When livestock from Wyandotte Farm escape it really gets Kathy Massey's goat, and on Thursday afternoon that's exactly what she had to contend with.

Nine goats from the farm, located next to the Hillside Motel on Route 6, got out of their pen. Two headed into the road and the other seven walked through the woods and ended up on Channel Street off of Angelica Avenue.

This comes about a month after a sow and her piglets broke free of their fence and wandered through the woods before returning home. That was the second time Wyandotte's pigs have wandered, according to Massey, the animal control officer.

She wasn't too happy about the goats, and it looks like there will be a public hearing to address what Massey said is a dangerous situation as the farm's animals have walked into or come very close to Route 6 on numerous occasions.

On Thursday, Massey was first called to the Mattapoisett Friends Meeting House. Contractor Sylvester Mayers said he ushered two goats who were standing in Route 6 onto the church lawn.

While corralling those two goats, police got a call that others had hoofed it to Channel Street where they were hanging out on a man's deck.

Upon arrival the goats, seven in total, ran down the steps from Andrew Taylor's house to see what was going on.

Taylor said he'd spotted the goats while walking in the woods and tried to get them to go back in the fence at the farm.

“They plowed right over it,” he said. “They were enamored with my dog.”

Although they were pretty friendly, the feeling wasn't exactly mutual as the dog hid behind two police officers.

Before authorities arrived, the goats had paid a visit to Colby Rotler's house as well.

“They went right up the stairs and almost came inside,” he said as the goats partook of his wife's late-season roses.

“I've seen foxes. I've seen deer. I never saw some goats though,” Rotler said.

While waiting for Wyandotte owner Mike King to arrive, Massey fed the animals dog treats to keep them from wandering off.

Twenty or so minutes later, King and a helper arrived with a pickup truck. They loaded the reluctant cargo into the truck bed.

“We'll be going under the speed limit,” he told officers, who said he could not take the very full truck onto Route 6 with the animals unsecured.

King, who said the goats' may have escaped because they were spooked by gunshots in the woods, decided to walk the animals through the forest back to his house  – most likely following a route similar to the one the fugitives took earlier that afternoon.

Once the goats were on their way home, Massey went to Town Hall and spoke to Town Administrator Mike Gagne who said an incident report would need to be filed before a hearing could be scheduled. Once done, Gagne said he should be able to set up a hearing for next week.