I don't agree. I have seen this over and over again. I go to a show and people are asking why my babies are so much bigger than theirs of the same age, I ask them what they are feeding them... Hay... Babies do not mature as they should when they are not fed properly. I am sorry but goats are domesticated, they may have been designed to live on weeds but they have not relied on weeds as their means of survival for a long time. They need "Goat feed" and "Goat minerals".freemotion said:I don't grain anyone who is growing well or of a good weight. If available, I prefer to hang some leafy branches and weeds in the stall when they are confined (along with hay) to give increased nutrition in a form that goats were designed to eat.