Goat on a diet? Pics added

[Queen Mum]

Clearly from the picture he is too fat. He needs to slim down.

Do it slowly or he will get ill from the stress. Make sure he gets some exercise.

 

[StoneWallFarmer]

His previous owners had tape weighted him at around 95lbs but said that he had put on some weight since then.
Exercise and no cookies it is. Thanks all.

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

If you can I would get a real weight on him. Tape weights are so bogus it's not even funny. I've never seen a tape weight even close to the real weight of the goat. You may be able to take him to a vet's place and put him on a scale and it shouldn't cost you anything. Also if you have to you can pick him up and take your weight away from the total to find his weight.

 

[Southern by choice]

Loose minerals should still be provided. He is real cute! Can you make the picture bigger?

 

[marlowmanor]

I can't see the pictures but apparently others aren't having problems with it.

 

[StoneWallFarmer]

Here's another pic. Trying to do all this from my phone and its being temperamental.

 

[marlowmanor]

Ok, now I can see the picture and the one from earlier too. Yep, he looks a bit chunky. If he was a girl I'd think he was pregnant! I'd get him to exercise for sure. My 2 wethers were looking a bit chunky to me too for a while. Then we brought a buck in to breed our does and he has run them around some. They don't look as chunky now!

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Loose minerals should still be provided. He is real cute! Can you make the picture bigger?

Good catch. All your goats should have mineral.

 

[StoneWallFarmer]

Yup it's supplied to all freely

 

[Queen Mum]

I don't use a weight tape. I use this formula.

1. Measure the circumference (heart girth, behind front legs and around the body), (distance C).
2. Measure the length of body (distance A-B, from chest on the side to upper back on same side).
3. Take the values obtained in Steps 1 and 2 and apply the following formula to calculate body weight: Heart girth x heart girth x body length divided by 300 = weight in pounds.


So far it has worked well and conforms to the vet's weight scale very accurately. Mama is my best measure of accuracy check. The weight tape put her at 200 pounds but the vet's scale put her at 233 and the calculation put her at 234. Mama is very long in the body so the weight tape is inaccurate for that reason. Boer goats are less accurate by weight tape as well and the formula is much more accurate.
Here is a link to the University of Arizona Website explaining it .