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Author Topic: can i use up my foal mix on my goats or sheep to save throwing it away  (Read 1487 times)

lizzypeg

  • Joined Oct 2012
I have a bag of recently opened pony foal mix I don't need for the foal..can I feed it to my two wether pygmies in tiny quantities or my ewes?
im thinking its probably safer to feed it to the ewes that the wether goats?

any ideas if its worth doing or not worth the risk?

jinglejoys

  • Joined Jul 2009
Re: can i use up my foal mix on my goats or sheep to save throwing it away
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2013, 11:39:58 am »
Not to the sheep but yes to the goats (Copper content :)  )

lizzypeg

  • Joined Oct 2012
Re: can i use up my foal mix on my goats or sheep to save throwing it away
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2013, 03:55:35 pm »
oh yes I forgot about the copper and sheep...il give it to the goats then in tiny amounts

ballingall

  • Moderator
  • Joined Sep 2008
  • Avonbridge, Falkirk
Re: can i use up my foal mix on my goats or sheep to save throwing it away
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2013, 09:58:12 am »
It should be fine to feed to the goats. We sometimes feed a horse mix if we have a picky milker who needs tempting with different food.

Beth

wytsend

  • Joined Oct 2010
  • Okehampton
Re: can i use up my foal mix on my goats or sheep to save throwing it away
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2013, 04:23:20 pm »
you can feed it the same way as you would a calf mix.

 

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