Building a Maximum Security Prison for Goats

[@KayGee-r5o]

As a life-long goat prison designer, I could have saved you some time on this. The best design for a MAXIMUM security goat prison is to make an island in the middle of a pond with an automated food dispenser in the center along with a tape loop of comforting goat sounds. Then you get a big shark or a Nile Crocodile in the pond (optional). Name for this prison: Goatcatraz. You're welcome.

[@lesare6509]

Oh now that’s funny! Love it! 😂😂 I’m from Bay Area.

[@kathyhallock2528]

@@KayGee-r5o LMAO 🤣🤣 🤣🤣🤣

[@petgranny194]

Definitely expert!

[@KayGee-r5o]

@@lesare6509 I lived in Sausalito walking distance to the Alcatraz ferry on Bridgeway for a couple years and even wrote the tour guide for the ferry to Alcatraz (true story). So like everyone now knows, no goat has ever escaped Alcatraz! Which has led to a life of designing expert goat prisons (untrue story). But i did live in central Vermont as well and played in a goat themed rock band (true story) which is a much longer story.

[@lesare6509]

@@KayGee-r5o sure sounds like a very interesting life & you are an interesting person! If you have grandkids now or in future or grand nieces or nephews, what awesome stories you will have them enthralled in!😳🤗🤔❤️

[@jeanmariani1496]

I dig the new name. And in fabulous news: my cat Sir Fuzzybutt disappeared right around the same time as Molly, so I mourned with you when she disappeared. And a miracle happened Monday: he came home after 16 months! Someone found him, took him to the vet so they could adopt him and brought back my baby Monday morning. I was beside myself!! I knew you would understand my absolute joy!

[@mrs.brunke443]

I think all pet lovers share in your happiness.

[@karenatha7890]

Love that story. Love his name.

[@Katkit91108]

Omg that is amazing! I'm so happy you got your cat back! ❤

[@Libbathegreat]

When I was seven, my family moved states, from Alabama to Mississippi. We brought with us an old tomcat that had been living at our Alabama house before we ever bought the house. His name was Thorsby after the name of the town in Alabama. Once we got to Mississippi, the normally very active tom laid about, not exploring his new territory, just eating and sleeping. About a month later, Thorsby disappeared. We were distraught, but somehow, my mom had an inkling he might be trying to go "home" (to Thorsby) and she called the lady that had bought our house and told her to be on the lookout for him. Sure enough a couple of months later, Thorsby showed up at the Alabama house. The lady called my mom and mailed us pictures (this was before email). He was thin, his pawpads were worn down almost to the bone, his fur was a fright, and he'd clearly been in some scrapes, but it was him. Thorsby had to travel over 200 miles, across two major highways and a river. He recovered and went on to live very happily at his old home with his new family. I've since heard stories of cats traveling over 500 miles to reunite with owners, including traveling to places where they'd never been before. In one instance, a cat found his human 3 states away where he was being treated at Mayo Clinic. They are incredible creatures.

[@DeezNuts-vx1kd]

@@Libbathegreatpicking your home over your family is wild but understandable 😂 did you or your family ever visit/see him in person after that?

[@eminva8464]

It is so cute to see the goats follow you and let you pet them. They have come along so far since they arrived at the farm.

[@harpintn]

Yes goats are a lot like dogs, in that they like people and want to spend time with them.

[@rysander]

Glad to see the goats are much more chill than I had expected when you first said you were getting them. Wethering Heights is a stellar name for their primary space.

[@CountryKirby.]

Good thing about goats is they’re usually always chill

[@kathyhallock2528]

Goats love to climb. You need to give them something to climb up and over and around to keep them happy.

[@meenha1976]

I agree and they like to bounce around

[@kathyhallock2528]

@meenha1976 I was actually thinking of a small trampoline. But that could get expensive 😞😞.

[@IbelongtoJesus.]

​@@kathyhallock2528 now that would be hilarious 😅🤣

[@kathyhallock2528]

@IbelongtoJesus. It is. Lol

[@lesare6509]

Old tires, Old cable wood rolls, Scratching post, they LOVE to scratch, old food, water troughs, Get your buddy Alfred to haul a few bigger stones over there! 😊

[@caseyleichter2309]

When you revealed the "Wethering Heights" sign, I groaned so loud it scared my cat, and I don't think there can be any better praise.

[@TASmith-ex1zd]

Ssme!

[@janicefrancis5045]

Wethering Heights is perfect!

[@farmlife66]

Oh, you feel the same way as me. I'm glad to be your friend. I wish you and your family good health!

