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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: langdon on July 25, 2010, 10:42:09 am

Title: wasting hay
Post by: langdon on July 25, 2010, 10:42:09 am

is it mine or do other peoples goats seem to waste a good lot of hay?
and before anyone jumps to conclusions, the hay is good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! only joking about the conclusions thing :D
langdon ;)

Title: Re: wasting hay
Post by: Hermit on July 25, 2010, 11:06:45 am

I just give mine hay when locked up at night and they rarely eat it!  Goats are fussy eaters no matter what folk tales are and if you give them too much hay they will pick through it. I have two goats and a section of hay will last a week in the stable, they have a feed at night so I presume they must chew the cud all night. I have mine in a proper, narrow guage metal hay rack and have little on the floor. So perhaps you are giving them the choice of too much to pick through.

Title: Re: wasting hay
Post by: langdon on July 25, 2010, 03:00:47 pm

umm could be just that, maybe im spoiling them too much!
thanks for replying ;)
langdon  :goat: