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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: clydesdaleclopper on October 14, 2014, 11:15:37 am

Title: What do you feed your youngsters?
Post by: clydesdaleclopper on October 14, 2014, 11:15:37 am

Up to now my 3 male kids have had a little bit of creep feed when I am feeding the girls. I am now at the bottom of the bag and was wondering what everyone else gave theirs. They have turned their noses up at soaked sugar beet.

Title: Re: What do you feed your youngsters?
Post by: sokel on October 14, 2014, 12:30:21 pm

Ours get the same as the adults. Nuts, whole oats, flaked maize, Iansons  Golden calf mix. never had a problem and they all love it

Title: Re: What do you feed your youngsters?
Post by: Anke on October 14, 2014, 03:20:07 pm

My boys get the same feed as the girls - baby calf mix (18% protein), rolled oats and mine do like sugar beet. I have never had much luck with my kids taking lamb creep - they love to be able to pick and mix so to speak, so the flaked peas/maize etc go first.

Title: Re: What do you feed your youngsters?
Post by: Lesley Silvester on October 14, 2014, 10:37:16 pm

Mine live in with the adults so eat what the adults do, which is Allen and Page Dairy Goat with soaked sugar beet. And hay of course.

Title: Re: What do you feed your youngsters?
Post by: cuckoo on October 15, 2014, 02:09:01 pm

We start with a calf creep at about a week old then as get older change onto the adult food - BATA dairy maker 18% nuts.  Mind you the kids will try to eat the adults food right from the start.  They always have hay available.