WHEN DO MOST OF YOU FEED? IN THE MORNING? ENENING? OR BOTH????

[warthog]

I feed early morning and evening.

Mine won't touch their hay either, but that's because it's poor quality more akin to straw than hay. I am trying to source better, but who knows.

They normaly get a small handful about 4 oz morning and evening, then free to browse all day.

At the moment I have one still nursing, two pregnant and a young buck so they are all getting a little more than usual.

 

[goat lady]

We live in Florida and have afternoon storms, so in our 3 pens each has a goat 3 sided house, and a hay rack inside to keep it clean/dry. We always keep some hay in it, and clean water out. But we feed our grain in the late afternoon/evening. Usually 4pm-6pm. The first two goats we got that is when that person feed them, and since then we found a goat farmer that I have bought 11 goats off him, and he feeds in the evening also. It works good for us, and when the goats start calling for dinner. The chickens know they are next.

 

[dkluzier]

we have a hayrack, our goats won't eat much of the hay if it is on the ground.

 

[apdan]

Mine have free choice hay and water all the time, they also can graze. I have them in with a steer so I feed everyone in the pen grain every morning. I used to do it at night but it has become more convenient to do it in the morning.

 

[Lil_Miss_Farmer_Chick]

We feed grain in the am and pm, fresh hay and water 24/7, and they get to browse all day on pasture.

My husband made a welded-wire hay feeder that is attached to the inside corner of their goat shed. They seem to love it, and it reduces waste.