Are these plants toxic to goats?

[BarredBuff]

1. Maple
2. White Pine
3. Pear
4. Apple
5. Black Pine
6. Locust
7. RHododendron
8. Honey Suckle
9. Ornamental Pear

There are also some bulb flowers too..........

 

[sunsaver]

Maybe the rhododendren and bulbs. I think the rest are safe, or at least not deadly. If they get a belly ache, they won;t touch it again.

 

[Denim Deb]

What kind of locust? Black locust can be toxic, but I'm not sure how much they need to eat. I don't think any of the others are. This is a good site to check if you're not sure.

http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/comlist.html

 

[freemotion]

It depends on whether it is in their pasture with plenty of other stuff to eat or whether you are bringing it to them. Rhododendron is a big no-no either way.

Maples are fine except red maples......not just the ornamentals but also the wild ones with the red stems on the leaf. Otherwise, maples are a great food for them.

White pine...in moderation is fine. I have white pines in my pasture.

Pear and apple are fine.

I don't know about the others.

 

[BarredBuff]

Its a fairly big area, with plenty of grass and moss. I also have access to scrap veggies and plants.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Don't assume goats won't eat toxic plants. Sometimes they don't know any better. It's best to remove them completely just to be safe.

 

[Damummis]

http://fiascofarm.com/goats/poisonousplants.htm

Here is the list from Fiasco Farm. I use it as a reference all the time.

 

[freemotion]

Get rid of the rhododendrons for sure. They will poison themselves with that one. Especially the growing parts, so if you cut it down, remove the stump so it doesn't sprout. Learned this one the hard way when we were clearing land for pasture years ago. Let the goats out to browse and one took a liking to wild laurel shoots and died. Quickly. I hired a bulldozer. It was an expensive lesson.

 

[savingdogs]

They will kill the pear and apple trees so you don't want them near them, they will strip off the bark. We do have some neighbors with some extremely old apple trees and they have nigerian dwarfs in with them, perhaps because they are just old, tough trees. My goats totally consumed the apple and pear trees here.

 

[BarredBuff]

They will kill the pear and apple trees so you don't want them near them, they will strip off the bark. We do have some neighbors with some extremely old apple trees and they have nigerian dwarfs in with them, perhaps because they are just old, tough trees. My goats totally consumed the apple and pear trees here.

Is there a way to prevent that? We are putting in anew orchard but it would be nice to keep these?