This weekend, we got our first wethers. 3 of them. They were raised by horse ranch owners who fed alfalfa hay. So, we got a 3 string of NM alfalfa but plan to switch them slowly to what is called Sudan hay. They also like leaves, twigs and branch bits from several trees in our yard. They never saw goat minerals until my house but I have seen them sample the minerals and the baking soda already. I bought a bag of goat treats but will wait to give them any. Reward is attention for now. 4 months later- Our 3 boys love Orchard Mix hay best but it is not widely available here. Rare treats they like best: raisins, craisins, cracking peanuts to share together. We never grain; however, they sometimes locate spilled birdseed under feeders. Only one of the three eat banana peel though. Sliced thin bits of apple and pear are loved by all.
If your goat-treats (called 4-way) have molassas give very sparingly 1/4 for pygmy to 1/2 cup for Nubian or Boar. Our goat eats carrots, broccoli, blueberries, raisins (ever so often), alfalfa hay every day, goat minerals (every day). I accidentally dropped a peeled banana and she ate it up. Ours is a house goat so she'll stare us down daggers if we have chips or crackers which we rarely share. People food not good.
(No goats yet. Doing research.) I could have pasture year 'round but will there be any nutritional value left in the forage then? We have lots of warm winter days in Colorado and I hope when I get goats I can put them out in pasture year 'round all around the yard, during the day, and then move them back to shelter permanent fenced area at night. You said hay should be the primary food source... but if they could forage would that be better? We have 5 acres of very steep slopes and I will get maybe 3 small wethers. Are there certain weeds and plants that certain types of goats prefer? I will keep reading.
If they can be on your around forage, that would be great! Just keep a watch that they are content, and that they aren’t grubbing out certain areas more than others, because that can cause more problems with worms just because they’re eating closer to the ground.
I keep losing my goats. The symptoms are that they look happy just in a matter of minutes they feel calm and inactive. They later scream and in less than 15 minutes they are dead. Your video is helpful thanks
Very interesting and informative. Question, feeding alfalfa, I would think that 1st cutting would be best, as it is new growth and should be more tender and slender. The stocks wouldn't be as large and seems they would eat the new growth better. What is your opinion? I don't have goats yet, but hope to get some this summer. Drought took all my pasture last year, so I have no pasture will most likely be feeding in a lot. Thank you.
I have one goat that ate a rusty oily tractor bolt, a stack of nitrile gloves, some fiberglass insulation then finished it up by licking my solvent tank. She sneaks into my work zone any chance she gets. Tried tethering her and she breaks the tether.
I occasionally pick a coffee can full of acorns for my goats, they absolutely devour them. Eventually they will be on silva pasture and will be able to eat them as they drop. As always, hay, grass, and browse, make up the bulk of their diet.
I have a question about pasture.. does a green pasture versus a dry yellow pasture does it Still give adequate feed to Goats ? I have a access to 10 acres of different types of weeds grasses that they Grazie year round the only thing is I don’t know if they’re nutritional value is sufficient in the summer when it’s triple digits in the crop is quite dry.(field isn’t irrigated)I’ve always supplemented with hay but just wondering if I could depend solely on my pasture? I have bigger alpine/boer/kiko cross weathers does and kids Thank you!!
"Goats eat everything" is an old belief. :) My old Greek/Egyptian father believed it, perhaps more so than most of my fellow Brits. But once I read a book on space exploration. The author, Robert Zubrin, wrote that he'd once read a book which recommended the use of goats in colonizing other planets. Zubrin's comment on this went something like, "I grew up in the city, but now I live in the countryside where my neighbors have goats. They escape occasionally, so I have a little experience with them. Don't let a goat near your kevlar dome, it'll eat it." That makes me laugh! But somewhere else I read that goats like not to eat but to taste everything. That might explain the belief and Zubrin's experience, especially if goats perhaps take a liking to some tastes which aren't actually food. Oh and minerals... I wouldn't be surprised if goats were sometimes kept without adequate minerals, and so tried to eat anything which tasted like it might have a little bit of the minerals they need. I know my eating habits get pretty wild after a phase of not eating a balanced diet.
