Let's Look at our Different Feeding Practices *GOATS*

[77Herford]

Hahaha! I know. I'm sure you're right. I just want to be prepared. Yeah, we had to improvise with the chickens several times to find what works & now it is very enjoyable to just go out & watch them & collect the eggs. And they get so excited to see me cuz I bring them treats. We pretty much love it so that's why we decided to expand!

I 2nd that, when we first got chickens it was chaos. Now we have order most the time and enjoy chicken watching as we let a flock out once a day.

 

[GoatFaerie]

Location: Central Alaska
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Does in milk and pregnant receive red raspberry leaf. At first sign of illness goats get at least 1 clove of garlic each.

I'm still questioning before I get goats, so this may be a stupid question, but... Does the garlic flavor the milk at all? I've heard the taste will change based on what she eats.

 

[elevan]

Location: Central Alaska
s.

Does in milk and pregnant receive red raspberry leaf. At first sign of illness goats get at least 1 clove of garlic each.

I'm still questioning before I get goats, so this may be a stupid question, but... Does the garlic flavor the milk at all? I've heard the taste will change based on what she eats.

Garlic and any strong supplement can indeed flavor the milk. But given the context of how garlic is given in this case you would be dumping the milk due to the goat having an illness...so the fact that it flavors the milk wouldn't matter because you wouldn't be drinking it.

 

[GoatFaerie]

I have a huge personal beef with corn (I'll spare you all my rant) and would prefer not to ever feed it to my goats (and chickens) that I'll be getting next spring. Does anyone else feel the same? If so, what supplemental feeds and such do you use?

My goats will get plenty of free range on an PacNW Hillside with all the raspberry bushes they could ever want in addition to the usual growth Is it necessary to still purchase hay when there is plenty of grass, trees, etc for them to munch on all day?

Side note, there is 1 tree that IDK what it is. Anyone good at identifying Rhododendron if I take a pic?

 

[elevan]

I have a huge personal beef with corn (I'll spare you all my rant) and would prefer not to ever feed it to my goats (and chickens) that I'll be getting next spring. Does anyone else feel the same? If so, what supplemental feeds and such do you use?

My goats will get plenty of free range on an PacNW Hillside with all the raspberry bushes they could ever want in addition to the usual growth Is it necessary to still purchase hay when there is plenty of grass, trees, etc for them to munch on all day?

Side note, there is 1 tree that IDK what it is. Anyone good at identifying Rhododendron if I take a pic?

Please remember that no one is wrong in their practices on this thread...so no rants on corn I think that if you read through this entire thread you'll find that there are quite a few non-corn supplements listed.

If your goats have access to browse year round (and it's good quality) then there really is no need to supplement.

As to identifying a plant...there are lots of threads on the forum that you might have a look at. If not, please post a new thread to identify your plant (I'd really like to keep this thread about feeding practices).

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Location: Central Alaska
s.

Does in milk and pregnant receive red raspberry leaf. At first sign of illness goats get at least 1 clove of garlic each.

I'm still questioning before I get goats, so this may be a stupid question, but... Does the garlic flavor the milk at all? I've heard the taste will change based on what she eats.

Garlic and any strong supplement can indeed flavor the milk. But given the context of how garlic is given in this case you would be dumping the milk due to the goat having an illness...so the fact that it flavors the milk wouldn't matter because you wouldn't be drinking it.

Garlic is not only for illness, but also for keeping ticks, mosquitos, & fleas away! For people, dogs, cats, and goats

 

[GoatFaerie]

I'm still questioning before I get goats, so this may be a stupid question, but... Does the garlic flavor the milk at all? I've heard the taste will change based on what she eats.

Garlic and any strong supplement can indeed flavor the milk. But given the context of how garlic is given in this case you would be dumping the milk due to the goat having an illness...so the fact that it flavors the milk wouldn't matter because you wouldn't be drinking it.

Garlic is not only for illness, but also for keeping ticks, mosquitos, & fleas away! For people, dogs, cats, and goats

those are more of a topical application though, right? And if not, does that effect the taste of the milk?

 

[JusticeFamilyFarm]

Garlic and any strong supplement can indeed flavor the milk. But given the context of how garlic is given in this case you would be dumping the milk due to the goat having an illness...so the fact that it flavors the milk wouldn't matter because you wouldn't be drinking it.

Garlic is not only for illness, but also for keeping ticks, mosquitos, & fleas away! For people, dogs, cats, and goats

those are more of a topical application though, right? And if not, does that effect the taste of the milk?

Correct me if I'm wrong here- but from what I've read- nope, not topical- it repels the bugs when fed to the goats (or dogs, cats, people, etc). And, yes, as stated before, it can affect the taste of the milk.

 

[St0rmyM00n]

Unfortunately our flock of chickens eliminated most of our herd's browse this year, next year our herd will be completely seperate from the chickens.... or rather, the other way around, and we will have the goat's areas seeded with year round forage spike: turnip, clover, chickory, oat, rutabega, scratch grain grains, and alfalfa. Shouldn't need to give as much of the processed feeds after that. I hope

I took a whole acre and split it in 1/2 for now ... 1 1/2 belongs to the chickens and the other to 2 goats. We will be moving soon to 4 acre land and the chickens will have a full acre to them self and the goats a full acre to them self. Once in a blue moon a chicken or so will hop over to the goats side to chase bugs but the majority of the 60 chickens stay on their side of the yard. Some times I take the 2 goats for a few months to the front yard for weed control we don't have any special plants or flowers in the ground or fruit trees. We do have 1 ever green but they stay away from it . I keep them up front for 4 months in the spring while the wild brush grows up really high about 5 - 6 ft tall when it all gets really thick I move them back to their section of land for the rest of the year. I think rotation can help a great deal or for me this has been working. We want them to eventually have a section for locking them up at night they have a house but it don't have a door it just has 3 and 1/2 walls and a roof, but they rarely sleep in it they like sleeping under the stars.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Garlic is not only for illness, but also for keeping ticks, mosquitos, & fleas away! For people, dogs, cats, and goats

those are more of a topical application though, right? And if not, does that effect the taste of the milk?

Correct me if I'm wrong here- but from what I've read- nope, not topical- it repels the bugs when fed to the goats (or dogs, cats, people, etc). And, yes, as stated before, it can affect the taste of the milk.

No correction necessary spot on! Yes, it will affect milk taste. And yes, it is given orally, not topically or otherwise.