What can goats eat?

[Church Girl]

Hello BYH! My 2 pregnant Nigerian dwarf goats like to eat Sweet Gum leafs, daisies, and lots of other things, can I allow them to eat this stuff? Or is it not good for them? We have lots of different kinds of plants on our property. I am going to attach pictures, can someone identify these plants, or tell me what they can and can't eat?

 

[Church Girl]

We also have some Elderberry on our property. Is that poisonous to goats?

 

[blessedfarmgirl]

Those little 5 leaf plants are Virginia creeper, which some say are poisonous, but we've never had issues with it. They probably won't ever eat enough to make a difference anyway. Our goats love sweetgum and eat it all the time. Not sure about the elderberry.
You have a beautiful property and lovely goats!😁

 

[SageHill]

Great post. Love learning about what is good and not good. Pretty place for happy goats!

 

[Alaskan]

I know elderberry bushes are fine... or at least my goats ate bunches of them without any harm.

 

[Mini Horses]

Yeah, only death threat for my goats eating the elderberry was from me!😡

Nightshade is poisonous and can absolutely kill them...slowly.🥴. Especially if it has berries on it.