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[Nate <nrhora@gmail.com>]

One time we had a goat who got loose from the tree where we had it
tied up too. It ended up eating some poison ivy (or some other
poisonous shrub) and never did again eat any more foilage. Moral of
the story, goats can be trained, even by themselves.

On 7/11/06, Stephen Sadler <Docshiva@docshiva.org> wrote:
> I'll add that goats seem especially fond of trees.  They seem to like
> leaning their front feet up on something and getting to eat.  They'll also
> eat straw hats, btw.  I don't think this can really be trained out of them.
> They are generally penned away from any plants you don't want them to eat.
>
> Stephen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Olenio
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 8:21 AM
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fruit Tree and goat care
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Rule #1:  Fruit/veggies and livestock NEVER co-mingle
>
>                 (well if you live in a grass hut in
>                 Africa, maybe) [smile]
>
> Rule #2:  Goats will eat anything, anytime
>
>                 (That is why the old joke of goats eating
>                 tin cans hangs on and on.)
>
> Tom
>
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:41:42 -0400, Richard Moyer <ramoyer@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Advice requested:
> > We just bought 2 Nigerian Dwarf does, who are meeting our fresh milk
> > needs.
> >
> > One went from the milking stand this morning to eating some weeds and
> > hanging grapeleaves, which is what we like.
> >
> > When I looked up again, she had just pulled 2 big hunks of bark (4-5"
> > long)
> > from a 3" persimmon sapling, which we had recently topworked.  That tree
> > and
> > two others like it are on my to do list to protect today, with 2"x4"
> > fencing--somehow she knew!  (She, so far, had avoided debarking all other
> > saplings in their woodlot.)
> >
> > I put the goats in their fence, wrapped the persimmon trunk in parafilm
> > and
> > shaded it with cardboard.
> > Any other advice on care of this trunk?  1/3-1/2 of the bark is gone in 2
> > spots on the south side.
> >
> > Second question, for those with goat experience:
> > Do we assume that goats will strip bark, anytime, any season, on any
> > tree?
> > If there an age/size of fruit tree that is ever avoided when plenty of
> > other
> > browse and concentrate is around?  Or do I assume that any fruit tree,
> > any
> > size, may be debarked at anytime, thereby always fencing them out?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Richard Moyer
> > East TN
>
>
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