Trees weeds and sunchokes lol They like my sweet potato peelings and now i know who gets my banana peelings :) Thanks this was helpful The people who sold me my goats gave me some sweet feed with them and minerals but never said anything about baking soda and ive heard this before in preventing bloat I love your idea for Mineral feeders and you could attach them to a wall easily with a screw or two lol I put out some minerals and they stepped in the dish and kicked it all over lol So i will try your idea and attach them in a way i can take them down to wash them if necessary I heard chicken feed is not good either like laying mash type has the wrong nutrients high calcium this way is bad but the scratch grains i give my chickens is just wheat barley and oats i believe its just whole grains so this should be ok in small amounts My thoughts was to get rid of the sweet feed and give them some grain and add sweet treats like sweet potato peelings banana peelings apples carrots etc what ever sweet veggies i have on hand and fruit And ruffage like hay, weeds, trees etc... I usually give grain in the morning and follow it with the weeds and grasses i pull from the garden
everything is noting You are very welcome! When I think of Ireland, I think of sun and green and grass. I’m so ready for that but it’s still thinks it’s winter here! 😭🤣
I was wondering. Lots of people say male goats can't have grain because they could get urinary stones. So I was wondering can you feed them alfalfa pellets with hey?
They are essentially alfalfa hay in pelleted form... the one problem with wethers is that they don't need alfalfa. It has such a high calcium content and that can cause issues with other deficiencies like zinc. If you have access to grass hay pellets that would be great! Good question!
Ours love lespedeza hay mix, but finding it hard to come by right now. And cookies qith oenait butter whole oats, fruits and veggies, molasses and coconut shreds. Will do it differently each time depending in what i have. Great way to gibe copper. I break the bolus open and add to the cookie. Our goats also love banana peel more so thanbthe actual banana.
ever thought outside the box on winter feed and protein sources other than grain? in ancient times Arabic Bedouins often fed their horses dried locust and honey and camel's milk to drink in the desert. in Asian countries where insects are delicacies for human consumption here in the states the Black Soldier fly in 47% protein, the adults are fed a clean diet of honey and oatmeal, fruits/vegies leftovers and in last stage before pupae stage to adult is pan fried/dried and coated with molasses or honey and fed to all farm animals with or without coatings (chickens all fowls can eat live) but also the larvae are dried milled into pellets, bagged and fed like a grain to animals. grasses for winter or all year can be done by growing different grains in fodder trays...barley is mostly number one, but winter wheat, alfalfa, timothy grass etc. can be fresh all year or dried for roughage for rabbits, goats, cattle....
My new wether ate the label off his feed bin, and nothing inside. We let him roam the yard, and even tho he has refused all grain, hay, pellets, treats, veggies he got a bag of empty chicken feed and ran like heck with it so he could chew it before I got it away from him. He ate the fake flowers from a memorial yard display, but refused any real flowers on our walk. He chose to eat cats claw (thorny) and a small latex producing plant. Nigerian dwarf.
I watched your video about goats and copper. What copper do you buy and how much do you put in the piece of banana? How often do you give them that? Also, what brand of minerals do you buy? Thanks for your videos! I have learned so much! Your hair looks fabulous! :)
Meagan Morales I use these for my adult goats: www.amazon.com/UltraCruz-Copper-Bolus-Supplement-Adults/dp/B07TQ9B8H3 And one Bolus per goat. It will really depend on your area and how bad their deficiency is. It’s hard to say. Some areas and goats only need one a year while others need 4 a year. Start with one and watch for improvements. Take before pictures so you can compare after several months. I buy the goat mineral from our local feed store. It’s formulated specifically for goats. So when you buy some make sure it’s “for goats” and not “for sheep and goats”. I’m so glad they’ve been helpful!
