How to help a goat lose weight - Dairy Goat Info Forums
May 28, 2008 · Give her couple of weeks and see how she does, then maybe decrease her to 1/2 pound morning and night and you may have to give her alfalfa pellets with the grain to keep her sifting and doing something or she may become a pill on the milkstand.
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Feb 25, 2013 · If you feel fat over the ribs than decrease the grain, if they have a good layer of flesh over their ribs but nothing you can grab, than you are fine, if you just have skin and ribs, increase the grain ever so slowly. What goats thrive on is consistancy. Vicki. Vicki McGaugh. North of Houston Texas.
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Jul 21, 2009 · mill-valley. 1045 posts · Joined 2008. #16 · Jul 23, 2009. I am also using the ADM protein pellet (Dairy Goat Power 36%) and have had good results. The feed mill mixes it up for me though...corn, oats, BOSS, beet pulp, minerals, and molasses. Beth Remijn. Mill-Valley Farm.
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Aug 1, 2008 · 1 part Flax seed (or skip the flax seed if real expensive. Compared to BOSS it used to be, but maybe not so much anymore.) We avoid the corn as well. Not only the GMO stuff, but if something is going to make your goat sick, 9 times out of 10, it's the corn! Add the Barley in slowly - it is a hotter feed than oats.
Which mineral is better? - Dairy Goat Info Forums
Dec 23, 2008 · feed manna pro goat mineral at the rate of ¼ to ½ ounce per goat per day. if goat mineral is offered free choice, daily consumption must be monitered and the location of the mineral feeder managed to obtain the desired ¼ to ½ ounce daily feeding rate. use manna pro goat mineral as the only source of free choice salt.
hypocalcemia, Toxemia, Ketosis and milk fever? - Dairy Goat Info …
Feb 8, 2009 · Hypocalcemia (low blood calcium) would be the predominate condition. It is often called Toxemia if it occurs while the doe is pregnant and Milk Fever while she is lactating. The treatment is calcium replacement therapy. Ketosis would be the secondary condition caused by hypocalcaemia. It is build up of ketones in the body that happen when the ...
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Aug 25, 2014 · I normally breed them to kid at 12-14 months for the first time. They should be at least 80lbs before you breed them. Mine are normally 75+lbs at 3 month, so they have no problem hitting 80lbs by the end of the year. I think the main important thing here us, do what your lines will allow you to do.