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Feeding a Single Goat

Posted by Elyse Nicholson on August 6, 2010 at 7:58pm in Goats 101

Recently, Beauty has been pushed away from the food by her fellow goats. Being smaller and less defensive, she just simply cries out for human help. So I have begun making a seperate pile for her. The problem is, she always finishs faster than everyone else. It has been so long since I've feed a single goat.

 

So my question is....how much hay does one goat need?

 

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  • Elyse Nicholson August 6, 2010 at 9:24pm
    Yes it can vary! I feed my goats a flake in the morning and night, but these are HUGE flakes compared to the flake and half they got a couples years ago!

    I am almost wondering if I ought to just led her eat with Czarina while I do chores, but my dad says in dangerous to have such a big animal with a little one. :( I'll just have to experiment!
  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle August 6, 2010 at 8:57pm
    That's a good question! Last fall, I had to separate a goat because she had a funky rash on her udder, so I put her by herself just in case it was something contagious. Anyway, I gave her a flake in the morning and the evening, and she got fat! Now, after talking to one of my hay suppliers, I've learned that a "flake" can vary from 1/10 to 1/15 of a bale, so who knows how much I was feeding her!
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