Goat won’t let other goat eat

[Owen]

So I have to goats and when they go to eat hay the one will just stand off to the side. I think what is happening is the other one won’t let him eat and he keeps knocking him away.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Are they both male?....how old?....are they wethered?....how long have they been together?....from the information given it is difficult to attempt to give ya an answer....

 

[maritown]

Have more than one hay feeder

 

[MMWB]

Mine are all weathers, so with that in mind; they will have a hierarchy. Some will tolerate others eating with them, others won't. When the one is full, it'll probably want to rest. The other can eat then. A larger or separate feeder may help too, but sometimes the dominant goat will chase the others off, no matter what. As long as they all eat, I wouldn't worry about some having to wait. Its how they do things.

 

[Sasmith]

If you only have 2 one simple inexpensive solution we used is to put in a post or 2x4 in the middle of the hay feeder screw a pallet to it then put in another post on the other end. Basically just divide the feeder

 

[Sasmith]

 

[Sasmith]

That's probably a little more in depth than you need but it probably cost less than $100 to put together and made feeding g and milking time a breeze

 

[Laura Bradley]

I simply go in the pen and tie up the larger goat for a short amount of time while the little one eats. Then I let the larger one loose and basically have them fight over each other.

 

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[CrazyFarmers]

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Mine do this too!!! I had to put the feeders on opposite sides of their pen and they run back and fourth swapping places every couple minutes until they are done eating... I don't want to have to seperate them just to feed them and this way they both eat and get some exercise lol oddly enough my dogs do the same thing with their food too lol