Weeds List

So what weeds will a goat eat?

Pretty much anything…mostly.
There are times of the years that some plants might taste bad. The consultation will determine which plants we are targeting and when we should be on-site.
We haven’t seen it yet but in rare cases very large amounts of one type of weed may be too much for the goats systems. We take a break mid day to get out of the heat and dilute the goats bellies with hay and other vegetation.
Each goat has its own personality and preference. Some may not like certain plants while others love them. That’s why we are there, it’s really up to the goats so nothing is completely guaranteed.
Goats are always exploring and trying new things, here’s a list of what we have seen them eat so far. There are about 126 species our herd eats reliably. If you see something on the list you want to keep don’t worry, we keep them moving off the favorable vegetation.

Weeds List

Absinth
Alder
African Rue
Alkali Swainsonpea
Autum Olive
Baby’s Breath
Birch
Black Henbane
Black Meidrick
Blackberry
Bladder Campion
Blueweed
Brome Grasses
Buck Brush
Buffalo Bean
Buffalo Brush
Bull Thistle
Burdock -Common, Wooly, Lesser
Buttercup
Canary Reed Grass
Canada Thistle
Caragana
Caraway
Cheat Grass
Cinqufoil-Sulphur, Rough
Clematis
Clover -Sweet, Alsike/Dutch, Red, Purple
Common Barberry
Common Buckthorn
Common Crupina
Common Mullein
Coyote Bush
Creeping Bellflower
Current– Gooseberry, Black, Red
Dandelions
Dames Rocket

Diffuse Knapweed
Distaff Thistle
Deer Brush
Dyers Woad
European Field Pansy
Field Bindweed
Field Scabious
Fire Weed
Flowering Bullrush
Foxglove
Giant Hogweed
Giant Knottweed
Goatsbeard
Goosefoot
Gorse
Hawkweed- Yellow, Orange, Meadow, All
Hellbane
Hemp
Hoary Cress– All
Honeysuckle
Horehound
Hound’stounge
Indian Tobacco
Italian Thistl
Knapweed-All
Lambs Quarter
Larkspur
Leafy Spurge
Loco Weed
Milk thistle
Multiflora Rose
Musk Thistle
Mustard– Yellow, Garlic, Black
Nodding Thistle
Oxeye Daisy
Pale Yellow Iris

Pasture Sage
Pepper Grass
Persian Darnel
Pigweed
Pineapple Weed
Plumeless Thistle
Prairie Sage
Poison Hemlock
Poplar– Aspen, Balsam
Puncturevine
Purple Loostrife
Purple Starthistle
Queen Annes Lace
Rabbit Brush
Raspberry
Russian Knapweed
Russian Thistle
Saltcedar
Salt Lover
Scentless Chamomile
Scentless False May Weed
Scotch Thistle
Sow Thistle-Perennial, Marsh
Spotted Knapweed
Tamarisk- Chinese, Smallflower
Tansy- Common, Ragwort
Toadflax-Yellow, Dalmation
Vetch
Water Milfoil
Water Hemlock
White Cockle
Wild Rose
Willow-Wolf, Sandbar, Basket
Wormwood Sage
Yarrow
Yellow Nutsedge
Yellow Starthistle
Yucca

 

Don’t see something on here you want to manage, give us a call and we can always try it.

 

If you see something on the list you want to keep don’t worry, we keep them moving off the favorable vegetation.
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