@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage Thank you so much! I went to the website that tells about the soil locally, but I had a hard time understanding it. I will go back and take a look again! :) Thanks again!
peanut hay!?! interesting. in this part of Calif., It's been suggested to alternate the Alfalfa with Oat Hay. as a 8 week goat owner I am doing all the learning I can! My biggest issue is I don't see the water level going down. Any suggestions as to how to encourage water ?? Nice video.
We don’t have peanut hay here, so it’s a weird though to me too! 😆 A new water source can affect how a goat drinks. It may taste or smell different from what they are used to. You can add some vinegar to the water. This may help make the water taste better and encourage them to drink. My experience is that they will get thirsty and will start drinking but adding some vinegar will help.
my goat had some illness and I treated her with penicillin but now she doesn't know how to eat or drink. anyone have any ideas? I love my baby goat and I don't want to put her down.
That’s one reason there is a resistance to the wormers used now. In many places the wormers aren’t working anymore. You only worm and worm properly when they have a “worm load” to prevent that. 🙂
You can give silage but, like you said, there must be no mold. There is a higher chance of goats developing listeriosis from eating silage. So just be aware of all of that if you do go that route.
You want your goats main food source to be a source of grass/broad-leaf foods or a hay source. Supplementing with grain products is good for pregnant, and lactating does, bucks in rut, elderly goats and growing kids. as long as it's not more than 1.5 pounds a day for the adults. And be sure to make changes to their diet slowly. Feed the grain in the morning (they can more easily get sick if they overload before night fall).
@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage Thank you for the tip about feeding the grain in the morning. We just got 2 young mini Nubians and the Breeder said she always feed in the evening, so that’s what we were doing.
I got 2 3 week old goats and they will not take the bottle. I try to feed them they hollor so loud. I poured the milk into a bowl durring the day they take little sips of 3 oz at night I put 3 oz and sometimes it's gone when I get up in the morning. I was putting about 12 oz before buy its going to waste so I started putting 3 oz. I also put out hay and pellets. They do try to eat the hay but can only eat certain soft piece of the hay. They do drink more water than milk. They sleep alot during the day and seem to be up at night walking and talking in the dark. I keep them in my mud room at this time. Could someone please give advice.
The seller is not helpful I wish he would take them back until they are weaned. I have only had the baby goats for 8 days. The seller is just saying to feed good quality hay and pellets. He told me to buy bottles from tractor supply which I did and then from walmart. I also just ordered a premature baby bottle from valley vet supply.
@@geaj4214 it’s really important that they get 20% of their weight in milk a day into their third month. Divide that up into small portions during the day. Put the nipple in their mouth (they will resist) but don’t give up. It may sit there and they do nothing with it but slowly move it in and out of their mouth (without taking it completely out) and gently run your hand under their neck to help give them a swallow reflex. It’s hard for kids to transition from mom to nipple but it can be done. Be patient.
Well, dontchaknow...I have just the thing for you 😆 just substitute “parent” for any other human being opposed to getting goats 😂 ua-cam.com/video/EPD1SpOA7gc/v-deo.html
My Nubains will leave the feed I give them and come hang with me at the end of the day, get some scratching and back rubbing and talking to. I guess that’s their treat. Btw long hair is a sign of youth. Short hair comes with age. We will be old long enough. Stay young looking and keep the length!
I love hanging out with my goat. I let him out of the pen and he plays with the dog and comes and gets head scratches from me. I have to shoo him away from my azaleas and crepe myrtles often.
Sounds like they have a lot of variety! That’s great! Just hopefully it’s not your prized flowers and lettuce 😉 Because that’s happened to me a time or two 🤦♀️😂
What about steam rolled barley? I always thought that was a natural product. I Just buried a lovely British Alpine doe today. Dead from worms, I think.
I'm so sorry. It is so important to check for worms regularly. The most important thing to feed your goat is hay or pasture. That will be their main source of income. A high diet of grain can cause problems. But I've feed my goats rolled barley and they love it. I would feed it to my goats in milk. But do make sure they are getting their main source of food from hay. And check their poop under a microscope to find out if they have worm eggs and worm if necessary.
