Goats Eating Our Trees/Bushes!

[MsLadyChickens]

Hi guys!

When we first got our ND and our Mini La Mancha, their milk tasted perfect! After a couple weeks I noticed that they were nibbling on our newly planted pine trees and their milk is starting to taste "goaty". My boyfriend won't even drink it now lol! Is there a trick to keep goats from eating your plants, and trees? We have about 11 new pines so that would be a pain to fence (we just fenced in the garden too), so if there is any thing I can hang by the trees or spray that would make them less interested, I would definitely appreciate it! I miss our tasty milk

 

[elevan]

Only way to keep them from eating them is to keep them away from them. The easiest way to do is a temporary fence is with cattle panels.

 

[DonnaBelle]

Ohhhhh Pine trees, YUM YUM.

Yes, the goats will love your pine trees, and your milk will definately have a funky taste if they eat them. Better trim them off up high, and hope they don't eat the bark.

I don't know if spraying them with some of that bitter tasting stuff would keep them from eating the bark or not.

But yes, goats love pine needles.

DonnaBelle

 

[MsLadyChickens]

Hahah you would think it was a gourmet buffet outside! They are constantly nibbling away on the trees! Alrighty I think I will look into some fencing and see if I can do some large squares around each tree that the goats can lean over....hmmmm...goats are tricky creatures lol!

 

[SDBoerGoats]

I have had issues with my trees ever since my goats found out about the front yard. I have acres of browse around the barn area, and sometimes I just turn them loose to eat that so I don't have to weed eat. Well, today was one of those days. All these acres of hillside and good stuff, and I find them in the front yard stripping my pines and my flowering plum. I put them away, because I know that once Spicey finds out where the trees are, there is no stopping her.