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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Goats!!! on September 16, 2016, 07:56:01 pm

Title: Feeding from the veg patch
Post by: Goats!!! on September 16, 2016, 07:56:01 pm

Can you feed goats things from the veg patch? We have quite a lot of things going over in the veg patch, Swiss chard, runner beans and French beans can these be feed to goats, with the runner and French beans there is the leaves as well as the beans.
Thanks

Title: Re: Feeding from the veg patch
Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 17, 2016, 12:16:57 am

The goats will love them. Just don't give them too much at a time. I wouldn't recommend more than half a bucket each to start.

Title: Re: Feeding from the veg patch
Post by: laurelrus on September 17, 2016, 09:34:43 am

We have a veg patch directly outside our goats paddock which we plant with veg especially for them and it's so satisfying to be able to give them food straight from the ground!

Title: Re: Feeding from the veg patch
Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 18, 2016, 12:27:32 am

Mine think the veg patch next to their yard is exclusively for them judging by the hopeful noise they make when I'm outside harvesting.