[@MC-qb1jg]

Allisons reaction in the beginning was so sweet. The "will the catnip have an effect on the goats" was so funny 😂. Happy Halloween 🎃

[@lillyess385]

I figured the goats would prefer the stairs to the ramp. The trio of goats are super friendly and give you that interaction you wanted with the cows. The cows are friendly but they keep a safe distance.

[@deed5811]

I wonder if the goats would use the ramp if it had some cross slats to keep them from sliding much. But since it already has stairs meh.

[@cookie856]

​@@deed5811 even if no sliding, I think the goats would still rather use the stairs XD

[@annaraab8853]

😂 goats are always into something. Great comic relief on a farm.

[@IbelongtoJesus.]

They are like mischievous children 🤣

[@terryl.9302]

Love the way you talk to your critters. They will listen when you love them (& feed 'em well.. lol ). Surprised they often come when I just think of them. Animals are hilarious; never a dull moment.

[@jw4879]

SO glad you are happy with your goats! They are adorable.

[@debrah7548]

Out with any plastics in goat areas. Yes to the electric fence at the top. Others have found a second run about half-way down will keep them from pushing the fence. As others have said, goats hate to get wet. They won’t go out in rain or if it’s actively snowing. Yes, they like to sleep in ‘beds’ such as bins, troughs, sinks, tubs, shelves or old drawers. They’ll need lots of straw and or wood shavings to absorb urine. Yes to anything they can climb on out in their yard, but keep far from fence! Love the Wethering Heights! Love your goats!

[@LadyAvallyn]

One project I'd love to see is a Toby Dog palace! A place that will always be his❤

[@RamenNoodle1985]

Wethering Heights is chef's kiss 🤌

[@MUSADESAI]

Goatanamo is better

[@CherylAnderson-qs4iq]

Ahahah, thanks for the hardy laugh. I needed that. The goats are eating the catnip today, and Morgan says " I can't feel my face". 😂

[@nnie1]

Love the new setup. As a word of warning goats love to chew on plastic so I'd remove that immediately so they don't eat it, (one of mine will eat plastic like it'd candy do I speak from experience here). If they're using the stairs I'd say seal off the second opening, or make another wooden door and use that opening to clean their space out. Definitely a good call putting electric fencing up in front of the welded wire. I learned the hard way when I first got goats they will destroy welded wire fences if they can find a way to break it. You should build them as a platform/ramps to climb on, do they have something yo fo when they het bored/run out of stuff to eat. Mine love to sun themselves on the wooden one I build for them, (roughly 2x4ft which has a set of old stairs going up to it)

[@RobinRockefeller]

One of the channels I follow, uses wood skids.

[@Zynthonite]

its amazing how friendly the goats are, compared to other animals

[@anastacialundholm8489]

Loved the psychedelic goat segment!

[@heathentown]

Me too, I laughed out loud, haha!

[@IbelongtoJesus.]

The goats are so amusing and they remind me of mischievous kids.🐐🐐🐐

[@DonnaLaplante]

MISCHIEVOUS MOUNTAIN KIDS

[@StonedtotheBones13]

And then once they have food they're less rowdy than the calves 😂

[@SJMCanadian]

Your videos always make me smile. A very good way to start my day. ❤️ I did miss seeing Pablo and Ginny today though. 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

[@Scandic45]

A Morgan Video about Goat house building is the Perfect Birthday Present!

[@julieobrien4056]

Happy birthday!

[@freyasgrl]

You surely do live in a beautiful part of the country, Morgan. And while I live in Colorado, and it is beautiful, MAN that sunrise! That mist. Gorgeous.

[@GoldShawFarm]

You’re in one of the best parts of the country!

[@sharonknorr1106]

Wethering Heights - absolutely love it. But poor Toby, looking over at his old home, seemed really sad. You may have to raise the other house to keep him happy - no big deal, right?

[@fionawallace580]

Poor Toby- he keeps getting evicted from his home for other animals. He got kicked out of the first shed for birds if I remember, then you built him another house and a goose moved in, then Abby took over his space, now the quack house is gone… I feel he should have his own permanent place that doesn’t get swapped out for other animals on a whim. Toby is the top dog. Couldn’t weathering heights be put at the larger shed for the goats that they were originally in? Why did they need to move? Toby likely liked the quack house because it’s central in his guarding area and has a good line of sight to the gate and to the whole area he needs to protect. Feel Toby gets a bit shafted… and he loves you so…

[@IbelongtoJesus.]

