According to Cornell EDU -
Rabies
- No rabies vaccine is licensed for goats in the US.
- Use killed vaccine licensed for sheep; Imrab favored.
- Only a veterinarian can give rabies vaccine in New York
- be sure vaccine brand and serial number are recorded.
- State officials will not...
Showbloom and Calf Manna are ok but the animal has to be on the feed for sometime before they do any good, Power Fuel is a Fat Supplement and is totally different than Showbloom and Calf Manna.
I've used
Champion Drive (protein supplement)
Depth Charge (fiber supplement that help add depth to...
I get both the Di-Calcium Phosphate and the Magnesium Oxide at the mill that does my mixing.
I learned about adding Calcium and Magnesium to a dairy feed form a family I know that has a Dairy Farm (cattle) so I don't have a link for you.
Chris
20kids,
You found one of my secrets, ;)
I've been adding Di-Calcium Phosphate and Magnesium Oxide in my dairy mix for some time now and makes a heck of a difference at milking time.
Chris
We feed a good quality grass hay, it's the same hay my wife's Uncle plants/feeds to his 100+ dairy cattle. Alfalfa is way to much around here and we never seen the need to feed it. Our goats put out from 3/4's to a gallon of milk per milking on our feed mix and good quality grass hay.
Here is a...
I posted this in the Sheep Section but thought it was too good not to post here also.
Extream Sheep LED Art.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw
Chris
edited to embed video
When people take corn out of the feed they need to replace the lose of energy that the corn was providing with something so they use barley which has 95 percent the energy of corn but it can vary in feed value, now oats is added to the feed because it is a good all around feedstuff and is a good...
This was written with dairy cows in mind but holds to for goats also. Information found at http://www.goatworld.com/nutrition/fishmeal.shtml
The protein in fish meal has a high rumen bypass value. The bypass protein itself is high in quality because it is rich in the essential amino acids...
Please fill free to disagree but,
The OP was asking about the use of Soybean Meal (SBM) in a goat feed. Keep in mind that goats are a ruminant animal and can process food/feed differently than a single stomach animal including humans and also the affects of Raw Soybean is very different than...
There are quite a bit of benefits to adding molasses to Goat Feed.
In short --
- Adds texture to feed and makes a feed less dusty
- Adds Calories to the feed mix
- Adds Carbohydrates to feed mix
- Adds Flavor to feed mix
- Adds Color to feed mix
- Is a excellent sores on minerals
- Molasses can...