My buck has trouble maintaining weight. I feed him grain out of necessity, and add ammonium chloride or give him feed with AC but while at the feed store I heard someone talking about a Nutrena high fat feed for horses http://www.augustacoop.com/catalog/...rena_Proforce_Fuel_(previous_Hi_Fat_Black_Bag) I picked up a bag, but then started thinking maybe I shouldn't feed it to goats, although I know there are 'all stock' feeds so what do you think? I didn't intend to feed it as his sole grain, maybe just give him a little as a top dressing kind of thing.
I've never seen anything in horse feed that I couldn't feed to my goats. Nothing at that link would scare me.... About all you can do is try it and see if it works for him Carmen, Oleo Acres LLC, NW Ks
BOSS & calf manna are my best friends for weight gain. Paired with a great quality hay, can't be beat.
I've avoided giving the bucks alfalfa pellets, I thought they were really bad for them...................
Ummmmm that is very very very very VERY false. So many people think that too much protein is bad for bucks/wethers. It's not! It is the unbalanced calcium/phosphorus that hurts them. In a lot of times there is WAY too much phosphorus and not enough calcium. The alfalfa adds all the calcium that is needed to the ratio. So yes, alfalfa is great for bucks. You don't need to avoid them.
