Moody
Loving the herd life
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I have easy access to coastal. I got 8 bales and they have barely gone through 3-4 flakes in over a month. 4 goats. I got alfalfa hay because nubian wasn't eating well. So occasionally I let the girls have the alfalfa. They love it. I read not to give the boys alfalfa? Anyway that was $18 or so a bale and I am stingy with it.
The Nubians previous owner said she gave Sudan. She said they don't like coastal but I already had it and I would have to drive quite a ways for Sudan square bales (easier to handle at this point). My feeder is a 2x4 mesh surrounded contraption that doesn't allow too much waste.
I feed them all a non med dairy pellet from big v feeds. Dwarf kid gets just a tiny handful cause his tummy is tight by the end of the day. He's going to explode. The girls get 3/4 of a 16oz cup and the buck gets 1/2-3/4 of a 16 oz cup. Every goat gets this 2 times a day. THe nubian might get just a tad more since she is on the thin side. The lamancha and buck are still growing. I also toss on a handful of boss at the evening feeding.
Right now I am spending all the day long cutting branches and trimmings around the property, hurling it over the fence to them and picking them up again after they have been devoured.
Will they eat the coastal better when winter comes and I have no more trees with leaves to trim? I got the alfalfa at a ranch store and can't afford that as a main source. I don't want the boys to be on alfalfa anyway.
The Nubians previous owner said she gave Sudan. She said they don't like coastal but I already had it and I would have to drive quite a ways for Sudan square bales (easier to handle at this point). My feeder is a 2x4 mesh surrounded contraption that doesn't allow too much waste.
I feed them all a non med dairy pellet from big v feeds. Dwarf kid gets just a tiny handful cause his tummy is tight by the end of the day. He's going to explode. The girls get 3/4 of a 16oz cup and the buck gets 1/2-3/4 of a 16 oz cup. Every goat gets this 2 times a day. THe nubian might get just a tad more since she is on the thin side. The lamancha and buck are still growing. I also toss on a handful of boss at the evening feeding.
Right now I am spending all the day long cutting branches and trimmings around the property, hurling it over the fence to them and picking them up again after they have been devoured.
Will they eat the coastal better when winter comes and I have no more trees with leaves to trim? I got the alfalfa at a ranch store and can't afford that as a main source. I don't want the boys to be on alfalfa anyway.