Is this really goat food?

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I asked for a bag of goat food at the feed store today, they asked me if they were milking goats I said no and they gave me this stuff. Once I got home and read the tag I wondered is this really goat food or cow food?

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Does anybody know if. This is safe to feed to goats?
 

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I am definitely not a feed expert so hopefully someone else will chime in. It's NOT specifically a goat feed of course, but goats can eat a wide variety of things. This particular feed has a calcium/phosphorous ratio that's not ideal. Calcium should be 2:1 (or as close as possible) for goats - male goats especially. I don't think it would hurt your goats in the short term, but I'm not sure it's the best long term feed for them.
 

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I am definitely not a feed expert so hopefully someone else will chime in. It's NOT specifically a goat feed of course, but goats can eat a wide variety of things. This particular feed has a calcium/phosphorous ratio that's not ideal. Calcium should be 2:1 (or as close as possible) for goats - male goats especially. I don't think it would hurt your goats in the short term, but I'm not sure it's the best long term feed for them.
Ok thanks. Yeah the feed store gave this stuff but I’m leery of giving it
 

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I asked for a bag of goat food at the feed store today, they asked me if they were milking goats I said no and they gave me this stuff. Once I got home and read the tag I wondered is this really goat food or cow food?

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Im new on that, It doesn't show anywhere that it's for goats, did you start to fed it already? did they eat it?
 

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It's not the ideal goat feed, but it's not going to hurt them.

The first few years I had goats I fed them 12% protein, all stock, sweet feed. And then I found out on the internet that was an awful thing to feed them. :)
 
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