Can goat feed be harmful to chickens and other poultry?

[azure_]

Like life threatening deadly bad?

 

[MrFluffyandGirls]

No its not harmful. I would not make it a habit because it's not a balanced diet for chickens but it's not going to be detrimental if they happened to have a feast every now and then. It would probably be worse if a goat ate the chicken feed than the chicken eating goat feed.

 

[Red-Stars-in-RI]

No...I have goats and the chickens sometimes hop the fence and I've never had a problem.

I have read that the OPPOSITE (goats eating chicken feed) CAN be a very bad thing.

 

[JadeFarms]

I give it to mine in small quantities as treats. It hasn’t hurt them. But I’m not sure about large quantities.

 

[JadeFarms]

And yes goats eating chicken food can be fatal. I had a goat get bloat from it.

 

[azure_]

I give it to mine in small quantities as treats. It hasn’t hurt them. But I’m not sure about large quantities.

No...I have goats and the chickens sometimes hop the fence and I've never had a problem.

I have read that the OPPOSITE (goats eating chicken feed) CAN be a very bad thing.

No its not harmful. I would not make it a habit because it's not a balanced diet for chickens but it's not going to be detrimental if they happened to have a feast every now and then. It would probably be worse if a goat ate the chicken feed than the chicken eating goat feed.

Yes the only reason they would get to it was by accident and would not be a habit, I just wanted to know, THANKS!

 

[azure_]

And yes goats eating chicken food can be fatal. I had a goat get bloat from it.

I would make it nearly impossible for the goats to get to the chicken food.