Cheap feed for goats

[CPT Bluegrass]

I thought goats could and would eat just about anything. I was planning on letting mine (future goats) clear off a couple of acres of land for me that had grown very very weedy. Do they really need other supplementation foods? Or just in winter time?

 

[CPT Bluegrass]

I thought goats could and would eat just about anything. I was planning on letting mine (future goats) clear off a couple of acres of land for me that had grown very very weedy. Do they really need other supplementation foods? Or just in winter time?

 

[Roll farms]

Some goats do fine on browse alone in spring / summer / fall....but once a plant has frozen / thawed / frozen a few times, it loses much of it's nutritional value.
Most producers I know offer goats some form of forage in winter.
Bred / lactating does and kids can use extra supplementation (even if it's just good alfalfa hay).
If you're in a mineral deficient area (and most areas lack something), they need a good loose goat mineral to stay healthy. Not blocks, not cow mineral.
Goats lacking different things - like copper, selenium, etc - tend to have weaker immune systems, have kidding problems, and overall aren't as 'thrifty' as a goat who is offered free choice mineral...they 'get what they need' from the mineral.

And then there are, just like in people, some goats who are prone to skinny or fat.