Sep 3, 2018 · Standard milking does in milk I work up to 4-6 cups of oats. Gretel is doing good on 4 cups. Mini milking does I do 2 cups. Then for the main herd, I feed a 2 quart scoop of oats to the herd of 20. So they each get like a quarter cup probably. lol But I think oats have made a big difference in our herd.

Aug 23, 2017 · Keeping in mind this is for 2 little goats. 8:am fill alfalfa containers, 1 cup of goat oats and a cup of pellets.Noon: treat plate. 1/2 apple cut in 1/2 in pieces, 6 trisket crunched up, 1/4 cup salted or lime/chili peanuts, a handful of the bottom of the bag tortilla or corn chips, a small handful of BOSS and calf manna (handful=1/4 cup or ...

Feb 18, 2019 · I know about if you would need to mix the two as the goat feed should have the nutrition they need. That being said I mix my own feed using either whole oats or crimped currently I am using whole oats. The recipe is 2 parts oats, 2 parts barley, one part black sunflower seeds, one part calf manna.

Feb 9, 2023 · When in milk those does get oats and boss (black oil sunflower seed) on the milkstand. We used to mix Barley, Oats, BOSS, and Beet Pulp. SOmeitmes I'd add calf manna if needed. Slowly there would be supply issues or I had to go to 2-3 different feed stores to get what I needed. So I slowly dropped things here and there until I got to Oats and BOSS.

May 8, 2016 · The sweet feed is high protein too and as I have minis I feed half the amount he does per goat and it works perfectly. My mix is: 8 cups oats 8 cups barely 4 cups sweet feed 2 cups corn 10 cups alfalfa pellets Plus 2 table spoons …

Jan 19, 2025 · Hi, one of my bucks is missing his hair/fur along his spine. I think he had mites a couple of months ago and was scratching himself bare. I treated him with diatomaceous earth (and possibly also ivermectin) and he stopped scratching and the scabs healed. The hair started to grow back then the...

Oct 24, 2012 · We feed our does, buck and wether a mixture of rolled crimped oats, alfapha pellets and black oil sunflower seeds (40% ,40% ,20% repsectively). No goat feed. This way we don't have to worry about unriary calculi in our boys. They also get a tablespoon of loose goat minerals with their evening ration.

Sep 17, 2017 · Noble goat is balanced 2:1 calcium phosphorus ratio I wouldn't switch if your going to continue grain. Your main concern with male goats is keeping the calcium: phosphorus ratio between 6:1 & 2:1 I raise wethers for packgoats and how I feed is free choice orchard grass, supplemental alfalfa, and Noble goat medicated grain until 18-24 months old.

Nov 7, 2017 · So i know your not supposed to feed corn as the main food supply. I mix it it in with all their other feed i give then like goat pellets, alfalfa pellets, boss, oats. I get the rolled corn at tractor supply. Just wondering what other people use.. Like do you use cracked corn or other kind. My goats like the rolled but havent tried the cracked ...

Jan 10, 2012 · Whole oats don't require crimping, however crimping can get you more out of your oats. Mine get whole oats and if they don't get them, believe me, there is a difference. So they have to be absorbing them. Ive bought crimped and didn't think they were better, and seemed like there was extra chaff. My goats like whole better.