The holidays may be over, but it’s still the most wonderful time of the year … if you’re a goat.
As people look to throw away their Christmas trees, the farm critters are cheerfully chowing down on the tasty post-holiday treats.
So is the case at the Channell Homestead in Hanson, a family farm still accepting Christmas trees for its Nigerian goats.
“The goats and chickens love them and the pine needles are a natural dewormer for them so they are a special treat with benefits!,” the farm posted on Facebook this week.
Owners are only accepting trees that have not been sprayed with pesticides or fire retardant and urge donors to check with the tree farm or store they got theirs at whether it is safe to give to goats.
“Also the goats will only eat trees that are still very much alive so if your tree is dried out and dead we cannot accept those. Sorry,” the farm stated in its Facebook post. “Please make sure there is no tinsel, ornaments, ribbon, or anything else left in the tree.”
In Boston, trees will continue to be picked up as part of regular household recycling collection days next week. If you have two recycling collections per week, the trees will be collected the first day.
