Good Grains

[alba]

I have used All Stock feed and even Scratch Grains occasionally. Never tried oats or Black Oil Sunflower seeds yet. I noticed they LOVE free ranging fallen leaves, weeds and on the bark of fallen trees.
What else do you feed your kids?

 

[barefoot okie]

I feed sweet feed 50/50...oats and range cubes... goat minerals..baking soda on the side...hay and grass... lots and lots of treats

 

[wynedot55]

i feed my goats 16% dairy feed an 20% layer pellets.an they love leaves if they can reach emm.

 

[GrassFarmerGalloway]

I thought chicken feed was bad for goats, wynedot.

 

[wynedot55]

well if it is it hasnt killed my goats yet.

 

[GrassFarmerGalloway]

I read somewhere that the overload of calcium gives them urinary problems that can kill them. Just pointing that out to you.

 

[wynedot55]

thanks for the info.

 

[GrassFarmerGalloway]

thanks for the info.

No prob.

 

[bheila]

I read somewhere that the overload of calcium gives them urinary problems that can kill them. Just pointing that out to you.

You are correct. Bucks and wethers are prone to UC(Urinary Calculi). I had my wether get into 2 cups of my all purpose poultry which doesn't contain calcium, it almost killed him. The vet explain that the feed just sits in their gut and rots it away because they can't digest it. He was miserable, had diarrhea for 4 days and finally couldn't get up. I couldn't find a vet to see him until the 4th day. I was drenching him with Gatorade every hour and the vet told me that's the only reason he lived.

 

[GrassFarmerGalloway]

I read somewhere that the overload of calcium gives them urinary problems that can kill them. Just pointing that out to you.

You are correct. Bucks and wethers are prone to UC(Urinary Calculi). I had my wether get into 2 cups of my all purpose poultry which doesn't contain calcium, it almost killed him. The vet explain that the feed just sits in their gut and rots it away because they can't digest it. He was miserable, had diarrhea for 4 days and finally couldn't get up. I couldn't find a vet to see him until the 4th day. I was drenching him with Gatorade every hour and the vet told me that's the only reason he lived.

Wow, I'm glad I said something. I knew there was a reason bought that book on dairy goats.