Buck Forage Oats

Although not new to maintain and showing animals, we are relatively new to the dairy goats and could benefit from the experienced breeder. Maybe you can help us?

We do have 3 dairy goats (Toggenburg very well that my son 9 years old bought before we moved). They are the goats show. When they are not pregnant, not breastfeeding (I procrasitnated refreshing because of our move). Both begin their third year and it is 8 months old. I am a single bullet alfalfa orchardgrass / I've been giving them. I saw an add on craigslist for mixing fodder "(beardedless wheat, barley, beardless, and oats) for $ 6/bale. That's half the price we paid for Alfalfa / Orchard hay he drew my attention.

I mean, no, I have to save money and do not want to pay so much for hay if they do do not need it now since they are not lactating or increasingly babies. I DO plan on bringing high (for a local male Boer) just to get the refresh time for the Fall Fair but then they are more and more children (5 months) do you think this investment 6 grass mix will be appropriate for them? I can certainly afford to pay five months worth of hay and return to the alfalfa / hay Orchard when engaged in or close to delivery.

PS We're also giving them grain goat from time to time but not in the amounts we are doing when they are milked.

What are your thoughts on the hay and do you have other valuable bits of advice you'd care to share with me? With great satisfaction - Amber

Hello, I'm basically in the same exact situation where you know they must have alfalfa, but we have a horse too who can not have the alfalfla and they all eat together. We use a mixture of timothy hay orchards and goats seem to do fine on that. We do not feed grain too. But once they are high and are trading they need alfalfa. I have 2 Nubian goats.

But if your goats are used for alfalfa, they can not eat hay mixed. You can try a shot and see if they'll eat and maybe you can mix it first for them. Just a thought because you know how many goats can be.