[lickit]

goats and sheep tear up grass by its roots, ruining

the pasturage. Cattle and horses shear it off above the ground. Hogs trample and wallow and generally ruin an area, unless they have LOT of room to roam around in. Texas and other states are shooting hogs like vermin, leaving the bodies to rot. Rabbits require care that dogs, etc, don't overturn their cages and kill them. Goats usually have more than one kid, cows rarely have more than one calf. While a sow might have a dozen piglets or more, she usually can't feed more than 8 or so with her milk. So the runts die at an early age, or you have to hand feed them and protect them from the other pigs.

 

[lickit]

hogs require good fences, they root their way under them.

and they can "go feral" in short order if you don't corral them again quickly. If you are thinking shtf prep, forget the cattle, way too big-visible-desirable for looters, too incapable of living on their own. Sheep are helpless, a small pack of little dogs will run them until the sheep just lie down and die. I aint kidding, ask any vet.