It is interesting all the various ways goats are fed...................my goats are fed the same, only quantities vary, all year round.
My diets are...in varying amounts (!) Just grass (same as Ready Grass but softer ), soaked sugar beet, dairy nuts, rolled barley. All mixed together + Brinicombes Goat Balancer supplement.
All my girls keep their weight & in some cases put on weight. The boys also keep their condition thro' the rut, and this year have had the best growth pattern in the kids.
I dont feed Alfalfa in any form....my personal findings are that many goats dont like it, some scour on it whether fed as Alfa A or pellets and to my mind, it smells bitter.........apart from being incredibly expensive.
Costings come into the diet I have devised over the years........I can feed 40 goats on the above diet for £30 a week.
Obviously they have hay ad lib all year round and access to 22 acres.....which in typical goat manner, is declined if raining.......unless they are wearing their waterproof goat rugs...then they go out quite happily !!!!!