Feeding Goats: Need help making my own mix

[chevrettes]

hello to everybody. I am a newbie here. I live in France and nobody makes a goat concentrate mix. Everyone says use sheep nuts but I dont think they contain the right things. Could anybody please recommend a mix I could make up myself ? I have bought some minerals from the UK so alright for those. Chevrettes is french for female goat kids. This is a great forum and I have learnt lots already. At the moment they are 3 weeks old. Thanks.

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

Wish I could help you! Goats need a balanced diet, and I'm unsure exactly how to make my own mix. There are
ALOT of helpful people on here! Hope you get help soon!

 

[redtailgal]

Could I make a suggestion?

Try renaming your thread to "feeding goats: home made feed help"..........I think you'll get more interest

 

[Chris]

Level of protein in finished mix (pounds)
Ingredient 14 percent 16 percent 18 percent 20 percent
Cracked or rolled corn 38 33 27 22
Rolled oats 20 20 20 20
Soybean oil meal (44 percent) 19 24 30 35
Beet or citrus pulp 10 10 10 10
Molasses 10 10 10 10
Trace mineral salt 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Dicalcium phosphate 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
Magnesium oxide 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Add a vitamin premix that will provide 1,000 units of vitamin A, 500 units of vitamin D and 3 units of vitamin E per pound of grain.


Chris

 

[capretta]

Haha! Goat in yet another romance language! capretta is young, female goat in Italian!

I have never made my own mix, fearing I would do something wrong... but I have friends who do, and the recipe they gave me to try seems really close to that of the person above me! I'd give that a shot, and good luck! Keep us posted on how it goes!
Just a reminder too, goats also are going to need good alfalfa hay as well.

Good Luck!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Welcome to BYH!! Do you happen to know what is in the sheep mix? One of the major differences between goat and sheep products, I think anyway, is that goats require copper in amounts that would kill a sheep. How many goats are you looking to feed?

 

[chevrettes]

Thanks very much to Chris for the recipe. Dont know where I am going to get the Dical.Phosphate, or Mag. Oxide or the soya meal here, but I will try. Basically where I live, if it is not a cow, no chance !
Hvent got any sheep mix at present to check on contents but will look in the shop.
We have two 5 week old French Alpines, so still time to sort out some adult feed.