It’s a popular belief that goats will eat anything if given the time and opportunity. I am here to tell you that this is certainly not the case. They will certainly eat things that you don’t want them to eat – I have a friend who has a house goat that counter surfs and really fell in love with my homemade bread when I brought it for dinner the other night, but turned his nose up at the peppers he was being offered that had already dropped to the floor. I have a dog that does the same thing but is much less picky. He will grab the bucket of scraps meant for the chickens right out of the kitchen sink and eat the scraps and the bucket.
The goats really like animal crackers for a treat (and they should always heave treats). Currently I buy them in bulk at Sam’s Club. I usually have to explain why I am buying six gallon sized tubs of animal crackers to the girl at the check out. I’m not sure she believes they are for the goats…
Before I discovered this abundance however, I could not always find animal crackers in a large enough container to make financial sense. I figured if they liked animal crackers, they mike like other snack food. Goldfish come in large cartons now. Thi was not a popular substitution for the spoiled goat creatures. I decided to hang on to them for “emergency snack needs” if I ever ran out of animal crackers. The other day I decided I needed the extra room in the barn more than I needed emergency snacks, so I dumped the container out in the goat feeder. Goats still don’t like goldfish….
I Have Food Issues 