Hello Ladies, I am looking to get goats soon. But I have been reading that anything oak is poison to goats. I that is all we have is oak trees. So I hope yall can help mse with this and my heart will not be brokend I can still hav goats. Thanks Deborah
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Deborah I kept goats for a long time and I might be wrong but I don't recall anything about oak toxicities for goats,I do know cherry and chokecherry leaves at certain times of the year are dangerous but I have never known anything about oak leaves,I have heard of the herbalist Susun Weed's site about one of her goats eating a bunch of acorns and getting sick then developing severe mastitis afterward so maybe there's something to that,I'll try to find a link to that article again and post it here for you,there was some good goat advice in it.
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Posted - Mar 01 2013 : 4:43:40 PM
I've had lots of goats (and sheep) kept in an area that is covered with oak trees, leaves and acorns and NEVER had any issues with this. I've never heard that they are toxic. We have lots of oaks down here and the other people I know who keep goats have never had any problems. I don't think it should be an issue.
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All leaves from deciduous (not evergreen) trees are poisonous after they first freeze and are limp and dark green. We have acorn bushes here and people that move here are always saying that they are poisonous to horses but horses love to munch on them. I am sure if they got too much it might be a problem but the bushes get the reputation of being poisonous because of what I mentioned above. Leaves are poison right after they freeze and before they dry and turn brown because during that time they have a concentrated amount of nitrogen in them. Even fruit trees are like this. Most animals know better than to eat them when they are like that but might if there is nothing else. I do not know about oak. They don't grow here unless they are planted. Goats will destroy anything that is a young sapling. I keep mine in a pen. You can probably google a list of stuff that is poisonous to goats. Laura
after all i have read on-line and here I think I am not going to worry about the goats...I hope they will be smart enough not to eat to many acorns...and I will try to keep the area they will be in as clean as I can...i will be doing this by myself... Thanks Ladies Deborah
now we are on our forever farm. God has blessed us.
acorns, oak leaves and goats
Posted - Feb 28 2013 : 4:00:44 PM
