My brother bought an abandoned farm with about 7-10 years trees/vines. He bought two goats and everyday would manually cut brush and the goats would strip it then he’d burn the sticks/stems. Good in theory but slow in practice. After a year he bought a bush hog and the goats are now pets.
Yep. That’s a lot to ask of two goats. I would think more goats on 3-4 years (around here in Central VA) of scrub would be the way to go. Turn ‘em out October to March. Let them get their fiber needs met from the scrub, supplement with grain and mineral, and then bush hog as soon as you can get in in April or May. That’d be pretty slick.
But livestock aren’t foresters.