What Do Goats Eat?

Eating preferences and natural behaviors make goats an excellent choice for weed abatement projects. 

Not all goats are created (or managed) equally.  Select goats that naturally thrive on forage and are managed to facilitate that behavior. 

You must know . . .

• in what stage are particular plants palatable
• when to browse plants to encourage or discourage growth
• when to expect plants to be at a particular growth stage at a specific site
• what class of animal will browse the target specie
  

Some of the plants goats eat. 

• Annual grasses
• Buck brush
• Broom
• Bull thistle
• Chemise
• Ceanothus
• Chemise
• Coyote Bush
• Deer brush
• Dock
• Himalayan blackberry
• Italian thistle
• Manzanita
• Mallow
• Morning glory
• Mustard
• Oak
• Pig weed
• Pine
• Poison oak
• Rabbit brush
• Redbud
• Rushes
• sedges
• Tall wheat grass
• Tall white top
• Tamarisk
• Teasel
• Toyon
• Wild rose
• Willow
• Yellow starthistle