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Farmer-Rick

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4. I feed apples to my sheep without problems. They get one a day, when in season.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Sep 28, 2019, 05:10 PM

Sep 2019

They just take bites out of them and chew them.

Maybe the goats died of bloat with apples still in their throats. Rapid diet changes or too much of a good thing can bloat up both sheep and goats. I can't understand why they wouldn't just bite them and chew them.

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(CT) Goats die after choking on apples dumped in pen [View all] left-of-center2012 Sep 2019 OP

That's sad. Who knew though, i wouldn't. dem4decades Sep 2019 #1

I would never have guessed that goats couldn't PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #2

Maybe they were Seedersandleechers Sep 2019 #3

I feed apples to my sheep without problems. They get one a day, when in season. Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #4

i dont even feed the deer whole apples.... samnsara Sep 2019 #5