@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage I soak whole barley in with copper sulphate and apple cider vinegar. The copper is supposed to control worms and has done so for years. But when she went off her feed I should have got her to a vet.
It should be fine in moderation :) Especially if they have been eating them and not having any problems. Of course, it shouldn't be their main food source though. 😊
Alex Fletcher Thank you for the suggestion. 😊 Don’t forget that most small youtubers don’t have the money to invest in equipment at first and are just learning to navigate how to use the editing software to manually raise the volume after its recorded. I’m a work in progress and working on making my videos better each time! 😃
My goats love love love bananas carrots, pumpkins spinach sweet potatoes, and so much more !!! They just love to eat !
Do you peel the banana for them? Seriously.
I absolutely love your presentation on this thank you so much
I discovered your channel a few months ago and I love it. It has helped me a lot being a new goat owner. ❤
Thank you so much for this good info. My wife and I were told they didn’t need alfalfa, so glad to know we are just giving them an upgrade
Yay! I’m so glad in info was good and helpful! Enjoy those wonderful goats!
When you first adopted your baby goat what do u feed them and for how how long
Great vid, very educational. Loved the goats munching away peacefully and the chickens trying to drown you out by screaming.
So informative, thanks 🙏. I just bought my first two goats a few days ago and they’re pregnant 🤦🏽♂️
Thx soooooooooo much for your help and advice
My goats eat hay,grass,weeds, grain, and my wonderful Black Berries which upsets me LOL
Lol
My goats killed my new grape vines last year. I was pretty upset too 😆
I let mine out and ya my berry bushes are devastated lol...
Mine ate all my blueberries this year too!
Ever seen a Goat Climb a Mulberry Tree to get the leafs and berrys?? Yeah i didnt either till yesterday..my heart nearly dropped.
There’s a mulberry tree in my goats pen. He loves it😂
This weekend, we got our first wethers. 3 of them. They were raised by horse ranch owners who fed alfalfa hay. So, we got a 3 string of NM alfalfa but plan to switch them slowly to what is called Sudan hay. They also like leaves, twigs and branch bits from several trees in our yard. They never saw goat minerals until my house but I have seen them sample the minerals and the baking soda already. I bought a bag of goat treats but will wait to give them any. Reward is attention for now.
4 months later-
Our 3 boys love Orchard Mix hay best but it is not widely available here. Rare treats they like best: raisins, craisins, cracking peanuts to share together. We never grain; however, they sometimes locate spilled birdseed under feeders. Only one of the three eat banana peel though. Sliced thin bits of apple and pear are loved by all.
If your goat-treats (called 4-way) have molassas give very sparingly 1/4 for pygmy to 1/2 cup for Nubian or Boar. Our goat eats carrots, broccoli, blueberries,
raisins (ever so often), alfalfa hay every day, goat minerals (every day). I accidentally dropped a peeled banana and she ate it up. Ours is a house goat so
she'll stare us down daggers if we have chips or crackers which we rarely share. People food not good.
Thank you for your explanation...good luck..wishing ur success
Same here! Good luck
Thanks so much! Glad it was helpful! 😊🐐🥰🐐
My goats eat timothy hay and grain feed. They LOVE celery and sugar snap peas for a treat. ❤
Best advice for new goat owners on the net.
(No goats yet. Doing research.) I could have pasture year 'round but will there be any nutritional value left in the forage then? We have lots of warm winter days in Colorado and I hope when I get goats I can put them out in pasture year 'round all around the yard, during the day, and then move them back to shelter permanent fenced area at night. You said hay should be the primary food source... but if they could forage would that be better? We have 5 acres of very steep slopes and I will get maybe 3 small wethers. Are there certain weeds and plants that certain types of goats prefer? I will keep reading.
