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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: countrywoman on August 29, 2012, 04:22:05 pm

Title: Are carrot tops and runner bean pods OK?
Post by: countrywoman on August 29, 2012, 04:22:05 pm

I have one goat who desperately tries to snatch carrot tops and another who is keen to get to runner bean pods.  Are they safe to give in small quantities?

Title: Re: Are carrot tops and runner bean pods OK?
Post by: plumseverywhere on August 29, 2012, 05:54:45 pm

Yes, so long as they are chopped small to prevent choking. They also like runner bean and pea haulms (?sp) and as our goat paddock is next to our veggie patch I can just bung the empty runner bean bits over once they've finished growing  :)

Title: Re: Are carrot tops and runner bean pods OK?
Post by: Lesley Silvester on August 29, 2012, 10:13:35 pm

Mine love both.  Yesterday they enjoyed some bean plants that my friend had cut down.