Getting first goat, not sure how to feed him/chickens?

[KWAK]

I am getting an Oberhasli weather on monday, but I'm not sure what to feed him because my chickens will be roaming around and may get into his feed.

Is there a type of feed that wont harm the chickens or goats?

How much do I feed a goat per day?

All advice is welcome.



ps. I'm getting a doe in a few months once she is done with her kids *maybe*

 

[SheepGirl]

You can just feed your wether hay. But he will need a buddy sooner than "a few months" since goats are herd animals and do not do well alone. Make sure he doesn't get into the chicken feed because he could develop acidiosis if he eats too much.

 

[daisychick]

We feed our wether hay only. We keep the hay rack full and it is free choice. Keeping a goat out of chicken feed is always a challenge. You will need to feed the chickens in an area the goat can't get to.

 

[Mamaboid]

Anything you feed him won't hurt your chickens, but the other way around is bad. Chicken feed can cause big problems for goats.

 

[KidMandy]

Anything you feed him won't hurt your chickens, but the other way around is bad. Chicken feed can cause big problems for goats.

What kind of problems? We have a goat kid who has been escaping the run and getting into the chicken feed. We've been able to safely contain her now, and we always caught her right away, so she didn't have too much. What does it do to them?

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

It depends on how much they eat. I lost a 2 year old LaMancha Doe because she pigged out on Chicken feed, bloated and was to far gone by the time I got home from work. She had escaped into the feed area and was enjoy a 50 lb bag of chicken feed.

I had a wether at the same time that I was able to save with Vet's direction on how to treat, but my doe was too far gone.

 

[Mamaboid]

Anything you feed him won't hurt your chickens, but the other way around is bad. Chicken feed can cause big problems for goats.

What kind of problems? We have a goat kid who has been escaping the run and getting into the chicken feed. We've been able to safely contain her now, and we always caught her right away, so she didn't have too much. What does it do to them?

In smaller amounts, it will give them the runs. In larger amounts, it can bloat them up and they can die from that. Chicken feed has a lot of things in it that goats should not eat. Consequences can be quick and very bad. Good luck keeping her out of it, it is one of the biggest problems that people with goats and chickens both have controlling.

 

[KWAK]

I was told that the purina goat feed would kill chickens?

 

[Mamaboid]

I was told that the purina goat feed would kill chickens?

Not sure what would cause that, never had any problems. Chickens around here free range and they eat about anything they can find. We don't use purina, so I am not familiar with it at all.

 

[KWAK]

My chickens free range (their door is never shut and even go onto our neighbors porches ad "beg for food") too, I was told something about minerals that is in feed will kill the chickens.