Keep the poisonous plant angle in mind.
We thought we were good until the choke cherries started dropping last winter. The goats loved them. We didn't know what they were until the babies started dying and the ladies started miscarrying. When I found out, I took the axe down to the field and beat one of the trees with it until I couldn't stand anymore. Then Steve came behind me with the chain saw and finished the choke cherry trees all off.
If you can't identify all the trees and shrubs in and around your pasture, find some one who can and compare the list to plants poisonous to goats. You would be surprised what can hurt them. Around here, they try to say a goat won't eat something that will hurt it, but if some one says that to you, don't believe it.
We thought we were good until the choke cherries started dropping last winter. The goats loved them. We didn't know what they were until the babies started dying and the ladies started miscarrying. When I found out, I took the axe down to the field and beat one of the trees with it until I couldn't stand anymore. Then Steve came behind me with the chain saw and finished the choke cherry trees all off.
If you can't identify all the trees and shrubs in and around your pasture, find some one who can and compare the list to plants poisonous to goats. You would be surprised what can hurt them. Around here, they try to say a goat won't eat something that will hurt it, but if some one says that to you, don't believe it.
