WHEN DO MOST OF YOU FEED? IN THE MORNING? ENENING? OR BOTH????
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glenolam
Loving the herd life
You do what works best for you.
My goats have hay and water 24/7 and I feed grain around 6 - 7 pm.
My goats have hay and water 24/7 and I feed grain around 6 - 7 pm.
ksalvagno
Alpaca Master
You have to do what is most convenient for you. Animals get used to whatever schedule you put them on. I feed in the am but the goats who get milked get fed twice a day.
jodief100
True BYH Addict
Mine browse during the day and I give them a very small amount of grain at dusk just to get them back in the barn. They always have clean water and if the weather is so they can't go out they have free choice hay. In the winter they have free choice hay and grain in the evening.
dkluzier
Overrun with beasties
We tie all up to feed twice a day only because we milk twice a day. Hay and water are offered free choice all the time. And of course they are on pasture 24 hours a day.
Hay and water, free choice...and they graze, so they can do that whenever.
I've found it's better to feed when it's coolest, though. Seems they eat better, and that's especially important if you've got goats that NEED to eat some concentrate to keep up condition.
And if they don't NEED it...then you kinda shouldn't be feeding it anyway.
I've found it's better to feed when it's coolest, though. Seems they eat better, and that's especially important if you've got goats that NEED to eat some concentrate to keep up condition.
And if they don't NEED it...then you kinda shouldn't be feeding it anyway.
aggieterpkatie
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When they are getting grain (flushing time, last half of gestation through weaning), I feed twice a day, with free choice hay. Now they're all on pasture, with supplemental hay if they want it.
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Speedy94c
Exploring the pasture
So it looks like everyone also keeps hay out, (which I havent been doing). Mine are on about 8 acres and I have about 40
goats on it. I have been feeding them twice a day but my cheep feed it about gone so i will be just feeding once a day and I think Ill do it in the evening because I have more time then to check them all out also.
Do I need to get a round bale of hay and put out for them? I bought a sqr bale a few weeks ago and they wouldnt touch it.
goats on it. I have been feeding them twice a day but my cheep feed it about gone so i will be just feeding once a day and I think Ill do it in the evening because I have more time then to check them all out also.
Do I need to get a round bale of hay and put out for them? I bought a sqr bale a few weeks ago and they wouldnt touch it.
jodief100
True BYH Addict
I don't keep hay out if they have plenty of browse and the weather coperates. If they did not touch the hay they probebly don't like it for some reason. Either the browse is better, the hay got dirty (don't put it on the ground) or it just wasn't good hay.
