Christmas trees for feed ???

[SaanenMom]

For 25 goats, I'd throw in 2-3 a day for several days, skip a day or two, throw in 3 to 5 for a few days, skip another day or two and keep doing that til they're gone. I didn't realize goats liked pine trees til I caught my does in the neighbor's yard chowing down. Your trees are a LOT cheaper than what I had to replace that were destroyed. Those 7 cost me close to $600!! Since then I've had friends bring one or two by every winter and the gals are close to kidding. It has never seemed to bother them.

I DO like Lowe's for their Veteran discount. Didn't know they did that until I bought a freezer for extra milk. I wrote a check and needed an ID. My driver's license was in a different wallet in the pickup, but I had my VA card. The girl told me to void that check and write a new one, I got a 10% discount! On a freezer, that was a lot!
IDLaura

 

[ThornyRidgeII]

The only thing I would be leery of would be since they were bought commercially what kind of chemicals/spray/treatments were ever used on the trees.. something over the course of time to get those "perfect" Christmas tree looks and maintain needles throughout Christmas season.. before you go throwing lots of pine to a few goats check to see if you can get history on trees! If you have never treated a sick goat it is very scary and sometimes very difficult! Always better safe than sorry and although natural pine ( as long as it is pine i.e. spruce or long needled white pine) is not harmful.. a lot with not much else to eat in terms of roughage ( hay) will make for sickly goats! The offer was too good to pass up true but be careful.. as a previous poster stated Christmas trees do make awesome habitats when sunk in ponds.. or left out over winter for birds to make nests in and get out of weather.. I also like the look of a tree if it can be preserved or let all the needles drop off and then turn it in to a primitive tree for the house (needleless pine tree).. have seen them for sale and know someone who has one..