Am I starving my goats or what?

WILLIFORD said:

I appreciate the help. I was happy today. She ate all the grain I expected her to at both milkings today (2 cups per milking), and wanted more. So I gave her additional cup at each milking. She followed up by eating a good portion of alfalfa. I think she just needed time to get acclimated.

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Southern by choice said:

Keep in mind every herd is different. Our goats hate to eat in the barn and it affects us especially when we have days of rain and milktest.
Our tester that comes laughs because hers won't leave the barn. Nope. Acres upon acres of gorgeous land. They lounge around and eat hay in the barn.

There seems to be no happy medium in goats. We have hay feeders in and out of the barn. We also have bins.

The goats will adjust to how you want things set up. Give it time. Giving B complex as Ridgetop suggested is a good idea. Not a fan of IM injections however. If you have some probiotics that would be a good thing to give to boost her right now.

It sounds like the goats are doing fine. Just keep watch like you are.

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Southern by choice said:

Keep in mind every herd is different. Our goats hate to eat in the barn and it affects us especially when we have days of rain and milktest.
Our tester that comes laughs because hers won't leave the barn. Nope. Acres upon acres of gorgeous land. They lounge around and eat hay in the barn.

There seems to be no happy medium in goats. We have hay feeders in and out of the barn. We also have bins.

The goats will adjust to how you want things set up. Give it time. Giving B complex as Ridgetop suggested is a good idea. Not a fan of IM injections however. If you have some probiotics that would be a good thing to give to boost her right now.

It sounds like the goats are doing fine. Just keep watch like you are.

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