Does anyone have experience using Teff hay?
I got my hands on some and stocked up for the winter--mainly because that's what was available by the time I got around to stocking up for the winter. A friendly acquaintance had grown it experimentally for
Read more…I know hay would be optimal however until i get my pastures finished and in production finding good quality hay in my area is proving nearly impossible. Is it possible to feed pellets and grain entirely and forgo the hay until I am able to get my own
Read more…I've got everything setup for my girls (they come home Sunday YAY!) but one important thing I am lacking is the bedding. I've read really great things about cobb bedding but it seems most people in the area are using straw/hay for bedding. Has anyone
Read more…I am working on our farm plans and want to incorporate producing all of our goats food here on site. I am finding it really difficult to get any solid figures on how much of what per day.
How much hay per day? I free choice right now but if it was p
Read more…Okay, go totally "for dummies" on me here, because I know next to nothing when it comes to hay. I have been feeding my girls half timothy hay and half alfalfa hay from Atwoods or TSC, basically free choice (I get out there and top the rack off a 2 o
Read more…Next time a new member talks about ripping up the weeds in their pasture and planting grass, we need to point them to this study:
http://hoeggerfarmyard.com/pasture-weeds-as-mineral-sources-for-goats/
There are actually a lot of weeds that have more
Read more…We are making a wooden hay feeder and I was wondering how high we should place the feeder. We are building a shelf w/lip underneath it to catch any hay that will drop and making a small trough type area that they will hopefully eat the dropped hay fr
Read more…I really did my homework and sought out good quality hay (or so I thought) for my girls, but now when I pull a flake off, a cloud of mold comes out. It has rained here for the last month and I doubt if there is any hay out there that didn't get raine
Read more…Due to info on the forum about the effects of giving grain to pregnant and dry does, and males we started cutting back on the grain. We were giving them quite a lot! Spoiling them! We also decided we didn't like their hay as much as we thought, so we
Read more…During a discussion about how dangerous hay racks could be for goat kids HERE , Margaret came up with this idea for using a crib rail to make a hay rack. I though it was a great idea, and set out right away looking for a free crib to use for the pr
Read more…Hey there all, I'm new here, and I guess I need to introduce myself a bit before posing my question.
I'm from Alaska, and my husband and I have a home there, in a very small town. We're currently living in New Orleans, but we'll be returning to Alask
Read more…I always find it fascinating to see what people are paying for hay in different parts of the country. I'm in Central Illinois and am happy to report that prices are down this year! I paid $2.75 a bale for a grass/alfalfa mix and $4 for 100% alfalfa.
Read more…I was doing some horse research and came across this idea for feeding horses in barns -- slow feeders! This actually sounds like it would be a good idea for goats. And if we make the mesh small enough in our hay feeders, we won't have any more kids h
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