Goat safe leaves??

[daisychick]

As lots and lots of leaves are falling all around my property this fall, I am wondering if most of them are safe for the goats to enjoy?

I have mainly cottonwood, black walnut and willow trees dropping leaves within reach of my goats. Are these ok for them to eat?? Can they have too much and get an upset stomach from over eating them??

 

[elevan]

Too much of anything can cause upset tummies so just be watchful and keep baking soda handy in case you need it. That said, your goats should be just fine eating all those leaves. Leaves become the main diet of my goats in the Fall, the love "goat chips" aka tree leaves

 

[daisychick]

Thanks for the reassurance, We have just never had so many leaves at once on the ground. We had an early snow and the trees all dropped their leaves in one day. So needless to say the goats are going bananas for the leaf buffet.

 

[Chaty]

You dont want them to eat Cherry leaves as they are toxic. I know there are some others but off hand I remember this 1.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

You dont want them to eat Cherry leaves as they are toxic. I know there are some others but off hand I remember this 1.

Regular cherry tree: fruit is fine(don't feed pits) leaves are only toxic when they are wilting. Fresh or dry are fine. It is all forms of the choke cherry that are toxic(leaves at all stages, fruit & bark).

 

[daisychick]

No cherry trees here. So far they are enjoying, cottonwood, willow, black walnut, and apple tree leaves. I read through the poisonous list and I am pretty sure we are in the clear.

 

[Stacykins]

No cherry trees here. So far they are enjoying, cottonwood, willow, black walnut, and apple tree leaves. I read through the poisonous list and I am pretty sure we are in the clear.

Isn't black walnut toxic?

 

[elevan]

No cherry trees here. So far they are enjoying, cottonwood, willow, black walnut, and apple tree leaves. I read through the poisonous list and I am pretty sure we are in the clear.

Isn't black walnut toxic?

You're gonna see stuff on both sides of it. Some even use it as a natural dewormer.

My goats eat a ton of black walnut and are doing just fine.

 

[20kidsonhill]

No cherry trees here. So far they are enjoying, cottonwood, willow, black walnut, and apple tree leaves. I read through the poisonous list and I am pretty sure we are in the clear.

Isn't black walnut toxic?

You're gonna see stuff on both sides of it. Some even use it as a natural dewormer.

My goats eat a ton of black walnut and are doing just fine.

MIne have access to tons of black walnut leaves for years now. And there are wild cherry trees in the field as well, Not saying those aren't harmful. But my understanding is they are only harmful when they break off or are blown down and begin to wilt.

A goats perfect weather forcast would be: Windy with 100% chance of falling leaves.

 

[Okie Amazon]

Ours eat lots of Black Walnut leaves with no ill effects.