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23/01/2011, 8:10 PM krazykat Joined on 23/01/2011 Posts 1 Which vegetables can i safely feed my goats?? Hello, My husband and I have recently become the proud owners of two british alpine nannies. I was looking for some advice on which vegetables are safe for our goats to eat. I have read that they should not eat members of the cabbage family including brocolli, is this correct? Thank You. xxx    Report

02/02/2011, 11:04 PM Lesley Joined on 04/10/2005 Posts 95 Re: Which vegetables can i safely feed my goats?? Welcome to the world of goat keeping! I think the rule with anything concerning goats is variety and not too much of any one thing. They can eat most veg, but should not get too much at a time, especially of the brocolli and cabbage family, as this can ferment and cause bloat. Goats are greedy and don't tend to stop eating even when they are full, so although they always seem to be ravenously hungry, little and often is better for them. If you milk them, anything they eat can taint the taste of the milk, and I think the cabbage family will do this. Our goats are pet wethers, and I give them all our veggie peelings except raw potato. They also have fruit thats gone past it best, stale cake and bread (in moderation) and digestive biscuits as a treat (if I have to get them in for some reason).    Report

14/02/2011, 9:54 AM seldomseen Joined on 14/02/2011 Crimea Posts 1 Re: Which vegetables can i safely feed my goats?? here is a list from all over of the internet which I have collected.. Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} EDIBLE   Please note, too much of anything can be bad, so ALL plants, even if in this Edible listing, should be fed only in moderation.                 * Acorns (in moderation) * Agapanthas * Althea * Angel Wing Bigoneas * Apple * Arborvita * Avocado*- Mexican Avocado leaves/trees such Pinkerton might not be (*note-South American Avocado leaves ARE poisonous) * Bamboo * Banana, entire plant, fruit & peel * Barkcloth fig (ficus natalensis) * Bay Tree Leaves green and dried * Bean (all parts) * Beets, leaves and root * Blackberry bushes (all parts) * Black Locus (we had quite a few of these until our goats ate them all) * Bramble * Broccoli (all parts) * Buckbrush (aka coralberry or indian currant) * Cabbage * Camellias * Cantaloupe: fruit, seeds and peel * Collard Greens * Carrots * Catnip * Cedar Needles (leaves) & Bark * Celery * Citrus * Clover * Corn husks & silk * Cottonwood * Coyote Bush (Baccharis) * Dandelion * Douglas Fir * Dogwood * Elm * English Ivy (we feed lvy trimming all the time; they love it) * Fern * Fescue grass * Ficus * Garlic * Ginger Root * Grape, entire plants * Grape Vine * Grapefruit, fruit & peel * Greenbrier * Hay Plant * Heavenly Bamboo * Hemlock Trees (which are not the same as the poisonous hemlock, an herbaceous species of plant which is in the carrot family that bears the scientific name “Conium maculatum") * Hibiscus * Honeysuckle, entire plant  (goats love honeysuckle) * Hyssop * Ivy * Jackfruit leaves * Jade * Jambolan leaves * Japanese Elm * Japanese Knotweed aka: polygonum cuspidatum aka: fallopia japonica. * Japanese Magnolias (blooms/leaves) * Johoba * Kudzu * Lantana - appears on both lists * Lilac bark /branches * Lupine - appears on both lists: Seeds are the part of the plant that are the greatest problem. * Magnolia Leaves green and dried * Mango leaves * Manzanita (Arctostaphylos) * Maple Trees, leaves & bark - (goats will readily strip the bark and kill the tree) * Marijuana-in moderation * Mesquite * Mint * Mock Orange * Monkeyflower (Mimulus) * Mountain Ash (excellent goat forage tree) * Morning Glory * Moss * Mulberry (entire plant) * Mullein * Mustard * Nettles * Nightshade - appears on both lists: its the seeds that the problem, * Lemon Grass * Oak Tree Leaves * Okara- pulp left over after making Soymilk * Onion * Orange, fruit & peel * Paloverde - needles & seed pods * Patterson's Curse * Peanuts, including the shells * Pear * Pencil cactus * Peppers * Pepper plants * Photinia * Pine Trees taints the milk though. * Plum, all * PrivetPumpkin * Poison Ivy * Poison Oak * Poison Sumac, the vine * Pomegranates * Poplar Trees * Potatoes * Raisins * Raspberry, entire plant (goats loves raspberry) very good for the birthing season, helps with kidding. * Red-tips * Rose, all, entire plant (goats loves roses) * Rhubarb Leaves not the storks * Salvation Jane * Sassafras * Southern Bayberry (myrica cerifera) * Spruce trees * Sumac, the tree * Sunflowers * St. John's Wort (can cause sun sensitivity in light skinned goats) * Strawberry * Sweet Gum Trees * Sweet potato leaves * Tomatoes (cherry tomatoes make wonderful treats) * Tomato plants- in moderation (mine eat them with no problems) * Tree of Heaven * Turnips * Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) * Yarrow * Yellow Locus * Yucca * Vetch * Virginia Creeper * Wandering Jew * Watermelon * Wax Myrtle (myrica cerifera) * Weeping Willow *Wild Rose, entire plant (goats loves roses) hope this helps you.    Report

13/04/2011, 12:56 PM maggie Joined on 14/03/2011 Posts 3 Re: Which vegetables can i safely feed my goats?? We have lots of globe artichokes growing in the garden. Can I give the leaves and any surplus to our goats?    Report

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