mlw987m
Overrun with beasties
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?
Do they really sleep?
Do goats ever sleep?
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RockyToggRanch
Overrun with beasties
Mine all nest down inside at dark and are still there until light. They all have access to outside 24/7.
Emmetts Dairy
Loving the herd life
They do sleep!! LOL!! They probally hear you coming so they get up to welcome you!!
lilhill
Loving the herd life
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.
elevan
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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
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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. 
Goatherd
Overrun with beasties
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.
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
Chillin' with the herd
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