Live ferments as probiotics for goats?

[Pearce Pastures]

Update: So I just pulled a batch of pink sauerkraut out of the fermenter today. After repacking it into jars for the fridge I had a quart and a half of brine left over. I took some of the brine out to the goats mixed it with a bit of beet pulp and let them try it. The buck would try a tiny bit then make horrid faces and sneeze. The doe could not be convinced the bucket was not full of goat poison*sigh* I think I can cross that one off the list. I will try introducing them to other ferments as I produce them to see what they like.

The husband I love it though taste like a mild kvass. We have been mixing it half and half with V8. At least our tummies will be full of good probiotics.

You may have to try more than just once. My goats didn't eat alfalfa pellets. I mixed just a little in their grains. I didn't increase the amount until one day it was gone...that they didn't pick them out. They didn't used to eat peanuts in shells nor crasins. Now those are their favorite treats. Some will eat banana, carrots and other fruits, some don't. I have one will eat almost anything I bring out to him now (but he didn't use to), and one will at least try while the other two turns up their noses.

That happened here too-my goats would not touch alfalfa pellets for the longest time and I just kept offering them and at some point, they decided they were the best!

 

[Oakroot]

This is fantastic to know. Because I have 100 lbs of alphala pellets and goats that don't want anything to do with them. They are as bad as little kids!