Mine get free choice alfalfa and oat hay, free choice minerals, and a high protein grain (the amount of grain varies with whether they are nursing, milking, pregnant, kids, or bucks)
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I have 3 types of hay i rotate....a grass hay.....an oat/brome mix hay and a millet/red clover hay. They get these free choice. I also give a grain mix of Boss, barley, and alfalfa pellets daily. Does, wethers, and milking does all get the same mix...does get more.....i offer minerals several times per week. I also try to make sure my goats get browse several times per week....including pine bows....pumpkins.....leaves i have dried and saved for winter and other forages. Mine also enjoy oranges, carrots, apples several times a week. Of course they enjoy pasture in summer....lots of variety
)). I have not had my goats be as sensitive to food changes as others seem to describe here....i attribute that to their systems being used to variety from a young age.....and i gradually expanded their diet as they got older. Variety is their norm and they seem to do well with it.
)). I have not had my goats be as sensitive to food changes as others seem to describe here....i attribute that to their systems being used to variety from a young age.....and i gradually expanded their diet as they got older. Variety is their norm and they seem to do well with it.
I feed mine pygmys and Nigerians > hehe
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