hey! We are raising Nubians , I love Nubians but I haven’t been happy with how ours look. I need a list of everything I need for my Nubians! Vitamins,grow gel, everything I need please help!
@Jarrod & Jody this is something to get you started. The trifecta of healthy goats, what you need as a base, is quality hay, quality loose minerals, and quality water. We'll need to know what you are giving and any issues you have before we can move forward into supplements. Like, is your hay of poor quality or extremely stemmy? Is your water full of iron or calcium? What loose minerals are you giving them?
Then you'll need to tell us what results you are getting that you are so unhappy with, such as poor milk production, or goiters.
Management practices are of immense influence in how a herd flourishes, or doesn't. We'll need some notion of how you keep your herd, such as do you pen, pasture, or free range? Do you worm on a routine or according to FAMACHA or fecals, and with what? Do you feed on or off the ground? Anything like that that you can think of can help us to help you.
i think he means the horse paste dewormer. the stuff that comes in tubes"horse wormer" is unclear to me
I've been trying to explain this to a recent buyer. I can't get through...But dont give too many black oil sunflower seeds it can coat your goats stomach, and they cant absorb nutrients
This is good for your bucks and wethers, it will not harm your does. This is the product I'm talking aboutyou can mix 1 1/2 lbs of AC to 25 lbs of your favourite mineral mix.
Hay mangerI don't know yet how you are feeding your hay. It is important that it be up off the ground in some way. Here are a couple of ideas that may help. View attachment 137735
This next one is an idea for round bale feeding. The bale is on top of a wooden frame below (like a pallet). I mention that because it was in the article, but you can't see it. They use different sized gates and panels to enclose the bale as it shrinks (because the goats are eating it). They said it works well with horned goats if they are diligent in adjusting the size downward.
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These are images I've saved for personal ideas on my farm. I no longer have the original postings, I'm sorry.