If they can be on your around forage, that would be great! Just keep a watch that they are content, and that they aren’t grubbing out certain areas more than others, because that can cause more problems with worms just because they’re eating closer to the ground.
Hello thanks for all your information videos. What about young goats 🐐 3 months and over?
You are amazing, that's all I can say besides God Bless
Olga Paulus
God bless you too! Thanks for watching! 😊
Love hearing the guinea fowl in the background!
New friend here 😊 I'm starting my goats from Philippines . And they eat grass too, and some kind of leaves ❤️
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Hey friend! So exciting that you’re getting your herd going!!
I keep losing my goats. The symptoms are that they look happy just in a matter of minutes they feel calm and inactive. They later scream and in less than 15 minutes they are dead. Your video is helpful thanks
Yes,my goat eat grass,black gram plants,apple,guava,ladies finger, tomato,spinach...any leafy vegetables,except non vegetarian foods and eggs
Thank you, I found this video helpful. We dont have goats yet but lots of dreams so trying to prepare for when they happen. Thanks for posting.
Redeemed For Living Love 💙 I’m excited for you because you are planning to get goats 😉 I’m so glad it was helpful and thank you for letting me know!
great information, Thank You so much,
Very interesting and informative. Question, feeding alfalfa, I would think that 1st cutting would be best, as it is new growth and should be more tender and slender. The stocks wouldn't be as large and seems they would eat the new growth better. What is your opinion? I don't have goats yet, but hope to get some this summer. Drought took all my pasture last year, so I have no pasture will most likely be feeding in a lot. Thank you.
I have one goat that ate a rusty oily tractor bolt, a stack of nitrile gloves, some fiberglass insulation then finished it up by licking my solvent tank. She sneaks into my work zone any chance she gets. Tried tethering her and she breaks the tether.
Thanks for the info can I feed my goats more or plenty of water spinach??
I occasionally pick a coffee can full of acorns for my goats, they absolutely devour them. Eventually they will be on silva pasture and will be able to eat them as they drop.
As always, hay, grass, and browse, make up the bulk of their diet.
I have a question about pasture.. does a green pasture versus a dry yellow pasture does it Still give adequate feed to Goats ? I have a access to 10 acres of different types of weeds grasses that they Grazie year round the only thing is I don’t know if they’re nutritional value is sufficient in the summer when it’s triple digits in the crop is quite dry.(field isn’t irrigated)I’ve always supplemented with hay but just wondering if I could depend solely on my pasture? I have bigger alpine/boer/kiko cross weathers does and kids Thank you!!
"Goats eat everything" is an old belief. :) My old Greek/Egyptian father believed it, perhaps more so than most of my fellow Brits. But once I read a book on space exploration. The author, Robert Zubrin, wrote that he'd once read a book which recommended the use of goats in colonizing other planets. Zubrin's comment on this went something like, "I grew up in the city, but now I live in the countryside where my neighbors have goats. They escape occasionally, so I have a little experience with them. Don't let a goat near your kevlar dome, it'll eat it." That makes me laugh! But somewhere else I read that goats like not to eat but to taste everything. That might explain the belief and Zubrin's experience, especially if goats perhaps take a liking to some tastes which aren't actually food. Oh and minerals... I wouldn't be surprised if goats were sometimes kept without adequate minerals, and so tried to eat anything which tasted like it might have a little bit of the minerals they need. I know my eating habits get pretty wild after a phase of not eating a balanced diet.
Trees weeds and sunchokes lol
They like my sweet potato peelings and now i know who gets my banana peelings :)
Thanks this was helpful
The people who sold me my goats gave me some sweet feed with them and minerals but never said anything about baking soda and ive heard this before in preventing bloat
I love your idea for Mineral feeders and you could attach them to a wall easily with a screw or two lol
I put out some minerals and they stepped in the dish and kicked it all over lol
So i will try your idea and attach them in a way i can take them down to wash them if necessary
I heard chicken feed is not good either like laying mash type has the wrong nutrients high calcium this way is bad but the scratch grains i give my chickens is just wheat barley and oats i believe its just whole grains so this should be ok in small amounts
My thoughts was to get rid of the sweet feed and give them some grain and add sweet treats like sweet potato peelings banana peelings apples carrots etc what ever sweet veggies i have on hand and fruit
And ruffage like hay, weeds, trees etc...
