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Thanks. I know my goat eats it when we go out with her, but that's when it's mixed with other stuff she's eating. But some days she stays in her pen and I have to take her food. I may start one branch at a time with others and see how she reacts.

Is bay laurel good for feeding goats in large amounts? Every day I have to get some branches and give them to my goat, but there's some good sized laurels that I've leaving alone for a long while. I have to cut them down (too close to the house for fire security), so this would be hitting two...

My goat lives in an enclosure, and usually I cut branches for her from the forest, but thought I might change a bit and start taking her out more. I was wondering, if I were to take her out each day, how much grazing time would she need minimum? She must be around 50-60 kg. Thanks :)

In the end we didn't get enough votes, but if we'd had a day or two more, I think we would have done it. The top one was slowly increasing, but we were catching up fast, just not in time. The project for the Glorieta goes on with or without this funding, so it's not a complete loss. Also, one...

Hello, I'm a member of an association in Spain, working for the conservation and improvement of habitats and biodiversity. One of our projects is the conservation of the Glorieta Stream for which we could recieve funding from EOCA (European Outdoor Conservation Association). But that depends on...

I have a one-year-old "mastiff", described to us as a Pyrenean mastiff, but by pictures it doesn't quite seem right. He does have the typical "six claws" of a mastiff, but I'm not sure if that's isolated to mastiff breeds or not. At least his mother did bear a resemblance to the Pyrenean...

Now it's getting towards winter there's not so many tree branches I can cut to feed my goats in their pen, although there is still pine and hol oak and cane for the winter, but I don't want to limit it to just that if I can help it. I have land but no fences to let them out on their own to let...

Thanks. I 've had a look at the link, scary! I remember being told about orf as a kid but never really saw it, especially not such a bad case. I thought it was a bad reaction to the food we gave them. Looking into ulcerative dermatosis and Staphylococcus dermatitis as well, which the link...

I have three goats which all have "cold sore" type things on their lips. One worse than the other two. I'm still not sure about what's good/bad for goats, and I have a feeling it's got something to do with the broad bean plants they munched away at. Two of them only have small sores at the...

Thanks for the advice on the pine trees, I feel happier about that. Pine is what dominates around here, alongside holm oak. Been feeding them a bit of heather which they love too. I tend to watch what they eat and don't eat and try to take some of my cues from that. The other day on of my...

This is a good thread, very useful for me. :) I have to take branches into my goats, since we haven't space for them to be out just yet. What about pine trees? I have lots of those around, and if they can eat that then that would be great (I haven't given them any yet, since I wasn't sure...