Can Goats eat Horse Feed?

[arabianequine]

Does not say anything about ice cream cones but it does bread and corn chips? I am sure they have animal by product too animal fat and this is not a usda or federal law site I don't think but if you don't believe this then you can't believe the later either right or maybe? This is what I said as a treat in moderation.



Features
# Domestic goats can consume a varied diet. Grain and hay are usually staples. Hay should never be damp or moldy, but hay with some weeds growing in it is actually healthy for goats. Alfalfa cubes soaked in warm water can be used alone with--but never in place of--hay. Kitchen scraps are an acceptable addition, including things such as orange and banana peels and various vegetable ends. Treats that can be fed in moderation include bread, corn chips and raisins. With access to a pasture, goats will also eat a variety of browse. Flowers, shrubs, saplings, tree bark, weeds and herbs all make for excellent browsing.


About copper:

Considerations
# Goats need copper in their diet. This is just one factor that makes goat feed unique. Goats should not be fed dog food, cat food or even feed formulated for sheep. The unique anatomy and dietary requirements of goats can make these other diets very unhealthy. Some places offer "sheep and goat" feed. This may be fine for sheep, but can cause a problem for goats. Sheep can not consume the copper that is necessary for goats, so goats on this diet will need supplemental copper.

Read more: What Is a Goat's Diet? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_4610679_what-goats-diet.html#ixzz0qbGDr5cJ



Q: I have a goat that doesn't want to come to me what can I do to make them come to me?

A: Goats respond very well to treats. First you will have to find out what they like for a treat. Most goats will like one or more of the following: bread, marshmallows, cookies (not chocolate), animal crackers, some cereals, etc. When you find out what that goat likes, they will be your best friend. My goats really like bread and as soon as they see a bread bag, they come running.

http://www.tripleigoats.com/faq.htm

thats all I see so far

 

[redhen]

My goats used to LOVE those hard chinese noodles as a treat sometimes.....

 

[kuntrygirl]

Yes, I only have (1) 50lb bag of horse feed that was a free bag of feed and I didn't want it to go to waste. I wasn't going to change my goats feed, I was only going to try to feed it as a "treat" of some sorts. My goat will still get it's regular goat feed. I just wasn't sure if the horse feed was ok to feed. I didn't want to kill the poor fellow. That's why I posted my question so that those that were more experienced than me, could tell me if it was ok or not to feed the horse feed to my goat.

 

[cmjust0]

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Yes, palatability. Consumption of mineral is controlled in large part by palatability. A mineral that's targetted for 1oz/day consumption is going to be more palatable than a mineral that's targetted for 1/2oz per day.. If they made it taste like sweet feed, they'd all be dead of copper toxicity..

The two blends I've tried most recently -- a 750ppm and a 1500ppm copper -- are totally different. The lower ppm mineral smelled GOOD and they ate the crap out of it. When I set out fresh mineral, they'd beat each other to death trying to get some..

The higher ppm mineral, on the other hand, smells sorta like feed I guess...edible, put it that way...and they usually go have a whack at it and walk away pretty quickly toward water like "WOOOOWHEEEE that's stout!!"

I'm watching this new mineral closely.. If it turns out that they're eating it at less than half the rate of the other, then they'll actually be getting less of everything from it than the old mineral which was only half as potent, simply because they won't be eating it in adequate quantities..

Like I said...ppms alone don't mean too much. You gotta know target consumptions and if your animals are actually meeting them.

 

[cmjust0]

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Nope...won't kill him.

 

[kubotafoot]

A kiddle eat ivy, too, wouldn't you?

 

[twincreekfarm1]

The law against feeding "animal products" to animals is in regard to Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease). Animal by products in some treats like ice cream cones is lard and it is heat-treated/cooked and therefore not against the law to feed. I am a nurse. I have taken care of people with Mad Cow (Creutzfeldt-Yakob disease) who got it on a tour of Israel where they ate undercooked sheep brains in a stew.

True, you cannot feed uncooked slaughter products to any animal because of the risk. But our animal feeds are heated/cooked and not likely to harm our livestock/pets. Neither are ice cream cones.

I like to feed species-specific feeds (i.e. goat feed to goats, horse feed to horses in winter) but I know that goats steal horse feed and clean up the ground after horses. My son is a veterinarian. I have a lot of respect for animal feed producers (the reputable ones) and the research and time they put into their products. When I lived in Africa, Purina was doing some amazing work in animal feeds and changed the face of animal nutrition in a place where both the people and animals were starving.

I also know that a pet goat enjoys an ice cream cone from time to time!! Relax.

 

[cassie]

Many years ago a lot of goat breeders I knew, including me, fed Purina Omaline (?) a horse feed, to our goats. The goats did just fine on it. We fed it because the goats did not like the bagged goat feed we had available, but they did like the Omaline. You could mix some other grains or beet pulp in it to dilute the copper percentage a bit.