I usually give grain in the morning and follow it with the weeds and grasses i pull from the garden
Thanks for your information.
To encourage drinking water you suggested to add vinegar is that apple cider vinegar?
Great video great help
Thank you
Mark
Ireland ☘
everything is noting
You are very welcome!
When I think of Ireland, I think of sun and green and grass.
I’m so ready for that but it’s still thinks it’s winter here! 😭🤣
And also what about oat hay? Thanks again!
I was wondering. Lots of people say male goats can't have grain because they could get urinary stones. So I was wondering can you feed them alfalfa pellets with hey?
They are essentially alfalfa hay in pelleted form... the one problem with wethers is that they don't need alfalfa. It has such a high calcium content and that can cause issues with other deficiencies like zinc. If you have access to grass hay pellets that would be great! Good question!
@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage thank you so much for helping me.
Are goats compliant with getting along with other animals?
Ours love lespedeza hay mix, but finding it hard to come by right now.
And cookies qith oenait butter whole oats, fruits and veggies, molasses and coconut shreds. Will do it differently each time depending in what i have. Great way to gibe copper. I break the bolus open and add to the cookie.
Our goats also love banana peel more so thanbthe actual banana.
Help I bought the books and chart from you a time back
And I have never received them .
Respectfully Barbara Thomas
ever thought outside the box on winter feed and protein sources other than grain? in ancient times Arabic Bedouins often fed their horses dried locust and honey and camel's milk to drink in the desert. in Asian countries where insects are delicacies for human consumption here in the states the Black Soldier fly in 47% protein, the adults are fed a clean diet of honey and oatmeal, fruits/vegies leftovers and in last stage before pupae stage to adult is pan fried/dried and coated with molasses or honey and fed to all farm animals with or without coatings (chickens all fowls can eat live) but also the larvae are dried milled into pellets, bagged and fed like a grain to animals. grasses for winter or all year can be done by growing different grains in fodder trays...barley is mostly number one, but winter wheat, alfalfa, timothy grass etc. can be fresh all year or dried for roughage for rabbits, goats, cattle....
My new wether ate the label off his feed bin, and nothing inside.
We let him roam the yard, and even tho he has refused all grain, hay, pellets, treats, veggies he got a bag of empty chicken feed and ran like heck with it so he could chew it before I got it away from him.
He ate the fake flowers from a memorial yard display, but refused any real flowers on our walk. He chose to eat cats claw (thorny) and a small latex producing plant. Nigerian dwarf.
Terima kasih
Atas semua yang anda sarankan 👍👍
You are very welcome 😊
Great video!
Thank you! Glad it was helpful! 😊
@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage 😊
How much apple cider vinegar do you add to water?
I watched your video about goats and copper. What copper do you buy and how much do you put in the piece of banana? How often do you give them that? Also, what brand of minerals do you buy? Thanks for your videos! I have learned so much! Your hair looks fabulous! :)
Meagan Morales
I use these for my adult goats: www.amazon.com/UltraCruz-Copper-Bolus-Supplement-Adults/dp/B07TQ9B8H3
And one Bolus per goat.
It will really depend on your area and how bad their deficiency is. It’s hard to say. Some areas and goats only need one a year while others need 4 a year. Start with one and watch for improvements. Take before pictures so you can compare after several months.
I buy the goat mineral from our local feed store. It’s formulated specifically for goats. So when you buy some make sure it’s “for goats” and not “for sheep and goats”.
I’m so glad they’ve been helpful!
