P0U1TRYP3RS0N
Exploring the pasture
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My little sister has two almost three month old nubian wethers for 4-H projects. Every time I turn around she's out of town with my dad, visiting family. I've been stuck here....for 4 days now....feeding and caring for all the animals by myself while the rest of the family is out of town.
The goats are driving me crazy. They have to be crated every night to prevent slaughter by coyotes, and let out in the morning, crates cleaned daily, and then there's the bottles...Ugh... gallon of whole milk in one day?! So...I've decided to wean them.
HERE'S WHAT I'M DOING:
The "goatsies" get 3 cups of "milk" a piece each morning and evening. I have since friday introduced 1/2 cup water each meal instead of 1/2 cup of the milk. So by today, they are drinking 2 cups water, one cup hot whole milk in their bottles. Also, I've been giving unlimited alfalfa for them to munch on, and increasing their grain by about a cup a day. Today they had 2 1/2 cups grain to snack on after their morning bottle.
AM I DOING IT RIGHT? OR TOO FAST? HOW MANY CUPS OF GRAIN SHOULD THEY BE GETTING WHEN THEY ARE ALL WEANED?
The goats are driving me crazy. They have to be crated every night to prevent slaughter by coyotes, and let out in the morning, crates cleaned daily, and then there's the bottles...Ugh... gallon of whole milk in one day?! So...I've decided to wean them.
HERE'S WHAT I'M DOING:
The "goatsies" get 3 cups of "milk" a piece each morning and evening. I have since friday introduced 1/2 cup water each meal instead of 1/2 cup of the milk. So by today, they are drinking 2 cups water, one cup hot whole milk in their bottles. Also, I've been giving unlimited alfalfa for them to munch on, and increasing their grain by about a cup a day. Today they had 2 1/2 cups grain to snack on after their morning bottle.
AM I DOING IT RIGHT? OR TOO FAST? HOW MANY CUPS OF GRAIN SHOULD THEY BE GETTING WHEN THEY ARE ALL WEANED?