@gogreenbuddy - we have found that the learning curve for us was much easier with sheep than it was for goats. That is just our experience, of course. We lost quite a bit of our goat herd in 2016 over the course of a week. I think we had around 15 goats and 7 died in a week (the week we returned from a 10 day trip). We had about 8 sheep at the time in the same pasture and only lost one, which was a really young lamb (so maybe more susceptible to disease?). Anyway, goats are escape artists and have lots of personality. Honestly, it is their personalities that attract me to goats. They are so much fun! My husband is more of a sheep guy because they are more "stable" in the personality department. :)