Picture this! What does it take to maintain your goat?

[trestlecreek]

I'll start

Trestle Creeks Hansel
Age-6 year old buck
Weight-100 pounds
Body Condition Score-6 (Reference 1)
Work- In rut 2-3 times per month
Diet year round- 1/2 cup Noble goat 2 times a day
Half a flake of alfalfa mix hay
1 acre pasture 24/7 shared with 2 other bucks-
-Common IN land, no replanting.
rchard grass, raspberry bushes, birdsfoot trefold, clover, dandelion
Purina Goat Minerals

References:
1. http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/an_sci/extension/animal/meatgoat/pdf_factsheets/ANS 00 605MG.pdf

 

[helmstead]

You know he's about the cutest thing ever, right!?

 

[helmstead]

Okay here's one of mine:

Kaapio Acres BH Sheza Hottie
Age - 3
weight - around 100
BCS - 6
Work - prepartum 0-4 mos

Diet - 2 cups ADM medicated 16% pellet 2x/day
orchard/fescue hay free choice
limited browse (fescue/crabgrass)
ADM loose goat mineral
*this diet differs from her prepartum 4-5 mos and lactation diet*

Want me to show a buck, too?

 

[trestlecreek]

Thanks Kate He knows it too!(snicker)
Hottie is a beauty BTW!!!
You can add a buck if you like, I probably should add a doe myself.
My doe pasture space/feeding is a little different compared to the bucks.

 

[trestlecreek]

Trestle Creeks Maggie Mae
Age-4 year old doe
Weight-85-95 pounds
Body Condition Score-6
Work- had carried 2 full term pregnancies by this date.
Diet year round- 1/2-3/4 cup Noble goat 2 times a day
(at 3-5 months in either pregnancy, this doe was on around 2 cups of the Noble goat chow 2 times a day)
4-5 flakes a day of alfalfa mix hay(shared amongst 15-20 other does)
2 acre pasture 24/7 shared with 15-20 others
-Common IN land, no replanting.
rchard grass, timothy, raspberry bushes, birdsfoot trefold, clover, dandelion, some broad leaf, various junk tree's.....
Purina Goat Minerals

 

[Beekissed]

I may just be used to standard dairy breeds but these little goats seem very overweight to me! Poor things look like they are ready to have a heart attack! Is that normal for mini-goats?

 

[Kooshie]

I know Pygmies are supposed to look like barrels on legs!

 

[trestlecreek]

Not sure if your asking me or Kate?
Yep, pygmies should have lots of meat,.... not fat.

 

[kimmyh]

Nope, not over weight at all, in fact the buck could use a little more finish.

 

[Blackbird]

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