Mimosa as browse?

[OldNavyGoat]

I checked the fiascofarm.com website, but Mimosa isn't on either the safe or poisonous list.

Anybody know if mimosa is safe to cut and feed to my goats?

I was curious about this myself seeing as how mimosa is an alien invasive here so I did some Googling.

http://www.sare.org/highlights/2006/forage_systems.htm

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=...pt=sci_arttext

I'm sure there is a lot more to find once you know the specific mimosa species you're talking about.

.....Alan.

[mamajohnson]

So far I have only read the first article on mimosa. And, that is great news!
We have tons and tons of mimosa growing here! I have one really huge tree, and when they logged the property I told them to leave it, now we have a huge area under it that is solid mimosa sprouts, they are about 4' tall and soooo close together. I was thinking about thinning it out, so I will give it all to my goats for sure!
Never even thought about giving it to them before I saw this.
Thnx!

[suzyhomemaker09]

Waaahhhh !!!!
My goats de-barked and killed the mimosa tree that was in their pasture. I so miss the delicate flavour that it added to our honey. But I can report no ill effects from their ingesting the parts.

[yarrow]

The goats have just about, totally killed out all my mimosa. They LOVE it. First they ate all the sapling and sprouts, then they turn their attention on the big trees. Ate what they could, stripped the bark and killed the trees (I too enjoyed the smell) I was happy to see a wayward sprout coming up by the house (in a goat-free zone!)
susie, mo ozarks

[rockin-n]

My goats absolutely love mimosa, they have killed all of my big trees

[mamajohnson]

Wow! it is a good thing that my trees are down the hill away from the goats!
I will be sure to bring the thinnings to them tho.

[Spinner]

I used to have lots of mimosa here. It was so thick I cut and burned it for years trying to get rid of it and it still came back. Now the goats have ate most of it. I wish I had more, they will almost climb the trees to reach as high as they can. They love it.