Meagan Morales
You can get more info here if you haven’t watched it yet: 😊 ua-cam.com/video/uCHpBxP4-Ys/v-deo.html
@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage Thank you so much! I went to the website that tells about the soil locally, but I had a hard time understanding it. I will go back and take a look again! :) Thanks again!
Meagan Morales
Do your goats show signs of copper deficiency?
I need a binder from Zambia . Please help
Can goat eat hay of Grass twice a day and 1 time suppliment ??
peanut hay!?! interesting. in this part of Calif., It's been suggested to alternate the Alfalfa with Oat Hay. as a 8 week goat owner I am doing all the learning I can! My biggest issue is I don't see the water level going down. Any suggestions as to how to encourage water ?? Nice video.
We don’t have peanut hay here, so it’s a weird though to me too! 😆
A new water source can affect how a goat drinks. It may taste or smell different from what they are used to. You can add some vinegar to the water. This may help make the water taste better and encourage them to drink. My experience is that they will get thirsty and will start drinking but adding some vinegar will help.
Is orchard grass good that what people around my store gets
my goat had some illness and I treated her with penicillin but now she doesn't know how to eat or drink. anyone have any ideas? I love my baby goat and I don't want to put her down.
Being a dry year can we feed them alfalfa cubes
Awesome links! Thanks
Johnson Family Farmstead 💙 Thanks for watching! Do you own goats?
We will this spring! Just horses and chickens now
Thanks for the info
Any time! Glad it was helpful 😊
My goat Boaz loves the alfalfa molasses treats From mana pro yes they're a horse street but he loves him
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Useful, thanks. More complicated than I thought. We get 2 goats next week!
R M
Ohhhh! How exciting!
Congratulations!
My goats got into the corn used for squirrels. They have terrible diarrhea. What can I do? I’m trying to give probiotics.
Would the info in the video help give you a plan?
ua-cam.com/video/gYcEpRt0sdI/v-deo.html
Also, I’m terribly sorry. That is so stressful to go through
Just curious why everyone refers to “worm load” with goats. Why not worm regularly to prevent it entirely?
That’s one reason there is a resistance to the wormers used now.
In many places the wormers aren’t working anymore.
You only worm and worm properly when they have a “worm load” to prevent that. 🙂
@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage awesome that makes sense, i appreciate the response.
Can we give silege if there is no mould ?
You can give silage but, like you said, there must be no mold. There is a higher chance of goats developing listeriosis from eating silage. So just be aware of all of that if you do go that route.
gracias❤
your hair is beautiful
We have 2 Golden Guernsey kids who act like locusts with raspberry canes 😂
Thanks
You are very welcome!
How about corn, wheat, bean, and sunflower seeds?
You want your goats main food source to be a source of grass/broad-leaf foods or a hay source. Supplementing with grain products is good for pregnant, and lactating does, bucks in rut, elderly goats and growing kids. as long as it's not more than 1.5 pounds a day for the adults. And be sure to make changes to their diet slowly. Feed the grain in the morning (they can more easily get sick if they overload before night fall).
@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage Thank you for the tip about feeding the grain in the morning. We just got 2 young mini Nubians and the Breeder said she always feed in the evening, so that’s what we were doing.
I got 2 3 week old goats and they will not take the bottle. I try to feed them they hollor so loud. I poured the milk into a bowl durring the day they take little sips of 3 oz at night I put 3 oz and sometimes it's gone when I get up in the morning. I was putting about 12 oz before buy its going to waste so I started putting 3 oz. I also put out hay and pellets. They do try to eat the hay but can only eat certain soft piece of the hay. They do drink more water than milk. They sleep alot during the day and seem to be up at night walking and talking in the dark. I keep them in my mud room at this time. Could someone please give advice.
The seller is not helpful I wish he would take them back until they are weaned. I have only had the baby goats for 8 days. The seller is just saying to feed good quality hay and pellets. He told me to buy bottles from tractor supply which I did and then from walmart. I also just ordered a premature baby bottle from valley vet supply.
