Author name: Tim Makay

For folks who haven’t lived around or raised them, goats are often thought of as being very literal eating machines. Many people believe that goats can eat absolutely anything, including such indigestible substances as tin cans, leather, and more. Following that line of reasoning, you’d think that certainly a goat could eat any kind of […]

Most of us already know that goats are strictly herbivorous. That means they don’t eat any meat, just plants. That being said, if you’ve kept any kind of livestock for any length of time you already know that many animals are more than willing to swipe food from their neighbors. Goats are no different, and

Most folks already know that goats subsist primarily on a diet of greenery, and as browsers, they tend to eat a variety of grass, leaves, shoots and more. While domestic, goats enjoy a varied diet that includes some vegetables, including many of the ones that people eat. Veggies can be a great nutritional supplement to

Goats typically eat a varied herbivorous diet consisting of all sorts of different plant matter, from grass and hay to twigs, bark and even seeds. But have you ever stopped to consider whether or not goats can eat nuts… and are they safe for them? Yes, goats can eat most kinds of nuts safely and

Every goat owner already knows that their goats eat all sorts of plant matter. Domestic goats get to enjoy a varied diet of hay along with grass and other forage. When goats are allowed to browse, they eat all sorts of things. One wild edible that most goat owners don’t pay too much attention to

Most owners of domestic goats have taken to giving their furry charges more than just the usual diet of hay and some occasional pellets. In the wild, goats eat a surprisingly varied, but entirely herbivorous diet, and it’s possible to mimic some of that variety by giving them some choice produce, including fruits and vegetables.

Goats are herbivores, but they are animals that eat all sorts of different plants. And as browsers, goats typically nibble a little bit here and there on lots of different foods if left to their own devices. It turns out they can be surprisingly picky, even towards vegetables that you’d think they would be sure

If you live on a busy farm or homestead with lots of different livestock, I’ll bet you probably noticed that your animals are more than happy to swipe a little bit of extra food from one another given half a chance. Goats, especially, love to break out of their pen or enclosure to go looking