​@@fionawallace580 Totally agree with you. Abby also monopolizes the attention and pushes Toby out. Toby dog will always be TopDog

[@StonedtotheBones13]

​@@fionawallace580I mean... It is a farm. Space will be appropriated as needed

[@landalow1643]

I would suggest to remove the plastic on the gout door. If they nibble and swallow on it. The worst would be death the best they shit it out depends on the size. My aunt had gouts it was devaisting to see Florina (my aunts favorite gout) having to get through surgery.

[@IbelongtoJesus.]

Gout ❓

[@landalow1643]

@IbelongtoJesus. I mean goat. I'm from Germany my English is not the best...

[@maraleefoster4354]

“Wethering Heights” I love it! Also love your stories of the farm, you have such a talent. I’ve kept Pygmys, Nigerian Dwarfs & LaManchas. In my experience, I think you’re going to need at least double the amount of T posts to keep the goats from stretching that fence out to the point where it’s no longer secure when they rub up against it. A wooden rail fence would be ideal but it’s probably a little late in the year to do that. In my experience as long as the goats don’t have anything near the fence, inside the yard that they can climb up on to then jump over the fence from there, they won’t go over a fence of that height. Unless you’re also trying to keep predators out with the electric wire, I don’t think you need it. As far as the goat shed goes, I would keep both the ramp and stairs. Goats love to explore & get into little nooks. I even had a goat climb into a little TSC type chicken coop meant for about 4 chickens, lol. On the ramp, you could put roof shingles or some other type of abrasive material to help keep their hooves worn down. They’ll be running up and down it even if the door is closed so you might as well make it work for you. Inside my barn I have igloo style dog houses & old water troughs filled with straw bc they love a cozy place to sleep. That might be a little tight for your shed but I have seen some people put triangular shaped shelves in the corners for goats to get on top of to sleep. That will help keep them out of their droppings. They’re going to need something to play on inside the yard as well. This is a good time of year to find used toddler outdoor toys online that your goats can play on. I’m so glad that you fell in love with the goats, I was sure you would.

[@GaryvanderMerwe]

Toby was such a cute puppy!

[@IbelongtoJesus.]

He's still TopDog , at least me.

[@ginapocan]

If you leave the stairs for the goats to use, make sure you put some kind of anti-skid tape down because goats can wipe out on the stairs and I have known them to brake a leg or two from falls. The ramp isn't any safer, in fact the ramp is asking for problems because goats can be very clumsy and if you don't want any extra vet bills, put something on those stairs and get rid of the ramp.

[@Laviath3n]

You drew that sign with magic marker? Amazing caligraphy skills if u ask me. I think you're doing amaizng with the goats. Keep up the good work

[@JJ.LovesAnimals]

Goats hate to get wet. So I imagine that they're not happy about being cold.. Weathering Heights is a fitting name☺️ for the new goat nest. Sookie and I love the names you came up with for them.. Leave it up to you Morgan for creative names.. 😊 Happy Halloween 🍂🎃🍁👻🙋🏼‍♀️🐈🐕‍🦺

[@kayprice7800]

Yes, it's also a pun, because a male goat that has been neutered is called a wether.

[@barbarabigelow9110]

Go ask Alice 😂 Hmmm, besides not being able to feel their faces, was there much of a reaction? Glad they're loving their goat paradise!

[@taramcblakeshire8516]

You could call the area Stalag 13 where the prisoners come and go as they please.

[@maryannmiller7822]

Goats are escape artists!!secure fences and gates are a must.. I used cattle panels. Works well.. gotta watch the jumpers too. I Put one strand of electric along the top

[@debbiewhite3601]

I was thinking "Goatopia" Until I saw "Wethering Heights". That's Perfect! Yes. Keep Wethering Heights!

[@MUSADESAI]

Goatanamo

[@PhilipLanderloos]

Poor Toby he has to give up his favourite spot. You could already see it in his eyes how sad he was.

[@IbelongtoJesus.]

I know, he's still Top dog to me. Abby seems to get her way all the time.

[@MamaStyles]

Emily Brontë fan here! Love the name ❤❤

[@deed5811]

Yep! Wethering Heights is perfect! Now I'm going to go listen to Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights. Unintended earworm lol.

[@MamaStyles]

@@deed5811 Isn’t she so good!! Loved her in the 80s and still do

[@petgranny194]

Psychedelic goat clip - adorable. Wethering Height - smart. Twin Cities got snow on Halloween.

[@MrFreak024]

goat pen name. The Wethering Goatitentiary. thought of it by removing the pen part of penitentiary when you called it a goat prison.

