]

Mine all nest down inside at dark and are still there until light. They all have access to outside 24/7.

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

They do sleep!! LOL!! They probally hear you coming so they get up to welcome you!!

 

[lilhill]

Mine nest down in the barn at night also. But, they do sleep ... some of them sleep so soundly that I can walk up to them and give them a scratch before they ever know I'm there.

 

[peachick]

I think the real question is do you ever sleep?? what are you doing up at 3 and 4 in the AM?

 

[elevan]

I've come upon my goats "partying" in the barn in the wee hours too (checking a doe due to kid). But they do sleep. Mine take naps during the day sometimes too. I've even got one that snores

 

[Ariel301]

Mine love to sleep, they're so lazy. They're on a weird schedule since I am a night owl, they get breakfast and morning milking at noon, and dinner/second milking at midnight. They go to sleep right after being milked the second time and are still lounging around until 10-11 am. I've got one old doe that loves to sleep in the sun during the day, she will stretch out on her side and be so still that when I see her I'm afraid she died, I yell at her and she doesn't even move until I go in the pen and check for a pulse, then she snaps her head up and bites at me.

 

[mistee]

i got a few that knock out hard... i can go in the barn and bang around and they dont even twitch an ear,,,lol.

 

[Goatherd]

The two does that I have lived in less-than-desirable conditions before they came to live here.
They never had a pasture or place to graze or exercise.

We had a warm day not long ago and they were able to go outdoors into their new pasture. You think they would have been thrilled but this actually caused them a lot of stress having to leave the barn and the digs they had come to know as a safe place.
They finally settled and did some grazing but bleated constantly letting me know they wanted back in the barn.
After a couple of hours I brought them back in and they were fine.

I went to check on them later on and both were laying on their sides with their heads flat on the straw, eyes closed. Normally, these girls don't miss a trick and are waiting for me as I approach. Nothing.
I called their names, nothing. I honestly thought they were both dead.
I actually had to touch them before they even stirred. They both had that "where am I?" look on their faces when they did awake.

This was the first time I actually saw them sleeping soundly.

 

[Julie_A]

They do sleep!! LOL!! They probally hear you coming so they get up to welcome you!!