Cow manure smells like money to me!
The goats didn’t take any effort. They’re happy doing what goats do. Just watch out for the horns as they can get pushy.
Stay away from white leghorns if you ever get into chickens. They’re good egg layers but they’re mean little things. They like dive bombing humans and pecking their peers. Plymoths Rocks and Rhode Island Reds are more even tempered, ymmv.
The flock we have now is of Rhode Island Reds. They don’t lay many eggs, unfortunately. I think they may be old. We got them as adults, but have kept them around because they were given to us, free, and have thus been able to help us learn a lot. These ones came from living conditions that were probably traumatic to them, and over crowded, and now they’re big and happy. Dunno if they’ll ever lay any more eggs. The first week we had them (there are 9) they laid about 10 eggs. In the next 8 months, they’ve laid 4 more or so. But, now we know how they act, how much they’ll eat, etc., etc. So when we get to the new place, they’ll just kinda be pers and be allowed to sorta free range (since we won’t be hunting for eggs anyway).
Thanks for all the advice!