[@katharinawinter3788]

I was about to propose "Goatham" but I like "Wethering Hights" very much, too.

[@kc4941]

Love the new goat house name! You need a catchy goat call to train them to. How about a yodel goat call? Goateeyoteehoo! To the yodeeyotihoo melody!

[@rpsp5154]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@beulahmcgraw5213]

The Nanny Pad for the Silly Billys

[@RJ-rr6vv]

Always enjoy seeing Roy's Mountain and Harvey's Mountain in the background especially in the early morning...

[@mikki_s1100]

This is exactly the video I needed! Admitted in the hospital & missing Halloween that I’ve looked forward to all year 😩

[@IbelongtoJesus.]

You have Thanksgiving to look forward to though. Halloween is dark.

[@GoldShawFarm]

I hope you get well soon!

[@mikki_s1100]

@@GoldShawFarm thank you, I was able to head home and I’m SO thankful!

[@mikki_s1100]

@@IbelongtoJesus. unfortunately most of my extended family will be on vacation over thanksgiving, so it’ll just be my immediate family. I look forward to both, so sad to miss them over thanksgiving, and sad to miss Halloween. Both can exist at the same time.

[@Gandalf-The-Green]

I sincerely just LOVE watching these goats and seeing what mischief they are always up to. This adds like a whole new storyline to your channel. I hope you get more goats. They are by far the coolest herbivore. I even came up with a joke: "In rural Vermont, you don't confine goats. Goats confine you!" It's lame, I know. I still found it funny.

[@d14551]

I really like Wethering Heights!

[@Hype_Incarnate]

Happy Halloween 🎃

[@dibell3662]

Your goat arena looks good,glad your foot is healing.

[@sistersubdued9503]

“Goats on catnip”, would be a great band name 😂

[@endeavour3d]

I spent $1800 over 4 years trying to contain my goats, it didn't work, if it weren't for the fact they started eating my neighbor's ornamental trees I'd have kept them, the neighborhood loved seeing them around and they really kept the bad weeds and invasives down, hope you have better luck, also you might consider putting GPS collars on them(or just 1 of them since they always herd together).

[@sistersubdued9503]

@@endeavour3d same here. My son was in elementary school and found out from a neighbor on the bus that we were known in the neighborhood as the family that let its goats run free. Needless to say, I found them a new home.

[@GoldShawFarm]

Thanks for the tip about GPS collars!

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

Wethering Heights is a pretty good idea XD

[@henrikkosonen]

I would continue on the prison theme with simply "G-block" 😂

[@KC-603]

Love the name! One of my favorite movies! Hope your toe is healing well!!

[@DeePosaul]

WETHERING HEIGHTS - I love it!!!

[@lynnkhosla6277]

Morgan, I have learned so much from you, and I have enjoyed watching you learn. There is one thing I think you'll be learning soon - and I say this with the greatest affection - is that if you think those goats cannot escape your cute little fence you have a new lesson about to unfold. I'll stay tuned ...

[@mr.rubber_duck]

You should take the ramp down and replace it with stairs up into the hole with plastic and then make you fence go to that corner and block the goats out from underneath with chicken wire or something similar so the dogs can go under on the side with the human door

[@BoydTaylor-t1e]

Gold Shaw Max - goat prison

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

Love it , Your friend roots and refuge seid your quit the story set up guy , story board and all .But your a natural at this . Just love it Thanks to your friend Alfred you have goats 🐐🐐🐐 And they make you happy . I would leave both the stairs and ramp .They like to climb . Love there new castle. Weathering away . You can put a hay bale in there they climbed it and jump off .they like playing king of the castle . You make me want to read a very old book . Billy Goats gruff . Thankyou , delightful . Good night .

[@JahnaStokes]

Love the name. Yes keep the stairs take the ramp off and put a door there so that you can easily clean out their house. They would love it if you could build them a wood mountain to climb on using treated timber that way they have something to entertain themselves over winter otherwise they'll get into mischief. Definitely have fun experimenting with the goats and cat nip though lol.

[@GoldShawFarm]

I'll try to keep you updated on how the project goes!

[@MsBuster74]

Really enjoyed the video. Keep up the videos

[@deed5811]

Cats on catnip is trouble enough. I can't imagine catnip high goats omg! 😂😂

[@karenfay4545]

In keeping with you goat prison theme, Sing-Sing😂😂 However, once in the klick, they may not like being locked up. And do leave the stairs, goats LOVE anything involving climbing

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

Goats are calming, which is why the expression "To get one's goat" exists.

[@meercatt]

Love that goat yard name!!😂❤

[@pladampa]

Morgan you are seriously the best.

