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Posted by Helene on April 20, 2002 at 18:26:57:
In Reply to: poisonous plants posted by Rich on April 20, 2002 at 15:47:56:
Rich, I found the following article on Poison Ivy with goats, and also a recipe to use to kill it
Poison Ivy Vegetation Killer
1 cup salt
8 drops liquid detergent
1 gallon vinegar
Combine the salt and vinegar in a pan and heat to dissolve the salt. Cool the vinegar, add the detergent, and pour some of the liquid into a large spray bottle. Spray the vegetation. (You can also just pour the mixture onto the weeds.) Refill the spray bottle as necessary. Note that this formula will kill all the vegetation, so make sure that you are only spraying the plants you want to kill. If you need to use a lot of this spray, avoid spraying it near wells, as the salt can leach into your water supply.
I found this at the following URL
http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/consumer_guides/188
Then I found a bunch of great articles on the Goat World Site. Just click on the Search Goatworld Link, then type in Poison Ivy in the search box, and search goatworld.
I have copied and pasted a small part of one article I found written by Gary on the goatworld site.
For the most part, there are alot of "classified poisonous or toxic" plants that goats can and will eat with no apparent effect. Two such plants that come to mind are poison oak and poison ivy. Our land contained both of these plants at one time and thanks to our goats, we now have very little of it. However there is a drawback to this. If you do allow your goats to eat these plants, you risk the poison ivy/oak itch if you come into contact with the goats for a certain period of time after they have eaten it. This also applies to drinking the milk they produce and you may consume.
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