@@geaj4214 it’s really important that they get 20% of their weight in milk a day into their third month. Divide that up into small portions during the day.
Put the nipple in their mouth (they will resist) but don’t give up. It may sit there and they do nothing with it but slowly move it in and out of their mouth (without taking it completely out) and gently run your hand under their neck to help give them a swallow reflex.
It’s hard for kids to transition from mom to nipple but it can be done. Be patient.
do you wash your banana peels? lots on spray on them!
Whats the backround music?
I told him I NEEEEEED a goat. His first question, "why do you think you NEEEEED a goat????"
Well, dontchaknow...I have just the thing for you 😆 just substitute “parent” for any other human being opposed to getting goats 😂
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Because it will eat all the leaves that drop in the fall... no more raking and bagging!
What can I feed my goat in Nigeria
My Nubains will leave the feed I give them and come hang with me at the end of the day, get some scratching and back rubbing and talking to. I guess that’s their treat. Btw long hair is a sign of youth. Short hair comes with age. We will be old long enough. Stay young looking and keep the length!
You have the luckiest goats then to get all that love! 😊
I love hanging out with my goat. I let him out of the pen and he plays with the dog and comes and gets head scratches from me. I have to shoo him away from my azaleas and crepe myrtles often.
Hello I'm getting two free goats on Friday I think goats are grate
didger and bradey are good goats
stary dancer
I bet they are!
oui
Wow you are very smart
And hopefully it was helpful! ☺️
Hello, do you have a Facebook page or account maybe? I would love to learn much from you. I’m a beginner goat farmer here in the Philippi es.
Hello! 😊
You can find a lot more info on my website: www.alifeofheritage.com
And blessings on you and all your goats!
Apples hay grass flowers lettuce grains ,,,,,Etc
Sounds like they have a lot of variety! That’s great!
Just hopefully it’s not your prized flowers and lettuce 😉
Because that’s happened to me a time or two 🤦♀️😂
What about steam rolled barley? I always thought that was a natural product. I Just buried a lovely British Alpine doe today. Dead from worms, I think.
I'm so sorry. It is so important to check for worms regularly. The most important thing to feed your goat is hay or pasture. That will be their main source of income. A high diet of grain can cause problems. But I've feed my goats rolled barley and they love it. I would feed it to my goats in milk. But do make sure they are getting their main source of food from hay. And check their poop under a microscope to find out if they have worm eggs and worm if necessary.
@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage I soak whole barley in with copper sulphate and apple cider vinegar. The copper is supposed to control worms and has done so for years. But when she went off her feed I should have got her to a vet.
@@johnnyt1175 ah, I see.
Again, I’m so sorry. It’s so hard to lose a goat friend.
@@DelcifromALifeofHeritage I feel I let her down. Do you need to keep a vet on hand?
I supply my goats with minerals and baking soda but I have yet to ever see them touch it.
They may not need it! I trust my goats to get what they need, when they need it.
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doats don't eat tin cans,they lick the gloe off
you are a beautiful lady. Thank you for the info (-;
You are so welcome!
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Can I give them dates.my goats love eating dates.
It should be fine in moderation :) Especially if they have been eating them and not having any problems. Of course, it shouldn't be their main food source though. 😊
Too much background noise.
I think I’m in love. Jk. I do love your heart and work.
Marco Guas
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Thanks for watching!
i have a goat it gets out of its pen 🙆🤦♀🤷♀
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Anybody else see the hickey
Just hormonal acne 🤷🏼♀️
Sorry, no drama here
SALT
Buy a mic.
Alex Fletcher
Thank you for the suggestion. 😊
Don’t forget that most small youtubers don’t have the money to invest in equipment at first and are just learning to navigate how to use the editing software to manually raise the volume after its recorded.
I’m a work in progress and working on making my videos better each time! 😃
Buy a Hearing Aid. I understood everything she said. Fuck abunch of Mics and shit shes a Farmer not a UA-camr.
Talk to hear themselves, talk. Get to the point!