[@sjoerd3024]

Hey Morgan, i never post a comment under your video's. But this titel is so good, it made me click in a second. Sometimes i don't feel clicking because the thumbmail or titel doesn't attract me. Thanks for making a new video

[@marilynmurray3041]

Good space for the goats. The names sound like gladiators. Gladiator Goats at The Colosseum. Nice lettering on the sign.

[@79PoisonBreaker]

The GOAT PEN-ITENTIARY

[@littleflockontheprairie4871]

LOVE the new name!! But you might want to explain to folks where that name came from. Not sure many read the classics anymore! 😁

[@pearlmoore7969]

I Love the new name for the goat area!

[@valarielewis9501]

Love the name Wethering Heights. I love the movie Wuthering Heights with Sir Lawrence Oliver and Merle Oberon.

[@not2tees]

Hard to skip over a video with a title like this one! With goats, companionship comes with the contract.

[@GoldShawFarm]

You know it!

[@Google_Is_Evil]

Goatanamo Bay.

[@jmarino715]

You should do an "animals vs cameras" compilation mixed with a heavy metal mosh pit track in the background 🤘

[@piplupcola]

Its not an island prison but Algoatraz Prison (from Alcatraz Prison) is kinda funny

[@Jdh-yl7bn]

Goats are escape artists. Your 3 are pretty cute tho

[@DonnaLaplante]

Harvey's mountain in background Beautiful NEK ❤️

[@jennl7099]

Love the name of the new goat pen!

[@randomgirlwithdacheese7959]

For the goat yard how about the: “Goat Gardens” or the “Goat Grounds.”

[@marikotrue3488]

Love the name Wethering Heights. It is descriptive as they are wethers and goats love to climb. I can't think of a more appropriate name. No shade on current sign, but get someone from ETSY to make a very gothic appearing (and waterproof) sign. It will add to the ambience, assuming the goats do not try to consume or play with it. BTW I know most farmers would totally troll me for saying this, but it is SO adorable the way the goats follow Morgan and seem to look lovingly into his face. Yes, I know food and treats come from Morgan, but the sight is still highly adorable.

[@cjcarver6290]

The goatie otises need some climbing/jumping equipment.

[@catherinecarreiro3955]

Love the name ❤. It is perfect they are going to have fun in their new house

[@mentalcaes]

Three Billy Goats Gruff

[@CuriousEarthMan]

Dogs are "denning" animals, I have always read. They like to hang out where they are protected from mostly all sides, especially a low ceiling. No wonder they hung out under the building. It's sort of like a cave they seek.

[@suegairns7647]

Rug Island, also from Bluey.

[@Squidstryx]

It's the Goatshank Penitentiary

[@DaKoTazy]

It's the goat boat! 😁

[@treelynn1533]

Call it the island of Doctor Moreau

[@thenesthomestead]

Wethering Heights is a solid name for those young wethers :p all it needs now is a goat playground! thanks for a great vid. - Dakota & Angela

[@Marilyn12346]

How about “Gruff Gate”, three billy goats Gruff!!

[@highpsi11]

Nicknames for prison: Clink, Cooler, Jug, Nick. Slammer, Pokey, Clink, Can or my favorite: hoosegow. But since it's already been named Wuthering Heights (Wuthering or Wethering or Weathering?), maybe those can be names for another structure.

[@LeeLindsay-c3s]

Just a thought. Keep your duck ramp door for cleaning out the new goat house. Without the ramp you can just place a wheelbarrow under the door and rake out accumulated muck.

[@rachellemazar7374]

Weathering heights sounds great

[@BloxfruitKatakuri461]

Thank you for these videos

[@magicalhats]

I seen goats climb up almost 99% totally vertical mountains. I bet they figured out those stairs fast. 😅

[@artur1075]

For the name of the new goat home, i like the name "La Catedral" like Pablo Escobas prison from 1991.

[@valsalasrinivasan8521]

❤❤❤❤ lots of hard work now then rest in winter

[@pattib1425]

I JUST DROVE YOU GUYS, I WAS YOUR LYFT DRIVER. THIS IS SO SO SO COOL MAN.

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Thanks for sharing!

[@GoldShawFarm]

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@preschoolhomestead]

Wethering Heights is genius! 😂❤

[@denisemusicnut]

I think your name for the goat pen is perfect! Goats are unaffected by catnip. However, if you have bobcats, lynx, or mountain lions around your farm, they might react to it. Of course, if they manage to get to the catnip, you have bigger problems than a bunch of buzzed felines!