Author Topic: What is your goats favourite treat? (Read 3590 times)

Baois Glas · « **on:** June 21, 2015, 12:07:46 pm »

We've recently got our goats, and would like to give them a little treat after milking, but they don't seem keen on carrot or apple.
What do you give your goats?

Melmarsh · « **Reply #1 on:** June 21, 2015, 12:21:57 pm »

Hi !! Firstly enjoy your goats, brilliant animals

my females loved a rich tea biscuit atbed time but I had males, one of whomloved hula hoops, I would put them on my fingers and he would gently remove them and gobble them up. I have to admit that there were lots of thing that they all loved ,:- jacket potatoes left over and cold, bananas with skins on , corn on the cob, cob and green, tortillas, grapes, peaches, the boys would take the whole thing then spit the stone out !!! Lots really anything I could get from my local pick your own, who put by anything they thought was past its sell by date. Goats loved it all!!!!

kelly58 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 21, 2015, 02:25:02 pm »

Except onions, spuds and salty treats, not good. Enjoy your goaties

Treud na Mara · « **Reply #3 on:** June 21, 2015, 03:58:58 pm »

Ours love 'horse treats', no more than one a day though !

Tree Farmer · « **Reply #4 on:** June 21, 2015, 04:29:36 pm »

As special treats my girls love rich tea biscuits (the finger shaped ones are ideal!) or cream crackers. I give them bananas too - sliced into discs, skin and all.

Anke · « **Reply #5 on:** June 21, 2015, 06:22:29 pm »

My goats love carrots, apples (most of them), any kind of cabbage, pears, bananas etc. -- BUT the best treat of all is oat cakes. Just rattling the cellophane wrapper has got them all standing to attention!

Daisys Mum · « **Reply #6 on:** June 21, 2015, 09:38:49 pm »

Mine get half a hob nob biscuit at bed time!

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #7 on:** June 21, 2015, 11:10:34 pm »

Two ginger nut biscuits after milking. I've started bringing my in-kid goat in to stand on the milking bench. It's seven months since I last milked her but, before she'd get down, she looked at the biscuit tin expectantly.

I did have a goat who loved salted peanuts.

Apple, banana, any fruit really. Biscuits, bread, carrot, but mostly they have horse treats.