Sleeping Goats

I set my newborn goats to have "sleeping" on.  They slept until i turned it off.  When i shut the option off, they were starved and dehydrated.  They immediately ate and drank everything they could, however i lost my male. My cows work fine with sleeping, they wake up, wander, etc. and go back to sleep.  The goats don't seem to have that option. Is this a glitch? 

All the animals should be using the same script, so it may be your goats are/were on an older version.  You can find the version number from the 'Info' button on the animals menu.

they are version 5.9