Do goats like Johnson Grass

[FarmboyBill]

I already know the answer to this question. I just wanted to see what other folks thought. That will tell me some about the answers about haygrazer/sudan grass/sudex grass and hay

[Badger]

My Boers will eat johnson grass hay if thats all I can get, but they don't like it and waste alot of it. I never tried any of the sudans.

[Alice In TX/MO]

Johnson grass can get toxic in drought conditions or after a frost.

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ansci/livestoc/v1150w.htm

[Jagerland Ranch]

Such a timely question as I have been researching and asking lots of professionals. I have asked my Hay guy, a long time rancher who raises cattle and horses, my Vet, my horsey neighbors and my County Ag Extention peeps.

I got all kinds of answers as to if horses and goats will eat it and when it is toxic. So....with our drought here in NE Texas, I am going to send it to Texas A&M for testing just to be sure. When it is toxic, it only takes 15 to 30 mins after eating it to kill an animal. I'm not willing to risk any of my animals.

Jennifer

[Queen Bee]

Our goats (yrs ago) wouldn't touch it...