Goats

Ask anyone who has raised goats for any length of time and they will tell you: it is truly only a matter of time before your goats slip out and start eating plants that you don’t want them to eat. They are frequent raiders of gardens, and an absolute terror as far as your decorative […]

Believe it or not, in the wild goats don’t get too much fruit. The occasional berry bush is probably all they have to look forward to, even though goats can eat most kinds of fruit without problems. Now, domestic goats, that’s a different story: Many owners regularly treat their goats with various kinds of fruit

Goats are browsers, and that means that they eat a wide variety of plant matter, typically choosing the best bits from a lot of different plans as they roam around. Domestic goats, on the other hand, typically subsist on a regimented diet consisting of hay or pellets with supplementation from various fruits, veggies, and some

Goats, or at least domestic goats, can eat a surprisingly varied diet. Some owners even choose to supplement it with a variety of tropical produce, including fruits and vegetables. Many such things can be a tasty treat for them, and even packed with nutrition that they need. However, goats can’t eat everything when it comes

Fruit isn’t something that goats in the wild get all of the time, outside of some few berries or maybe an apple that has fallen from a tree. But that doesn’t stop owners of domestic goats from supplementing the diets of their furry friends with a few choice pieces of fruit. Goats love fruits, but

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