Pumpkins
Pumpkins contain high levels of vitamins A and E as well as folate and fiber. Although they are mostly water (roughly 85 percent moisture content), they can make a reasonable supplemental protein source.
Add Pumpkins to Your Deworming Program But Don't Rely on Them. Because the research is still underway, it would be unwise to rely solely on pumpkin seeds as a natural dewormer for your goats. Pumpkin should be thought of as a supplement to their diet that may help prevent or kill parasites.
How to grow pumpkins
Pumpkins contain high levels of vitamins A and E as well as folate and fiber. Although they are mostly water (roughly 85 percent moisture content), they can make a reasonable supplemental protein source.
Add Pumpkins to Your Deworming Program But Don't Rely on Them. Because the research is still underway, it would be unwise to rely solely on pumpkin seeds as a natural dewormer for your goats. Pumpkin should be thought of as a supplement to their diet that may help prevent or kill parasites.
How to grow pumpkins
Pumpkin storage
I store them in a cool dry place. If you harden them off (place in sunny window for a few days) first, they will last. I have done this for a few years and it is great. I Just poke some holes in the pumpkins and cook them for a half hour, let them cook, chop and feed. It’s a great treat for the cold winter months when they need the vitamins. It drives my family crazy that you can’t avoid pumpkins all over the house for a few months, but we go through them fast. I found a big one In my pantry last week that I forgot about from last year! It’s still good.
Do your best to keep the stems on(cut the pumpkins, don’t pull). If they don’t have a stem to cover that “open wound” on the squash, they will go bad. It’s no big deal, I just feed the stemless ones first.
- We keep ours from the garden in a root cellar (except it’s not a root cellar, it’s just a shed we insulated )and when it’s super cold we turn on a regular light bulb in there to keep it the right temp. Ideally it’s about 53° (I think) you can look it up. We just check them once a week and throw out any that get moldy and we kept a few until the beginning of April last year. They last longer if it’s dark.
Dry Fallen leaves
Poisonous plants for goats
Aconite
Allspice
Black Snake Root
Bloodroot
Blue Cohosh
Boxwood
Celandine
Common Poppy
Crotalaria
Crow Poison
Death Camas
Dicentra
False Hellebore
False Jessamine
Fume Wort
Hellebore
Hemp
Horse Nettle
Indian Hemp
Indian Poke
Jimson Weed
Larkspur
Lobelia
Lupines
Marijuana
Monkshood
Moonseed
Nightshade
Pink Death Camas
Poison Darnel
Poison Hemlock
Poison Rye Grass
Rattle weed
Rock Poppy
Senecio
Spider Lily
Spotted Cowbane
Spotted Water Hemlock
Stagger Grass
Stagger weed
Sweet Shrub
Thorn Apple
Varebells
Wild Parsnip
Wolfs-Bane
Yellow Jessamin
Arrow Grass
Black Locust
Blue Cohosh
Broomcarn
Buckeye
Cherry
Choke Cherry
Corn Cockle
Dogbane
Elderberry
Hemp
Horse Nettle
Indian Hemp
Ivy
Johnson Grass
Kafir
Laurel
Leucothoe
Lily of the Valley
Maleberry
Marijuana
Milkweed
Milo
Nightshade
Oleander
Rhododendron
Sevenbark
Silver
Sneezewood
Sorghum
Stagger Brush
Sudan Grass
Velvet Grass
White Snakeroot
Wild Black Cherry
Wild Hydrangea
Some of the common poisonous plants that might grow in your pasture or backyard include:
Poisonous plants for goats
Aconite
Allspice
Black Snake Root
Bloodroot
Blue Cohosh
Boxwood
Celandine
Common Poppy
Crotalaria
Crow Poison
Death Camas
Dicentra
False Hellebore
False Jessamine
Fume Wort
Hellebore
Hemp
Horse Nettle
Indian Hemp
Indian Poke
Jimson Weed
Larkspur
Lobelia
Lupines
Marijuana
Monkshood
Moonseed
Nightshade
Pink Death Camas
Poison Darnel
Poison Hemlock
Poison Rye Grass
Rattle weed
Rock Poppy
Senecio
Spider Lily
Spotted Cowbane
Spotted Water Hemlock
Stagger Grass
Stagger weed
Sweet Shrub
Thorn Apple
Varebells
Wild Parsnip
Wolfs-Bane
Yellow Jessamin
Arrow Grass
Black Locust
Blue Cohosh
Broomcarn
Buckeye
Cherry
Choke Cherry
Corn Cockle
Dogbane
Elderberry
Hemp
Horse Nettle
Indian Hemp
Ivy
Johnson Grass
Kafir
Laurel
Leucothoe
Lily of the Valley
Maleberry
Marijuana
Milkweed
Milo
Nightshade
Oleander
Rhododendron
Sevenbark
Silver
Sneezewood
Sorghum
Stagger Brush
Sudan Grass
Velvet Grass
White Snakeroot
Wild Black Cherry
Wild Hydrangea
Some of the common poisonous plants that might grow in your pasture or backyard include:
- Weeds
- Bracken fern
- Buttercup
- Common milkweed
- Foxglove
- Lantana
- Locoweed
- Poke weed
- Spurge
- St. John’s Wort
- Water hemlock and poison hemlock
- Trees
- Cyanide-producing trees such as cherry, chokecherry, elderberry, and plum (especially the wilted leaves from these trees)
- Ponderosa pine
- Yew
- Cultivated plants
- Azalea
- Kale
- Lily of the valley
- Oleander
- Poppy
- Potato
- Rhododendron
- Rhubarb
Fallen powdered hay