Call Ducks or Bantams...Crazy Animals Around the Farm

[oldhenlikesdogs]

@oldhenlikesdogs
I fed my kids some Cabbage yesterday but read that it's toxic in one post and in another it's okay? I want to know if it actually is okay or not?

I feed mine stuff that's said to be toxic too. I never heard cabbage was bad. Goats generally won't eat bad stuff, but limit it I guess.

 

[chickens really]

I feed mine stuff that's said to be toxic too. I never heard cabbage was bad. Goats generally won't eat bad stuff, but limit it I guess.

Phew. Thanks. I didn't know if it was going to upset them or kill them? They seem okay today though..

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Phew. Thanks. I didn't know if it was going to upset them or kill them? They seem okay today though..

I read lilac bushes are toxic, and we've been giving them trimming from them for years. Goats are browsers, so they eat a bit of this and a bit of that and are constantly moving, so they can occasionally eat some bad stuff and be fine because they don't get much of it.

My bet is someone fed their goats a whole bunch of cabbage which threw off the digestive tract, and could cause acidosis, or enteritis. Any rapid diet changes of too much of something can do that. A few leaves are fine as a treat.

 

[chickens really]

I read lilac bushes are toxic, and we've been giving them trimming from them for years. Goats are browsers, so they eat a bit of this and a bit of that and are constantly moving, so they can occasionally eat some bad stuff and be fine because they don't get much of it.

My bet is someone fed their goats a whole bunch of cabbage which threw off the digestive tract, and could cause acidosis, or enteritis. Any rapid diet changes of too much of something can do that. A few leaves are fine as a treat.

Jeepers I didn't know Lilac bushes are toxic either because mine go to town on the bushes if they get a chance at them.. ...

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@Brahma Chicken5000
How are the Pullets doing over at your friends place?

They are doing well at my friend’s house. They have integrated into her flock well.

 

[chickens really]

They are doing well at my friend’s house. They have integrated into her flock well.

Oh that's wonderful Aryeh..

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Jeepers I didn't know Lilac bushes are toxic either because mine go to town on the bushes if they get a chance at them.. ...

I know, and my donkeys love eating tomato plants and moldy hay? We throw stuff out on a big compost pile and the donkeys come and eat stuff they aren't supposed to. I mentioned it once in a post on here about donkeys and someone had to tell me I shouldn't feed them moldy stuff.

 

[chickens really]

In front of the kennel pen is a bush and a native species I planted with red wood and gets white berries. I suppose that's toxic too?

 

[chickens really]

I know, and my donkeys love eating tomato plants and moldy hay? We throw stuff out on a big compost pile and the donkeys come and eat stuff they aren't supposed to. I mentioned it once in a post on here about donkeys and someone had to tell me I shouldn't feed them moldy stuff.

Jeepers. I know. My animals definitely eat things that I have no control over and no one has died yet..

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Jeepers. I know. My animals definitely eat things that I have no control over and no one has died yet..

I think maybe if an animal is starving, but a well fed critter seems to have to sense to not eat stuff unless they can.